gvinum.8 (6a068746777241722b2b32c5d0bc443a2a64d80b) gvinum.8 (344c81a16651a06b4a6732d662ab60a50fbe7434)
1.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Chris Jones
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Chris Jones
5.\" thanks to the support of Google's Summer of Code program and
6.\" mentoring by Lukas Ertl.
7.\"
8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

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53beginning of the plex if the
54.Fl f
55flag is specified, or otherwise at the location of the parity check pointer,
56the first location at which plex's parity is incorrect.
57All subdisks in the
58plex must be up for a parity check.
59.It Ic concat Oo Fl fv Oc Oo Fl n Ar name Oc Ar drives
60Create a concatenated volume from the specified drives.
1.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Chris Jones
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Chris Jones
5.\" thanks to the support of Google's Summer of Code program and
6.\" mentoring by Lukas Ertl.
7.\"
8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without

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53beginning of the plex if the
54.Fl f
55flag is specified, or otherwise at the location of the parity check pointer,
56the first location at which plex's parity is incorrect.
57All subdisks in the
58plex must be up for a parity check.
59.It Ic concat Oo Fl fv Oc Oo Fl n Ar name Oc Ar drives
60Create a concatenated volume from the specified drives.
61If no name is specified, a unique name will be set by gvinum.
61If no name is specified, a unique name will be set by
62.Ic gvinum .
62.It Ic create Oo Fl f Oc Op Ar description-file
63Create a volume as described in
64.Ar description-file .
65If no
66.Ar description-file
67provided, opens an editor and provides the current
68.Nm
69configuration for editing.

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143.It Ic quit
144Exit
145.Nm
146when running in interactive mode.
147Normally this would be done by entering the
148EOF character.
149.It Ic raid5 Oo Fl fv Oc Oo Fl s Ar stripesize Oc Oo Fl n Ar name Oc Ar drives
150Create a RAID-5 volume from the specified drives.
63.It Ic create Oo Fl f Oc Op Ar description-file
64Create a volume as described in
65.Ar description-file .
66If no
67.Ar description-file
68provided, opens an editor and provides the current
69.Nm
70configuration for editing.

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144.It Ic quit
145Exit
146.Nm
147when running in interactive mode.
148Normally this would be done by entering the
149EOF character.
150.It Ic raid5 Oo Fl fv Oc Oo Fl s Ar stripesize Oc Oo Fl n Ar name Oc Ar drives
151Create a RAID-5 volume from the specified drives.
151If no name is specified,a unique name will be set by
152.Ic gvinum.
152If no name is specified, a unique name will be set by
153.Ic gvinum .
153This organization requires at least three drives.
154.It Ic rename Oo Fl r Oc Ar drive | subdisk | plex | volume newname
155Change the name of the specified object.
156The
157.Fl r
158flag will recursively rename subordinate objects.
159.Pp
160Note that device nodes will not be renamed until

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197.Fl S
198flag is currently ignored.
199.It Ic stop Oo Fl f Oc Op Ar volume | plex | subdisk
200Terminate access to the objects, or stop
201.Nm
202if no parameters are specified.
203.It Ic stripe Oo Fl fv Oc Oo Fl n Ar name Oc Ar drives
204Create a striped volume from the specified drives. If no name is specified,
154This organization requires at least three drives.
155.It Ic rename Oo Fl r Oc Ar drive | subdisk | plex | volume newname
156Change the name of the specified object.
157The
158.Fl r
159flag will recursively rename subordinate objects.
160.Pp
161Note that device nodes will not be renamed until

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198.Fl S
199flag is currently ignored.
200.It Ic stop Oo Fl f Oc Op Ar volume | plex | subdisk
201Terminate access to the objects, or stop
202.Nm
203if no parameters are specified.
204.It Ic stripe Oo Fl fv Oc Oo Fl n Ar name Oc Ar drives
205Create a striped volume from the specified drives. If no name is specified,
205a unique name will be set by Ic gvinum. This organization requires at least two
206drives.
206a unique name will be set by
207.Ic gvinum .
208This organization requires at least two drives.
207.El
208.Sh DESCRIPTION
209The
210.Nm
211utility communicates with the kernel component of the GVinum logical volume
212manager.
213It is designed either for interactive use, when started without
214command line arguments, or to execute a single command if the command is

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273.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/gvinum/plex"
274.It Pa /dev/gvinum
275directory with device nodes for
276.Nm
277objects
278.El
279.Sh EXAMPLES
280To create a mirror on disks /dev/ad1 and /dev/ad2, create a filesystem, mount,
209.El
210.Sh DESCRIPTION
211The
212.Nm
213utility communicates with the kernel component of the GVinum logical volume
214manager.
215It is designed either for interactive use, when started without
216command line arguments, or to execute a single command if the command is

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275.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/gvinum/plex"
276.It Pa /dev/gvinum
277directory with device nodes for
278.Nm
279objects
280.El
281.Sh EXAMPLES
282To create a mirror on disks /dev/ad1 and /dev/ad2, create a filesystem, mount,
281unmount and then stop Ic gvinum:
283unmount and then stop
284.Ic gvinum :
282.Pp
283.Dl "gvinum mirror /dev/ad1 /dev/ad2"
284.Dl "newfs /dev/gvinum/gvinumvolume0"
285.Dl "mount /dev/gvinum/gvinumvolume0 /mnt"
286.Dl "..."
287.Dl "unmount /mnt"
288.Dl "gvinum stop"
289.Pp

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285.Pp
286.Dl "gvinum mirror /dev/ad1 /dev/ad2"
287.Dl "newfs /dev/gvinum/gvinumvolume0"
288.Dl "mount /dev/gvinum/gvinumvolume0 /mnt"
289.Dl "..."
290.Dl "unmount /mnt"
291.Dl "gvinum stop"
292.Pp

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