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.TH nscadm 1M "2 Oct 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "System Administration Commands"
.SH NAME
nscadm \- network storage control utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBnscadm\fR freeze \fIdevice\fR
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBnscadm\fR unfreeze \fIdevice\fR
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBnscadm\fR isfrozen \fIdevice\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBnscadm\fR command performs several network storage control functions.
.sp
.LP
The \fBnscadm\fR \fBfreeze\fR command closes existing references to the
specified device, and blocks future accesses. This allows maintenance of
virtual volume device drivers (for example, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5) to be
performed without shutting down the system.
.sp
.LP
The \fBnscadm\fR \fBunfreeze\fR command reverses the effects of \fBnscadm\fR
\fBfreeze\fR for the specified device.
.sp
.LP
The \fBnscadm\fR \fBisfrozen\fR command returns the current status of the
specified device.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The \fBnscadm\fR command supports the following option.
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
.rt  
Display the usage menu.
.RE

.SH OPERANDS
.sp
.LP
The \fBnscadm\fR command line supports the following operand.
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIdevice\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
Specifies the storage device to be acted upon by \fBnscadm\fR.
.RE

.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
.LP
For the \fBfreeze\fR and \fBunfreeze\fR, subcommands \fBnscadm\fR returns the
following exit values:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
.rt  
Success
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB255\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
.rt  
Error
.RE

.sp
.LP
For the \fBisfrozen\fR subcommand, \fBnscadm\fR returns the following exit
values:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB0\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
.rt  
Device is currently frozen.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
.rt  
Device is not currently frozen.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB255\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 13n
.rt  
Error
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityEvolving
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBscmadm\fR(1M), \fBattributes\fR(5)