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29.Dd September 11, 2016
30.Dt DMCTL 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm dmctl
34.Nd manipulate device-mapper driver command
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38.Nm
39works with the device-mapper kernel driver.
40It can send and receive information and commands from the dm driver.
41.Bl -column -offset indent "suspend" "Switch active and passive tables for"
42.It Li version Ta Print driver and lib version.
43.It Li targets Ta List available kernel targets.
44.It Li create Ta Create device with [dm device name].
45.It Li ls Ta List existing dm devices.
46.It Li info Ta Get info about device with [dm device name].
47.It Li rename Ta Rename device with [dm device name] to [dm device new name].
48.It Li remove Ta Remove device with [dm device name].
49.It Li resume Ta Resume IO on dm device [dm device name].
50.It Li suspend Ta Suspend IO on dm device [dm device name].
51.It Li deps Ta Print physical dependencies for dm device [dm device name].
52.It Li reload Ta Switch active and passive tables for [dm device name].
53.It Li status Ta Print status for device with [dm device name].
54.It Li table Ta Print active table for device with [dm device name].
55.El
56.Sh SEE ALSO
57.Xr dm 3 ,
58.Xr dm 4
59.Sh HISTORY
60The
61.Nm
62utility appeared in
63.Nx 6.0 .
64.Sh AUTHORS
65.Nm
66was written and contributed to
67.Nx
68by
69.An Adam Hamsik .
70