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.TH "BLKDEACTIVATE" "8" "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Red Hat, Inc" "\" "
.SH "NAME"
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blkdeactivate \(em utility to deactivate block devices
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B blkdeactivate
.RI [ options ]
.RI [ device... ]
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
blkdeactivate utility deactivates block devices. If a device
is mounted, the utility can unmount it automatically before
trying to deactivate. The utility currently supports
\fI device-mapper\fP devices, including \fI LVM\fP volumes.
LVM volumes are handled directly using the \fI lvm\fP command.
Other device-mapper based devices are handled using the
\fI dmsetup\fP command.
.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
.BR \- e ", " \- \- errors
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Show errors reported from tools called by blkdeactivate.
Without this option, any error messages from these external tools
are suppressed and the blkdeactivate itself provides only a summary
message about device being skipped or not.
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.TP
.BR \- h ", " \- \- help
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Display the help text.
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.TP
.BR \- u ", " \- \- umount
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Unmount a mounted device before trying to deactivate it.
Without this option used, a device that is mounted is not deactivated.
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.TP
.BR \- v ", " \- \- verbose
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Run in verbose mode.
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.TP
.BR \- d ", " \- \- dmoption " " \fI dm_options
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Comma separated list of device-mapper specific options.
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.TP
.BR \- l ", " \- \- lvmoption " " \fI lvm_options
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Comma separated list of LVM specific options.
.SH DM_OPTIONS
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.TP
.B retry
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Retry removal several times in case of failure.
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.TP
.B force
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Force device removal. See \fB dmsetup\fP (8) for more information.
.SH LVM_OPTIONS
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.TP
.B retry
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Retry removal several times in case of failure.
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.TP
.B wholevg
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Deactivate the whole LVM Volume Group when processing a Logical Volume.
Deactivating Volume Group as a whole takes less time than deactivating
each Logical Volume separately.
.SH EXAMPLES
.sp
Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. If a device
is mounted, skip its deactivation.
.sp
.B blkdeactivate
Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. If a device
is mounted, unmount it first if possible.
.sp
.B blkdeactivate \- u
Deactivate supplied device together with all its holders. If any of the
devices processed is mounted, unmount it first if possible.
.sp
.B blkdeactivate \- u /dev/vg/lvol0
Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. Retry deactivation
of device-mapper devices in case the deactivation fails. Deactivate the whole
Volume Group at once when processing an LVM Logical Volume.
.sp
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.B blkdeactivate \- u \- d retry \- l wholevg
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Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. Retry deactivation
of device-mapper devices in case the deactivation fails and force removal.
.sp
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.B blkdeactivate \- d force,retry
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lsblk (8)
.BR umount (8)
.BR dmsetup (8)
.BR lvm (8)