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authorgrog <grog@FreeBSD.org>1999-02-11 06:14:49 +0000
committergrog <grog@FreeBSD.org>1999-02-11 06:14:49 +0000
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Modify example configuration file to show more optimum stripe size of
256 kB instead of 16 kB. Pointed-out-by: Steve Taylor <staylor@cybernet.com> Modify description of start command to include 'start' with no parameters, which reads the config from all drives found on the system.
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-rw-r--r--sbin/vinum/vinum.833
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8 b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8
index fd0d23d..aff4d3f 100644
--- a/sbin/vinum/vinum.8
+++ b/sbin/vinum/vinum.8
@@ -638,8 +638,7 @@ command scans the specified disks for
.Nm
partitions containing previously created configuration information. It reads
the configuration in order from the most recently updated to least recently
-updated configuration. This is the normal method used to start
-.Nm vinum .
+updated configuration.
.Nm
maintains an up-to-date copy of all configuration information on each disk
partition. You must specify all of the partitions in a configuration as the
@@ -774,21 +773,25 @@ configuration). Option bit 4 can be useful for error recovery.
.Nm start
starts one or more
.Nm
-objects. To start a plex in a multi-plex volume, the data must be copied from
-another plex in the volume. This frequently takes a long time and is done in
-the background.
-.ig
-XXX When invoked without arguments, it checks all disks connected to the system
-for BSD partitions (type 165) and scans the partitions for a
+objects. If no object names are specified,
+.Nm
+scans the disks known to the system for
.Nm
-partition, which it calls a \fIdrive\fR\|. The
+drives and then reads in the configuration as described under the
+.Nm read
+command. The
.Nm
drive contains a header with all information about the data stored on the drive,
including the names of the other drives which are required in order to represent
plexes and volumes.
-.\" XXX
-.Nm The scan function has not yet been implemented.
-..
+.Pp
+If object names are specified,
+.Nm
+starts them.
+.Pp
+To start a plex in a multi-plex volume, the data must be copied from another
+plex in the volume. Since this frequently takes a long time, it is done in the
+background.
.It Nm stop
.Op Fl f
.Op volume | plex | subdisk
@@ -1007,11 +1010,11 @@ drive drive5 device /dev/da5h
drive drive6 device /dev/da6h
# A volume with one striped plex
volume tinyvol
- plex org striped 32b
+ plex org striped 512b
sd length 64m drive drive2
sd length 64m drive drive4
volume stripe
- plex org striped 32b
+ plex org striped 512b
sd length 512m drive drive2
sd length 512m drive drive4
# Two plexes
@@ -1023,7 +1026,7 @@ volume concat
sd length 150m drive drive4
# A volume with one striped plex and one concatenated plex
volume strcon
- plex org striped 32b
+ plex org striped 512b
sd length 100m drive drive2
sd length 100m drive drive4
plex org concat
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