Usage:
dmsetup
[--version] [-h|--help [-c|-C|--columns]]
[-v|--verbose [-v|--verbose ...]] [-f|--force]
[--checks] [--manglename {none|hex|auto}]
[-r|--readonly] [--noopencount] [--noflush] [--nolockfs] [--inactive]
[--udevcookie <cookie>] [--noudevrules] [--noudevsync] [--verifyudev]
[-y|--yes] [--readahead {[+]<sectors>|auto|none}] [--retry]
[-c|-C|--columns] [-o <fields>] [-O|--sort <sort_fields>]
[-S|--select <selection>] [--nameprefixes]
[--noheadings|--headings none|abbrev|full|0|1|2]
[--separator <separator>]
help [-c|-C|--columns]
create <dev_name>
[-j|--major <major> -m|--minor <minor>]
[-U|--uid <uid>] [-G|--gid <gid>] [-M|--mode <octal_mode>]
[-u|--uuid <uuid>] [--addnodeonresume|--addnodeoncreate]
[--readahead {[+]<sectors>|auto|none}]
[-n|--notable|--table {<table>|<table_file>}]
create --concise [<concise_device_spec_list>]
remove [--deferred] [-f|--force] [--retry] <device>...
remove_all [-f|--force]
suspend [--noflush] [--nolockfs] <device>...
resume [--noflush] [--nolockfs] <device>...
[--addnodeonresume|--addnodeoncreate]
[--readahead {[+]<sectors>|auto|none}]
load <device> [<table>|<table_file>]
clear <device>
reload <device> [<table>|<table_file>]
wipe_table [-f|--force] [--noflush] [--nolockfs] <device>...
rename <device> [--setuuid] <new_name_or_uuid>
measure [<device>...]
message <device> <sector> <message>
ls [--target <target_type>] [--exec <command>] [-o <options>] [--tree]
info [<device>...]
deps [-o <options>] [<device>...]
stats <command> [<options>] [<device>...]
status [<device>...] [--noflush] [--target <target_type>]
table [<device>...] [--concise] [--target <target_type>] [--showkeys]
wait <device> [<event_nr>] [--noflush]
mknodes [<device>...]
mangle [<device>...]
udevcreatecookie
udevreleasecookie [<cookie>]
udevflags <cookie>
udevcomplete <cookie>
udevcomplete_all [<age_in_minutes>]
udevcookies
target-version [<target>...]
targets
version
setgeometry <device> <cyl> <head> <sect> <start>
splitname <device> [<subsystem>]
<device> may be device name or (if only one) -u <uuid> or -j <major> -m <minor>
<mangling_mode> is one of 'none', 'auto' and 'hex'.
<fields> are comma-separated. Use 'help -c' for list.
<concise_device_specification> has single-device entries separated by semi-colons:
<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>
where <flags> is 'ro' or 'rw' (the default) and any of <uuid>, <minor>
and <flags> may be empty. Separate extra table lines with commas.
E.g.: dev1,,,,0 100 linear 253:1 0,100 100 error;dev2,,,ro,0 1 error
Table_file contents may be supplied on stdin.
Options are: devno, devname, blkdevname.
Tree specific options are: ascii, utf, vt100; compact, inverted, notrunc;
blkdevname, [no]device, active, open, rw and uuid.
Options (19)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--addnodeoncreate | Ensure /dev/mapper node exists after dmsetup create. | man |
--addnodeonresume | Ensure /dev/mapper node exists after dmsetup resume (default with udev). | man |
--checks | Perform additional checks on the operations requested and report potential problems. | man |
--count count | Specify the number of times to repeat a report. | man |
--inactive | When returning any table information from the kernel, report on the inactive table instead of the live table. | man |
--interval seconds | Specify the interval in seconds between successive iterations for repeating reports. | man |
--manglename auto|hex|none | Mangle any character not on a whitelist using mangling_mode when processing device-mapper device names and UUIDs. | man |
--nameprefixes | Add a "DM_" prefix plus the field name to the output. | man |
--noheadings | Suppress the headings line when using columnar output. | man |
--headings none|abbrev|full|0|1|2 | Type of headings line to use for columnar output. | man |
--noflush | Do not flush outstanding I/O when suspending a device, or do not commit thin-pool metadata when obtaining thin-pool status. | man |
--nolockfs | Do not attempt to synchronize filesystem, e.g., when suspending a device. | man |
--noopencount | Tell the kernel not to supply the open reference count for the device. | man |
--noudevrules | Do not allow udev to manage nodes for devices in device-mapper directory. | man |
--noudevsync | Do not synchronize with udev when creating, renaming or removing devices. | man |
--table table | Specify a one-line table directly on the command line. | man |
--udevcookie cookie | Use a cookie for udev synchronization. | man |
--verifyudev | If udev synchronization is enabled, verify that udev operations get performed correctly and try to fix up the device nodes afterwards if not. | man |
--version | Display the library and kernel driver version. | man |
Examples (1) from the manual page, untested
A table to join two disks together
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