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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd May 21, 2004
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.Ar command
37.Op Ar options
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41utility is used to control various GEOM classes.
42A class has to be aware of
43.Xr geom 8
44comunication methods, but there are also some standard commands
45which can be used for existing
46.Xr geom 8
47unaware classes.
48Here is the list of standard commands:
49.Bl -tag -width ".Cm status"
50.It Cm help
51List all available commands for the given class.
52.It Cm list
53Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms
54(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
55This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
56.It Cm status
57Print general information (within the given class) about all geoms
58(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
59This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
60.It Cm load
61Load the kernel module that implements the given class.
62This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and
63the file
64.Pa geom_ Ns Ao Ar class Ac Ns Pa .ko
65can be found in one of the directories specifed in
66.Va kern.module_path
67sysctl.
68.It Cm unload
69Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
70This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
71kernel module.
72.El
73.Pp
74Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
75are stored in
76.Pa /lib/geom/
77directory and are loaded via
78.Xr dlopen 3
79function when the class name is known.
80When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
81available under the name of
82.Nm g Ns Ar class .
83.Pp
84Currently available classes which are aware of
85.Xr geom 8 :
86.Pp
87.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
88.It
89CONCAT
90.It
91LABEL
92.It
93MIRROR
94.It
95NOP
96.It
97RAID3
98.It
99SHSEC
100.It
101STRIPE
102.El
103.Sh ENVIRONMENT
104The following environment variables affect the execution of
105.Nm :
106.Bl -tag -width ".Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH"
107.It Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH
108Specifies the path where shared libraries are stored instead of
109.Pa /lib/geom/ .
110.El
111.Sh EXIT STATUS
112Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
113.Sh EXAMPLES
114The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic
115configuration:
116.Bd -literal -offset indent
117geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
118or:
119gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
120.Ed
121.Pp
122Print the list of all providers from the DISK class:
123.Bd -literal -offset indent
124geom disk list
125.Ed
126.Pp
127Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class:
128.Bd -literal -offset indent
129geom md unload
130.Ed
131.Sh SEE ALSO
132.Xr geom 4 ,
133.Xr gconcat 8 ,
134.Xr glabel 8 ,
135.Xr gmirror 8 ,
136.Xr gnop 8 ,
137.Xr graid3 8 ,
138.Xr gshsec 8 ,
139.Xr gstripe 8
140.Sh HISTORY
141The
142.Nm
143utility appeared in
144.Fx 5.3 .
145.Sh AUTHORS
146.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org
147