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--- 1.0.0.rc16/man/dmraid.8.orig 2014-07-18 17:19:26.997757425 +0200
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+++ 1.0.0.rc16/man/dmraid.8 2014-07-18 17:23:31.878350532 +0200
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-f FORMAT-handler
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{-C| --create} set
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--type raidlevel
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- [--size=setsize --strip stridesize]
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+ [--size setsize --str[ide] stridesize]
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--disk "device-path, device-path [, device-path ...]"
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.B dmraid
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{-V/--version}
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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-dmraid discovers block and software RAID devices (eg, ATARAID)
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+dmraid discovers block and software RAID devices (e.g., ATARAID)
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by using multiple different metadata format handlers which
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-support various formats (eg, Highpoint 37x series).
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+support various formats (e.g., Highpoint 37x series).
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It offers activating RAID sets made up by 2 or more
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discovered RAID devices, display properties of devices and sets (see option
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.B -l
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RaidSetName starts with the format name (see
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.B -l
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option) which can be used to access all RAID sets of a specific format
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-easily with certain options (eg,
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+easily with certain options (e.g.,
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.B -a
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below).
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disables the activation of partitions on them, and
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.B -Z
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will make dmraid tell the kernel to remove the partitions from the disks
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-underlying the set, ie if sda is part of the set, remove sda1, sda2, etc.
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+underlying the set, i.e. if sda is part of the set, remove sda1, sda2, etc.
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This prevents applications from directly accessiong the disks bypassing dmraid.
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RAID set names given on command line don't need to be fully specified
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-(eg, "dmraid -ay sil" would activate all discovered Silicon Image Medley
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+(e.g., "dmraid -ay sil" would activate all discovered Silicon Image Medley
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RAID sets). Option
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.B -u
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defers metadata update in case of rebuild is triggered parallelly with activation.
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-Awoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
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+Avoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
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monitoring.
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Useful if volume is activating at early stage of booting process when registration
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to the event monitoring is impossible.
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.TP
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.I [-d|--debug]...
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-Enable debugging output. Opion can be given multiple times
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+Enable debugging output. Option can be given multiple times
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increasing the debug output level.
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.TP
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.B -l
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for a list of supported format handler names. This is useful to
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select particular formats in case multiple metadata signatures are found
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-on a device. A comma seperated list of format names can be specified which
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+on a device. A comma separated list of format names can be specified which
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may not contain white space.
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.TP
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descriptions. Supported RAID levels are listed in parenthesis:
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.br
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-S: Span (concatination)
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+S: Span (concatenation)
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.br
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0: RAID0 (stripe)
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.br
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is added to the system. Option
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.B -u
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defers metadata update in case of rebuild is triggered.
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-Awoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
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+Avoids metadata update to "OK" state if volume is not registered to the event
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monitoring.
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1. Using OROM to identify a new drive
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Delete one or all existing software RAID devices from the metadata.
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.TP
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-.I -f FORMAT-handler {-C|--create} --type raidlevel [--size=setsize --strip stripsize] --disk "device-path, device-path [,device-path]"
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+.I -f FORMAT-handler {-C|--create} --type raidlevel [--size=setsize --strip stripsize] --disk[s] "device-path, device-path [,device-path]"
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Delete one or all existing Configure a software RAID device and store the configuration data in a group of hard drive devices consisting of this array. This command requires the following options:
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-f FORMAT-handler
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is added to
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.B -r
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the RAID metadata gets dumped into a subdirectory named dmraid.format_name
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-(eg. format_name = isw) in files named devicename.dat.
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+(e.g. format_name = isw) in files named devicename.dat.
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The byte offset where the metadata is located on the device is written
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into files named devicename.offset and the size of the device in sectors
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into files named devicename.size.
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.TP
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.I -s... [a|i] [RAID-set...]
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Display properties of RAID sets. Multiple RAID set names can be given
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-on the command line which don't need to be fully specified (eg, "dmraid -s hpt"
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+on the command line which don't need to be fully specified (e.g., "dmraid -s hpt"
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would display all discovered Highpoint RAID sets). Enter
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.B -s
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twice to display RAID subsets too.
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.TP
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.I [-v|--verbose]...
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-Enable verbose runtime information output. Opion can be given multiple times
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+Enable verbose runtime information output. Option can be given multiple times
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increasing the verbosity level.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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"dmraid -l" lists all supported metadata formats with their names along with
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-some descriptive information, eg:
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+some descriptive information, e.g.:
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hpt37x : (+) Highpoint HPT37X
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"dmraid -ay" activates all software RAID sets discovered.
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"dmraid -an" deactivates all active software RAID sets which are not open
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-(eg, mounted filesystem on them).
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+(e.g., mounted filesystem on them).
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"dmraid -ay -f pdc" (pdc looked up from "dmraid -l") activates all
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software RAID sets with Promise format discovered and ignores all other
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supported formats.
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-"dmraid -r" discovers all software RAID devices supported on your system, eg:
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+"dmraid -r" discovers all software RAID devices supported on your system, e.g.:
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/dev/dm-46: hpt45x, "hpt45x_chidjhaiaa-0", striped, ok, 320172928 sectors, data@ 0
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"dmraid -s -s hpt45x_chidjhaiaa" displays properties of
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-set "hpt45x_chidjhaiaa", eg:
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*** Superset
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"dmraid -s -ccs hpt45" displays properties in column format of all sets
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-and subsets with hpt45* format, eg:
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+and subsets with hpt45* format, e.g.:
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hpt45x_chidjhaiaa,640345856,128,raid10,ok,4,0
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hpt45x_chidjhaiaa-b,640345856,128,stripe,ok,2,0
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"dmraid -r --sep : -cpath:size" display paths and sizes in sectors for
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-RAID devices in column format using ':' as a delimiter, eg:
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