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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd May 9, 2023 .Dt GEOM 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm geom .Nd "universal control utility for GEOM classes" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Ar class .Cm help .Nm .Ar class .Cm list .Op Fl a .Op Ar name ... .Nm .Ar class .Cm status .Op Fl ags .Op Ar name ... .Nm .Ar class .Cm load .Op Fl v .Nm .Ar class .Cm unload .Op Fl v .Nm .Fl p .Ar provider-name .Nm .Fl t .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility is used to control various GEOM classes. A class has to be aware of .Nm communication methods, but there are also some standard commands which can be used for existing .Nm unaware classes. Here is the list of standard commands: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm status" .It Cm help List all available commands for the given class. .It Cm list Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms (if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms. This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel. Additional options include: .Bl -tag -width ".Fl a" .It Fl a Print information for geoms without providers. .El .It Cm status Print general information (within the given class) about all geoms (if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms. This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel. .Pp Additional options include: .Bl -tag -width ".Fl s" .It Fl a When used with -g, print status for geoms without providers. .It Fl g Report statuses for geoms instead of providers. .It Fl s Produce script-friendly output. .El .It Cm load Load the kernel module that implements the given class. This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and the file .Pa geom_ Ns Ao Ar class Ac Ns Pa .ko can be found in one of the directories specified in .Va kern.module_path sysctl. .It Cm unload Unload the kernel module which implements the given class. This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a kernel module. .El .Pp Additional options include: .Bl -tag -width ".Cm status" .It Fl p Ar provider-name Print detailed information about the geom which provides .Ar provider-name . .It Fl t Display geoms hierarchy as a tree. .El .Pp Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which are stored in .Pa /lib/geom/ directory and are loaded via .Xr dlopen 3 function when the class name is known. When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be available under the name of .Nm g Ns Ar class . .Pp Currently, classes aware of .Nm are: .Pp .Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact .It CACHE .It CONCAT .It ELI .It JOURNAL .It LABEL .It MIRROR .It MOUNTVER .It MULTIPATH .It NOP .It PART .It RAID .It RAID3 .It SCHED .It SHSEC .It STRIPE .It UNION .It VINUM (deprecated) .It VIRSTOR .El .Sh ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of .Nm : .Bl -tag -width ".Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH" .It Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH Specifies the path where shared libraries are stored instead of .Pa /lib/geom/ . Multiple paths can be specified with a colon-separated list of paths. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails. .Sh EXAMPLES The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic configuration: .Bd -literal -offset indent geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 .Ed .Pp or: .Bd -literal -offset indent gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 .Ed .Pp Print the list of all providers from the DISK class: .Bd -literal -offset indent geom disk list .Ed .Pp Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class: .Bd -literal -offset indent geom md unload .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr libgeom 3 , .Xr geom 4 , .Xr gcache 8 , .Xr gconcat 8 , .Xr geli 8 , .Xr gjournal 8 , .Xr glabel 8 , .Xr gmirror 8 , .Xr gmountver 8 , .Xr gmultipath 8 , .Xr gnop 8 , .Xr gpart 8 , .Xr graid3 8 , .Xr gsched 8 , .Xr gshsec 8 , .Xr gstripe 8 , .Xr gunion 8 , .Xr gvinum 8 , .Xr gvirstor 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm utility appeared in .Fx 5.3 . .Sh AUTHORS .An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org