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diff --git a/extras/multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.8 b/extras/multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0856ca8dfc --- /dev/null +++ b/extras/multipath-tools/multipath/multipath.8 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.TH MULTIPATH 8 "February 2004" "" "Linux Administrator's Manual" +.SH NAME +multipath \- Device mapper target autoconfig +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B multipath +.RB [\| \-v | \-q \|] +.RB [\| \-d \|] +.RB [\| \-i\ \c +.IR int \|] +.RB [\| \-m\ \c +.IR max_devs \|] +.RB [\| \-p\ \c +.BR failover | multibus | group_by_serial \|] +.RB [\| device \|] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B multipath +is used to detect multiple paths to devices for fail-over or performance reasons and coalesces them. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-v +verbose, print all paths and multipaths +.TP +.B \-q +quiet, no output at all +.TP +.B \-d +dry run, do not create or update devmaps +.TP +.BI \-i " int" +multipath target param: polling interval +.TP +.BI \-m " max_devs" +scan +.I max_devs +devices at most +.TP +.BI \-D " major minor" +update only the devmap the path pointed by +.I major minor +is in +.TP +.BI \-p " policy" +force maps to specified policy: +.RS 1.2i +.TP 1.2i +.B failover +1 path per priority group +.TP +.B multibus +all paths in 1 priority group +.TP +.B group_by_serial +1 priority group per serial +.RE +.TP +.BI device +update only the devmap the path pointed by +.I device +is in +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR udev (8), +.BR dmsetup (8) +.BR hotplug (8) +.SH AUTHORS +.B multipath +was developed by Christophe Varoqui, <christophe.varoqui@free.fr> and others. |