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systemd-clonesetup(8)

SYSTEMD-CLONESETUP(8) systemd-clonesetup SYSTEMD-CLONESETUP(8)


.SH "NAME" systemd-clonesetup, systemd-clonesetup@.service - Set up and tear down dm-clone devices


.SH "SYNOPSIS"


.HP 456u


systemd-clonesetup
add
NAME
SOURCE-DEVICE
DEST-DEVICE
META-DEVICE
[OPTIONS]


.HP 456u


systemd-clonesetup
remove
NAME


.PP systemd-clonesetup@.service


.SH "DESCRIPTION"


.PP systemd-clonesetup is used to set up (with add) and tear down (with remove) dm-clone devices. It is primarily used via systemd-clonesetup@.service units generated from /etc/clonetab by systemd-clonesetup-generator(8).


.PP The positional arguments NAME, SOURCE-DEVICE, DEST-DEVICE, META-DEVICE, and OPTIONS have the same meaning as the fields in clonetab(5).


.PP Currently, the supported option in OPTIONS is region-size=BYTES, where BYTES is measured in bytes (standard suffixes like K, M, G are supported).


.SH "SEE ALSO"


.PP systemd(1), clonetab(5), systemd-clonesetup-generator(8), systemd.generator(7), dmsetup(8)

systemd 262.2

systemd 262.2-r1 · os · ingested 2026-11-06