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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd January 5, 2011
28.Dt GEOM 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm geom
32.Nd "universal control utility for GEOM classes"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Ar class
36.Cm help
37.Nm
38.Ar class
39.Cm list
40.Op Fl a
41.Op Ar name ...
42.Nm
43.Ar class
44.Cm status
45.Op Fl ags
46.Op Ar name ...
47.Nm
48.Ar class
49.Cm load
50.Op Fl v
51.Nm
52.Ar class
53.Cm unload
54.Op Fl v
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58utility is used to control various GEOM classes.
59A class has to be aware of
60.Xr geom 8
61communication methods, but there are also some standard commands
62which can be used for existing
63.Xr geom 8
64unaware classes.
65Here is the list of standard commands:
66.Bl -tag -width ".Cm status"
67.It Cm help
68List all available commands for the given class.
69.It Cm list
70Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms
71(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
72This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
73Additional options include:
74.Bl -tag -width ".Fl a"
75.It Fl a
76Print information for geoms without providers.
77.El
78.It Cm status
79Print general information (within the given class) about all geoms
80(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
81This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
82.Pp
83Additional options include:
84.Bl -tag -width ".Fl s"
85.It Fl a
86When used with -g, print status for geoms without providers.
87.It Fl g
88Report statuses for geoms instead of providers.
89.It Fl s
90Produce script-friendly output.
91.El
92.It Cm load
93Load the kernel module that implements the given class.
94This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and
95the file
96.Pa geom_ Ns Ao Ar class Ac Ns Pa .ko
97can be found in one of the directories specified in
98.Va kern.module_path
99sysctl.
100.It Cm unload
101Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
102This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
103kernel module.
104.El
105.Pp
106Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
107are stored in
108.Pa /lib/geom/
109directory and are loaded via
110.Xr dlopen 3
111function when the class name is known.
112When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
113available under the name of
114.Nm g Ns Ar class .
115.Pp
116Currently available classes which are aware of
117.Xr geom 8 :
118.Pp
119.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
120.It
121CACHE
122.It
123CONCAT
124.It
125ELI
126.It
127JOURNAL
128.It
129LABEL
130.It
131MIRROR
132.It
133MOUNTVER
134.It
135MULTIPATH
136.It
137NOP
138.It
139PART
140.It
141RAID
142.It
143RAID3
144.It
145SCHED
146.It
147SHSEC
148.It
149STRIPE
150.It
151VIRSTOR
152.El
153.Sh ENVIRONMENT
154The following environment variables affect the execution of
155.Nm :
156.Bl -tag -width ".Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH"
157.It Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH
158Specifies the path where shared libraries are stored instead of
159.Pa /lib/geom/ .
160Multiple paths can be specified with a colon-separated list of paths.
161.El
162.Sh EXIT STATUS
163Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
164.Sh EXAMPLES
165The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic
166configuration:
167.Bd -literal -offset indent
168geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
169or:
170gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
171.Ed
172.Pp
173Print the list of all providers from the DISK class:
174.Bd -literal -offset indent
175geom disk list
176.Ed
177.Pp
178Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class:
179.Bd -literal -offset indent
180geom md unload
181.Ed
182.Sh SEE ALSO
183.Xr libgeom 3 ,
184.Xr geom 4 ,
185.Xr gcache 8 ,
186.Xr gconcat 8 ,
187.Xr geli 8 ,
188.Xr gjournal 8 ,
189.Xr glabel 8 ,
190.Xr gmirror 8 ,
191.Xr gmountver 8 ,
192.Xr gmultipath 8 ,
193.Xr gnop 8 ,
194.Xr gpart 8 ,
195.Xr graid3 8 ,
196.Xr gsched 8 ,
197.Xr gshsec 8 ,
198.Xr gstripe 8 ,
199.Xr gvirstor 8
200.Sh HISTORY
201The
202.Nm
203utility appeared in
204.Fx 5.3 .
205.Sh AUTHORS
206.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org
207