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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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27.Dd September 13, 2018
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.Nm
56.Fl p
57.Ar provider-name
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
60.Nm
61utility is used to control various GEOM classes.
62A class has to be aware of
63.Xr geom 8
64communication methods, but there are also some standard commands
65which can be used for existing
66.Xr geom 8
67unaware classes.
68Here is the list of standard commands:
69.Bl -tag -width ".Cm status"
70.It Cm help
71List all available commands for the given class.
72.It Cm list
73Print detailed information (within the given class) about all geoms
74(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
75This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
76Additional options include:
77.Bl -tag -width ".Fl a"
78.It Fl a
79Print information for geoms without providers.
80.El
81.It Cm status
82Print general information (within the given class) about all geoms
83(if no additional arguments were specified) or the given geoms.
84This command is only available if the given class exists in the kernel.
85.Pp
86Additional options include:
87.Bl -tag -width ".Fl s"
88.It Fl a
89When used with -g, print status for geoms without providers.
90.It Fl g
91Report statuses for geoms instead of providers.
92.It Fl s
93Produce script-friendly output.
94.El
95.It Cm load
96Load the kernel module that implements the given class.
97This command is only available if the class does not yet exist in the kernel and
98the file
99.Pa geom_ Ns Ao Ar class Ac Ns Pa .ko
100can be found in one of the directories specified in
101.Va kern.module_path
102sysctl.
103.It Cm unload
104Unload the kernel module which implements the given class.
105This command is only available if the given class is loaded as a
106kernel module.
107.El
108.Pp
109Additional options include:
110.Bl -tag -width ".Cm status"
111.It Fl p Ar provider-name
112Print detailed information about the geom which provides
113.Ar provider-name .
114.El
115.Pp
116Class-specific commands are implemented as shared libraries which
117are stored in
118.Pa /lib/geom/
119directory and are loaded via
120.Xr dlopen 3
121function when the class name is known.
122When a class-specific shared library exists, a direct utility should also be
123available under the name of
124.Nm g Ns Ar class .
125.Pp
126Currently available classes which are aware of
127.Xr geom 8 :
128.Pp
129.Bl -bullet -offset indent -compact
130.It
131CACHE
132.It
133CONCAT
134.It
135ELI
136.It
137JOURNAL
138.It
139LABEL
140.It
141MIRROR
142.It
143MOUNTVER
144.It
145MULTIPATH
146.It
147NOP
148.It
149PART
150.It
151RAID
152.It
153RAID3
154.It
155SCHED
156.It
157SHSEC
158.It
159STRIPE
160.It
161VIRSTOR
162.El
163.Sh ENVIRONMENT
164The following environment variables affect the execution of
165.Nm :
166.Bl -tag -width ".Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH"
167.It Ev GEOM_LIBRARY_PATH
168Specifies the path where shared libraries are stored instead of
169.Pa /lib/geom/ .
170Multiple paths can be specified with a colon-separated list of paths.
171.El
172.Sh EXIT STATUS
173Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
174.Sh EXAMPLES
175The following example shows how to set up a stripe on three disks for automatic
176configuration:
177.Bd -literal -offset indent
178geom stripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
179or:
180gstripe label -v -s 65536 data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2
181.Ed
182.Pp
183Print the list of all providers from the DISK class:
184.Bd -literal -offset indent
185geom disk list
186.Ed
187.Pp
188Unload a kernel module which implements the MD class:
189.Bd -literal -offset indent
190geom md unload
191.Ed
192.Sh SEE ALSO
193.Xr libgeom 3 ,
194.Xr geom 4 ,
195.Xr gcache 8 ,
196.Xr gconcat 8 ,
197.Xr geli 8 ,
198.Xr gjournal 8 ,
199.Xr glabel 8 ,
200.Xr gmirror 8 ,
201.Xr gmountver 8 ,
202.Xr gmultipath 8 ,
203.Xr gnop 8 ,
204.Xr gpart 8 ,
205.Xr graid3 8 ,
206.Xr gsched 8 ,
207.Xr gshsec 8 ,
208.Xr gstripe 8 ,
209.Xr gvirstor 8
210.Sh HISTORY
211The
212.Nm
213utility appeared in
214.Fx 5.3 .
215.Sh AUTHORS
216.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org
217