Synopsis Of Pool Management Commands; Pool_Tool; Pool_Assemble - Red Hat GFS 5.2.1 Administrator's Manual

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5.2. Synopsis of Pool Management Commands

Four commands are available to manage pools:
•

pool_tool

•

pool_assemble

•
pool_info
• pool-mp
The following sections briefly describe the commands and provide references to other sections in this
chapter, where more detailed information about the commands and their use is described.
5.2.1.
pool_tool
The command provides a variety of functions for manipulating and controlling pools
pool_tool
(refer to Table 5-1 and Table 5-2). Some
a pool — require that a file be specified on the command line to provide inputs for the command.
Other functions — such as erasing a pool, renaming a pool, changing a minor number,
pool_tool
and printing a pool configuration — act on existing pools and require one or more pool names to be
specified on the command line.
Flag
-c
-e
-s
-g
-r
-p
-m
Table 5-1.
pool_tool
Flag
-D
-h
-O
-q
pool_tool
Function
Create a pool
Erase a pool
Scan devices
Grow a pool
Rename a pool
Print a pool configuration
Change a pool minor
number
Command Functions
Option
Enable debugging output.
Help. Show usage information.
Override prompts.
Be quiet. Do not display output from the command.
Chapter 5. Using the Pool Volume Manager
functions — such as creating a pool and growing
Section/Page Reference
Section 5.5 Creating a Pool Volume
Section 5.9 Erasing a Pool Volume
Section 5.3 Scanning Block Devices
Section 5.8 Growing a Pool Volume
Note: The
pool_tool
the command as of GFS 5.2.
pool_grow
Although the
pool_grow
available, it is not supported in GFS 5.2 and
later.
Section 5.10 Renaming a Pool Volume
Note: In releases before GFS 5.2, the
had a different usage.
Section 5.7 Displaying Pool Configuration
Information
Section 5.11 Changing a Pool Volume Minor
Number
command supersedes
-g
command is still
flag
-r