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.Dd September 11, 2016
.Dt DMCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dmctl
.Nd manipulate device-mapper driver command
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
works with the device-mapper kernel driver.
It can send and receive information and commands from the dm driver.
.Bl -column -offset indent "suspend" "Switch active and passive tables for"
.It Li version Ta Print driver and lib version.
.It Li targets Ta List available kernel targets.
.It Li create Ta Create device with [dm device name].
.It Li ls Ta List existing dm devices.
.It Li info Ta Get info about device with [dm device name].
.It Li rename Ta Rename device with [dm device name] to [dm device new name].
.It Li remove Ta Remove device with [dm device name].
.It Li resume Ta Resume IO on dm device [dm device name].
.It Li suspend Ta Suspend IO on dm device [dm device name].
.It Li deps Ta Print physical dependencies for dm device [dm device name].
.It Li reload Ta Switch active and passive tables for [dm device name].
.It Li status Ta Print status for device with [dm device name].
.It Li table Ta Print active table for device with [dm device name].
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dm 3 ,
.Xr dm 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Nx 6.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Nm
was written and contributed to
.Nx
by
.An Adam Hamsik .