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<chapter id="evmsugpref">
<title>Preface</title>
<para>This book is designed to address user's questions about Enterprise Volume Management System (EVMS) and provide a context for using EVMS. </para>
<para>For additional information about EVMS or to ask questions specific to your distribution, the EVMS mailing lists are an excellent resource. You can view the list archives or subscribe to the lists from the <ulink url="http://evms.sourceforge.net/mailinglists.html">EVMS Project web site</ulink>. </para>
<para>Listed below are descriptions for the various sections of this User Guide.
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<listitem><para>Chapter 2: provides an oveview of some basic EVMS terms.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 3: explains how to download, install, and configure EVMS.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 4: reviews how to locate and fix <filename>/dev/</filename> files.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 5: introduces the EVMS interfaces and explains how to navigate through each. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 6: provides an overview of how to view your existing files after you migrate to EVMS.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 7: introduces the types of segment managers and describes how to apply segment managers to disks using the various EVMS interfaces.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 8-11: offers scenarios and explanations of how and why you would create the most fundamental pieces of the EVMS storage system. </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Chapter 12: explains how to convert volumes from EVMS native volumes to compatibility volumes and from compatibility volumes to EVMS native volumes. </para></listitem>
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