man > BLKDEACTIVATE(8)

BLKDEACTIVATE(8)                                                                    BLKDEACTIVATE(8)

NAME
       blkdeactivate — utility to deactivate block devices

SYNOPSIS
       blkdeactivate [-d dm_options] [-e] [-h] [-l lvm_options] [-m mpath_options] [-r
       mdraid_options] [-o vdo_options] [-u] [-v] [device]

DESCRIPTION
       The  blkdeactivate  utility deactivates block devices. For mounted block devices, it attempts
       to unmount it automatically before trying to deactivate. The utility currently  supports  de‐
       vice-mapper devices (DM), including LVM volumes and software RAID MD devices. LVM volumes are
       handled  directly  using the lvm(8) command, the rest of device-mapper based devices are han‐
       dled using the dmsetup(8) command.  MD devices are handled using the mdadm(8) command.

OPTIONS
       -d|--dmoptions dm_options
              Comma separated list of device-mapper specific options.  Accepted  dmsetup(8)  options
              are:

              retry  Retry removal several times in case of failure.

              force  Force device removal.

       -e|--errors
              Show  errors reported from tools called by blkdeactivate. Without this option, any er‐
              ror messages from these external tools are suppressed  and  the  blkdeactivate  itself
              provides only a summary message to indicate the device was skipped.

       -h|--help
              Display the help text.

       -l|--lvmoptions lvm_options
              Comma-separated list of LVM specific options:

              retry  Retry removal several times in case of failure.

              wholevg
                     Deactivate  the whole LVM Volume Group when processing a Logical Volume.  Deac‐
                     tivating the Volume Group as a whole is quicker than deactivating each  Logical
                     Volume separately.

       -r|--mdraidoptions mdraid_options
              Comma-separated list of MD RAID specific options:

              wait   Wait  MD device's resync, recovery or reshape action to complete before deacti‐
                     vation.

       -m|--mpathoptions mpath_options
              Comma-separated list of device-mapper multipath specific options:

              disablequeueing
                     Disable queueing on all multipath devices before deactivation.  This  avoids  a
                     situation  where blkdeactivate may end up waiting if all the paths are unavail‐
                     able for any underlying device-mapper multipath device.

       -o|--vdooptions vdo_options
              Comma-separated list of VDO specific options:

              configfile=file
                     Use specified VDO configuration file.

       -u|--umount
              Unmount a mounted device before trying to deactivate it.  Without this option used,  a
              device that is mounted is not deactivated.

       -v, --verbose
              Run in verbose mode. Use -vv for even more verbose mode.

EXAMPLES
       Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system, skipping mounted devices.
       # blkdeactivate

       Deactivate  all  supported  block devices found in the system, unmounting any mounted devices
       first, if possible.
       # blkdeactivate -u

       Deactivate the device /dev/vg/lvol0 together with all its holders, unmounting any mounted de‐
       vices first, if possible.
       # blkdeactivate -u /dev/vg/lvol0

       Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. If the deactivation of a  device-
       mapper  device  fails, retry it. Deactivate the whole Volume Group at once when processing an
       LVM Logical Volume.
       # blkdeactivate -u -d retry -l wholevg

       Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. If the deactivation of a  device-
       mapper device fails, retry it and force removal.
       # blkdeactivate -d force,retry

SEE ALSO
       dmsetup(8), lsblk(8), lvm(8), mdadm(8), multipathd(8), vdo(8), umount(8)

Red Hat, Inc                      LVM TOOLS 2.03.16(2) (2022-05-18)                 BLKDEACTIVATE(8)