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author | grog <grog@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-03-18 23:17:05 +0000 |
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committer | grog <grog@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-03-18 23:17:05 +0000 |
commit | c1eac85cfd6be39ba377497e52ad03482773ec45 (patch) | |
tree | f42ac0139f654f5e79f792c6c2f8269822dd3fc9 /sbin/vinum/vinum.8 | |
parent | 76f3c63b39b4825fe19e7e2d5b333247a23d0e0a (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-c1eac85cfd6be39ba377497e52ad03482773ec45.zip FreeBSD-src-c1eac85cfd6be39ba377497e52ad03482773ec45.tar.gz |
Clarify the synchronization options in additional plexes to a volume.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/vinum/vinum.8')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 index ffea8dc..74ebc5b 100644 --- a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 +++ b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 @@ -1210,7 +1210,15 @@ not known, but they are certainly not consistent. As a result, by default .Nm sets the state of all newly-created plexes except the first to .Ar stale . -.sp +In order to synchronize them with the first plex, you must +.Nm start +their subdisks, which causes +.Nm +to copy the data from a plex which is in the +.Ar up +state. Depending on the size of the subdisks involved, this can take a long +time. +.Pp In practice, people aren't too interested in what was in the plex when it was created, and other volume managers cheat by setting them .Ar up @@ -1220,8 +1228,8 @@ provides two ways to ensure that newly created plexes are .Ar up : .Bl -bullet .It -Create the plexes and then initialize them with -.Nm vinum init . +Create the plexes and then synchronize them with +.Nm vinum start . .It Create the volume (not the plex) with the keyword .Ar setupstate , |