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.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 1, 2006
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.Dt GMIRROR 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gmirror
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.Nd "control utility for mirrored devices"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Cm label
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.Op Fl Fhnv
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.Op Fl b Ar balance
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.Op Fl s Ar slice
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.Ar name
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm clear
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm configure
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.Op Fl adfFhnv
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.Op Fl b Ar balance
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.Op Fl s Ar slice
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.Ar name
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.Nm
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.Cm rebuild
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm insert
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.Op Fl hiv
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.Op Fl p Ar priority
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.Ar name
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm remove
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm activate
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm deactivate
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm forget
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name ...
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.Nm
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.Cm stop
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.Op Fl fv
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.Ar name ...
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.Nm
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.Cm dump
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.Ar prov ...
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.Nm
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.Cm list
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.Nm
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.Cm status
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.Nm
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.Cm load
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.Nm
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.Cm unload
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility is used for mirror (RAID1) configurations.
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After a mirror's creation, all components are detected and configured
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automatically.
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All operations like failure detection, stale component detection, rebuild
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of stale components, etc.\& are also done automatically.
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The
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.Nm
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utility uses on-disk metadata (stored in the provider's last sector) to store all needed
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information.
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Since the last sector is used for this purpose, it is possible to place a root
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file system on a mirror.
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.Pp
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The first argument to
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.Nm
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indicates an action to be performed:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm deactivate"
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.It Cm label
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Create a mirror.
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The order of components is important, because a component's priority is based on its position
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(starting from 0).
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The component with the biggest priority is used by the
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.Cm prefer
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balance algorithm
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and is also used as a master component when resynchronization is needed,
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e.g.\& after a power failure when the device was open for writing.
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.Pp
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Additional options include:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl b Ar balance"
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.It Fl b Ar balance
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Specifies balance algorithm to use, one of:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Cm round-robin"
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.It Cm load
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Read from the component with the lowest load.
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.It Cm prefer
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Read from the component with the biggest priority.
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.It Cm round-robin
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Use round-robin algorithm when choosing component to read.
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.It Cm split
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Split read requests, which are bigger than or equal to slice size on N pieces,
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where N is the number of active components.
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This is the default balance algorithm.
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.El
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.It Fl F
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Do not synchronize after a power failure or system crash.
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Assumes device is in consistent state.
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.It Fl h
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Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
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.It Fl n
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Turn off autosynchronization of stale components.
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.It Fl s Ar slice
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When using the
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.Cm split
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balance algorithm and an I/O READ request is bigger than or equal to this value,
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the I/O request will be split into N pieces, where N is the number of active
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components.
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Defaults to 4096 bytes.
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.El
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.It Cm clear
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Clear metadata on the given providers.
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.It Cm configure
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Configure the given device.
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.Pp
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Additional options include:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl b Ar balance"
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.It Fl a
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Turn on autosynchronization of stale components.
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.It Fl b Ar balance
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Specifies balance algorithm to use.
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.It Fl d
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Do not hardcode providers' names in metadata.
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.It Fl f
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Synchronize device after a power failure or system crash.
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.It Fl F
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Do not synchronize after a power failure or system crash.
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Assumes device is in consistent state.
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.It Fl h
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Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
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.It Fl n
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Turn off autosynchronization of stale components.
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.It Fl s Ar slice
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Specifies slice size for
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.Cm split
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balance algorithm.
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.El
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.It Cm rebuild
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Rebuild the given mirror components forcibly.
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If autosynchronization was not turned off for the given device, this command
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should be unnecessary.
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.It Cm insert
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Add the given component(s) to the existing mirror.
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.Pp
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Additional options include:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl p Ar priority"
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.It Fl h
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Hardcode providers' names in metadata.
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.It Fl i
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Mark component(s) as inactive immediately after insertion.
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.It Fl p Ar priority
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Specifies priority of the given component(s).
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.El
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.It Cm remove
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Remove the given component(s) from the mirror and clear metadata on it.
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.It Cm activate
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Activate the given component(s), which were marked as inactive before.
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.It Cm deactivate
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Mark the given component(s) as inactive, so it will not be automatically
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connected to the mirror.
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.It Cm forget
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Forget about components which are not connected.
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This command is useful when a disk has failed and cannot be reconnected, preventing the
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.Cm remove
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command from being used to remove it.
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.It Cm stop
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Stop the given mirror.
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.Pp
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Additional options include:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl f"
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.It Fl f
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Stop the given mirror even if it is opened.
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.El
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.It Cm dump
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Dump metadata stored on the given providers.
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.It Cm list
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See
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.Xr geom 8 .
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.It Cm status
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See
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.Xr geom 8 .
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.It Cm load
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See
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.Xr geom 8 .
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.It Cm unload
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See
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.Xr geom 8 .
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.El
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.Pp
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Additional options include:
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.Bl -tag -width ".Fl v"
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.It Fl v
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Be more verbose.
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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Use 3 disks to setup a mirror.
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Choose split balance algorithm, split only
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requests which are bigger than or equal to 2kB.
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Create file system,
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mount it, then unmount it and stop device:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror label -v -b split -s 2048 data da0 da1 da2
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newfs /dev/mirror/data
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mount /dev/mirror/data /mnt
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\&...
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umount /mnt
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gmirror stop data
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gmirror unload
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Create a mirror on disk with valid data (note that the last sector of the disk
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will be overwritten).
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Add another disk to this mirror,
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so it will be synchronized with existing disk:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror label -v -b round-robin data da0
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gmirror insert data da1
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Create a mirror, but do not use automatic synchronization feature.
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Add another disk and rebuild it:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror label -v -n -b load data da0 da1
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gmirror insert data da2
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gmirror rebuild data da2
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.Ed
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.Pp
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One disk failed.
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Replace it with a brand new one:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror forget data
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gmirror insert data da1
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Create a mirror, deactivate one component, do the backup and connect it again.
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It will not be resynchronized, if there is no need to do so (there were no writes in
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the meantime):
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror label data da0 da1
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gmirror deactivate data da1
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dd if=/dev/da1 of=/backup/data.img bs=1m
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gmirror activate data da1
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.Ed
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.Sh NOTES
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Doing kernel dumps to
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.Nm
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providers.
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.Pp
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This is possible, but some conditions have to be met.
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First of all, a kernel dump will go only to one component and
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.Nm
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always chooses the component with the highest priority.
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Reading a dump from the mirror on boot will only work if the
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.Cm prefer
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balance algorithm is used (that way
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.Nm
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will read only from the component with the highest priority).
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If you use a different balance algorithm, you should add:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror configure -b prefer data
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.Ed
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.Pp
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to the
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.Pa /etc/rc.early
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script and:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gmirror configure -b round-robin data
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.Ed
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.Pp
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to the
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.Pa /etc/rc.local
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script.
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The decision which component to choose for dumping is made when
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.Xr dumpon 8
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is called.
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If on the next boot a component with a higher priority will be available,
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the prefer algorithm will choose to read from it and
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.Xr savecore 8
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will find nothing.
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If on the next boot a component with the highest priority will be synchronized,
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the prefer balance algorithm will read from the next one, thus will find nothing
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there.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr geom 4 ,
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.Xr dumpon 8 ,
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.Xr geom 8 ,
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.Xr mount 8 ,
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.Xr newfs 8 ,
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.Xr savecore 8 ,
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.Xr umount 8 ,
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.Xr vinum 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.Fx 5.3 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org
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.Sh BUGS
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There should be a way to change a component's priority inside a running mirror.
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.Pp
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There should be a section with an implementation description.
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.Pp
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Documentation for sysctls
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.Va kern.geom.mirror.*
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is missing.
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