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DMCTL(8)

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DMCTL(8)

NAME

dmctl — manipulate device-mapper driver command

dmctl

dmctl works with the device-mapper kernel driver. It can send and receive information and commands from the dm driver.

`version`	Print driver and lib version.
`targets`	List available kernel targets.
`create`	Create device with [dm device name].
`ls`	List existing dm devices.
`info`	Get info about device with [dm device name].
`rename`	Rename device with [dm device name] to [dm device new name].
`remove`	Remove device with [dm device name].
`resume`	Resume IO on dm device [dm device name].
`suspend`	Suspend IO on dm device [dm device name].
`deps`	Print physical dependiences for dm device [dm device name].
`reload`	Switch active and passive tables for [dm device name].
`status`	Print status for device with [dm device name].
`table`	Print active table for device with [dm device name].

The dmctl was written and contributed to NetBSD by Adam Hamsik and first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

January 23, 2011

NetBSD 7.0