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137 lines
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 22, 2004
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.Dt GCONCAT 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gconcat
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.Nd "disk concatenation control utility"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Cm create
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name
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.Ar dev1
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.Ar dev2
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.Op Ar dev3 Op Ar ...
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.Nm
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.Cm label
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar name
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.Ar dev1
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.Ar dev2
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.Op Ar dev3 Op Ar ...
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.Nm
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.Cm destroy
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.Op Fl fv
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.Ar name
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.Nm
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.Cm clear
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar dev1
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.Op Ar dev2 Op Ar ...
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.Nm
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.Cm list
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility is used for device concatenation configuration.
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The concatenation can be configured using two different methods:
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.Dq manual
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or
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.Dq automatic .
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When using the
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.Dq manual
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method, no metadata are stored on the devices, so the concatenated
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device has to be configured by hand every time it is needed.
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The
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.Dq automatic
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method use on-disk metadata to detect devices.
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Once devices are labeled, they will be automatically detected and
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configured.
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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 destroy"
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.It Cm create
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Concatenate the given devices with specified
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.Ar name .
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This is the
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.Dq manual
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method.
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The kernel module
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.Pa geom_concat.ko
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will be loaded if it is not loaded already.
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.It Cm label
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Concatenate the given devices with the specified
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.Ar name .
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This is the
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.Dq automatic
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method, where metadata are stored in every device's last sector.
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The kernel module
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.Pa geom_concat.ko
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will be loaded if it is not loaded already.
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.It Cm destroy
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Turn off existing concatenate device by its
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.Ar name .
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.It Cm clear
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Clear metadata on given devices.
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.It Cm list
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List currently configured devices.
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.El
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.Pp
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Additional options:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl f
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Force the removal of the specified concatenated device.
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.It Fl v
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Be more verbose.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The following example shows how to configure four disks for automatic
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concatenation, create file system on it, and mount it:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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gconcat label -v data /dev/da0 /dev/da1 /dev/da2 /dev/da3
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newfs /dev/data.concat
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mount /dev/data.concat /mnt
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.Ed
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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Exit status is 0 on success, and 1 if the command fails.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr geom 4 ,
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.Xr mount 8 ,
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.Xr newfs 8 ,
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.Xr vinum 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq pjd@FreeBSD.org
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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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