NAME

dmctl — manipulate device-mapper driver command

SYNOPSIS

dmctl

DESCRIPTION

dmctl works with the device-mapper kernel driver. It can send and receive information and commands from the dm driver.

version	Print driver and lib version.
targets	List available kernel targets.
create	Create device with [dm device name].
ls	List existing dm devices.
info	Get info about device with [dm device name].
rename	Rename device with [dm device name] to [dm device new name].
remove	Remove device with [dm device name].
resume	Resume IO on dm device [dm device name].
suspend	Suspend IO on dm device [dm device name].
deps	Print physical dependiences for dm device [dm device name].
reload	Switch active and passive tables for [dm device name].
status	Print status for device with [dm device name].
table	Print active table for device with [dm device name].

SEE ALSO

dm(3), dm(4)

HISTORY

The dmctl was written and contributed to NetBSD by Adam Hamsik and first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.