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| author | Jasper Ras <jras@hostnet.nl> | 2025-01-19 21:14:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Jasper Ras <jras@hostnet.nl> | 2025-01-19 21:14:51 +0100 |
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diff --git a/3 resources/linux/Device mapper.md b/3 resources/linux/Device mapper.md deleted file mode 100644 index 059a0d1..0000000 --- a/3 resources/linux/Device mapper.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +0,0 @@ -#linux #device-mapper - ---- -Device mapper is a kernel driver to map physical block devices to virtual ones; this means that for example we can have many physical devices be represented by a single virtual one (linear mapping). - -How does it work? -[[1 projects/Inwerken Mohammed/TODO]] -What is its function in relation to multipath? - -Logical devices using device-mapper can be managed using `man 8 dmsetup` -``` -[jasras@n04.compute.vps2-lej1 ~]$ sudo dmsetup info 3600a098038314d736724566a67346538 -Name: 3600a098038314d736724566a67346538 -State: ACTIVE -Read Ahead: 256 -Tables present: LIVE -Open count: 1 -Event number: 3 -Major, minor: 253, 12 -Number of targets: 1 -UUID: mpath-3600a098038314d736724566a67346538 -``` - -If dmsetup cannot remove a device because a process still has it open, but lsof does not show any processes that open it, use `-f` which replaces the device with a fake that rejects all I/O. - ---- -[device-mapper](https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/device_mapper#device_mapper) -[dmsetup](https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/dmsetup#dmsetup)
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