BLKZONE
Section: System Administration (8)
Updated: February 2017
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NAME
blkzone - run zone command on a device
SYNOPSIS
blkzone
command
[options]
device
DESCRIPTION
blkzone
is used to run zone command on device that support the Zoned Block Commands
(ZBC) or Zoned-device ATA Commands (ZAC). The zones to operate on can be
specified using the offset, count and length options.
The
device
argument is the pathname of the block device.
COMMANDS
report
The command
blkzone report is used to report device zone information.
By default, the command will report all zones from the start of the
block device. Options may be used to modify this behavior, changing the
starting zone or the size of the report, as explained below.
Report output
| start | Zone start sector |
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| len | Zone length in number of sectors |
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| wptr | Zone write pointer position |
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| reset | Reset write pointer recommended |
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| non-seq | Non-sequential write resources active |
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| cond | Zone condition |
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| type | Zone type |
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Zone conditions
| cl | Closed |
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| nw | Not write pointer |
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| em | Empty |
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| fu | Full |
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| oe | Explicitly opened |
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| oi | Implicitly opened |
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| ol | Offline |
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| ro | Read only |
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| x? | Reserved conditions (should not be reported) |
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reset
The command
blkzone reset is used to reset one or more zones. Unlike
sg_reset_wp(8),
this command operates from the block layer and can reset a range of zones.
By default, the command will operate from the zone at device
sector 0 and reset all zones. Options may be used to modify this behavior
as well as specify the operation to be performed on the zone, as explained below.
OPTIONS
The
offset
and
length
option arguments may be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024),
MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is
optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes
KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
Additionally, the 0x prefix can be used to specify
offset and
length in hex.
- -o, --offset sector
-
The starting zone specified as a sector offset. The provided offset in sector
units (512 bytes) should match the start of a zone. The default value is zero.
- -l, --length sectors
-
The maximum number of sectors the command should operate on. The default value
is the number of sectors remaining after offset. This option cannot be
used together with the option --count.
- -c, --count count
-
The maximum number of zones the command should operate on. The default value
is the nuber of zones starting from offset. This option cannot be
used together with the option --length.
- -v, --verbose
-
Display the number of zones returned in the report or the range of sectors
reset..
- -V, --version
-
Display version information and exit.
- -h, --help
-
Display help text and exit.
AUTHORS
Shaun Tancheff <shaun@tancheff.com>
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
SEE ALSO
sg_rep_zones(8)
AVAILABILITY
The blkzone command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
Linux Kernel Archive
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- COMMANDS
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- report
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- reset
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- OPTIONS
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- AUTHORS
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- SEE ALSO
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- AVAILABILITY
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