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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.Pp
61Additional options include:
62.Bl -tag -width ".Fl s"
63.It Fl s
64Produce script-friendly output.
65.El
66.It Cm load
67Load the kernel module that implements the given class.
68This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and
69the file
70.Pa geom_ Ns Ao Ar class Ac Ns Pa .ko
71can be found in one of the directories specifed in
72.Va kern.module_path
73sysctl.
74.It Cm unload
75Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
76This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
77kernel module.
78.El
79.Pp
80Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
81are stored in
82.Pa /lib/geom/
83directory and are loaded via
84.Xr dlopen 3
85function when the class name is known.
86When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
87available under the name of
88.Nm g Ns Ar class .
89.Pp
90Currently available classes which are aware of
91.Xr geom 8 :
92.Pp
93.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
94.It
95CONCAT
96.It
97LABEL
98.It
99MIRROR
100.It
101NOP
102.It
103RAID3
104.It
105SHSEC
106.It
107STRIPE
108.El
109.Sh ENVIRONMENT
110The following environment variables affect the execution of
111.Nm :
112.Bl -tag -width ".Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH"
113.It Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH
114Specifies the path where shared libraries are stored instead of
115.Pa /lib/geom/ .
116.El
117.Sh EXIT STATUS
118Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
119.Sh EXAMPLES
120The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic
121configuration:
122.Bd -literal -offset indent
123geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
124or:
125gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
126.Ed
127.Pp
128Print the list of all providers from the DISK class:
129.Bd -literal -offset indent
130geom disk list
131.Ed
132.Pp
133Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class:
134.Bd -literal -offset indent
135geom md unload
136.Ed
137.Sh SEE ALSO
138.Xr geom 4 ,
139.Xr gconcat 8 ,
140.Xr glabel 8 ,
141.Xr gmirror 8 ,
142.Xr gnop 8 ,
143.Xr graid3 8 ,
144.Xr gshsec 8 ,
145.Xr gstripe 8
146.Sh HISTORY
147The
148.Nm
149utility appeared in
150.Fx 5.3 .
151.Sh AUTHORS
152.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org
153