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dmevent_tool – A utility used to load a DSO into dmeventd and (un)register devices with it for monitoring

Synopsis

dmevent_tool -[Vhmru] {RAID device name} {DSO Name}

Description

dmevent_tool is a userspace utility used to register/unregister DSOs with the daemon dmeventd. If used with the -m command line parameter users can display all of the actively dmeventd monitored devices.

Options

-V Show version of dmevent_tool

-{h/?} Show this help information

-m[r|u] List all currently active device mapper devices
  and their current status with dmeventd
  for registered (-r)/unregistered (-m) devices
      Syntax: dmevent_tool -m[u|r]

-a[r|u] Same as -m, but for devices with UUID only!
Syntax: dmevent_tool -a[u|r]

-r Register a device with dmeventd
Syntax: dmevent_tool -r <device name> <path to DSO library>
Example: dmevent_tool -r isw_abcdeh_Volume0 libdmraid-events.so

-u Unregister a device with dmeventd
Syntax: dmevent_tool -u <device name> [<path to DSO library>]
Example: dmevent_tool -u isw_abcdefgh_Volume0

Examples

dmevent_tool -m is used to display all of the actively monitored devices

dmevent_tool -m
Device Name: isw_defeaigdde_Volume0_dmraid00
  Registered DSO:                   libdmraid-events.so
  UUID:                             isw_defeaigdde_Volume0_dmraid00
  status:                           Active
  major device #:                   253
  minor device #:                   0
  read only device:                 No
  number of recorded kernel events: 0
  SATA drives in this volume group: /dev/sdb /dev/sdc
dmevent_tool -r is used to register a volume group device with dmeventd

dmevent_tool -r isw_defeaigdde_Volume0_dmraid00 libdmraid-events.so dmevent_tool -u is used to unregister a volume group from dmeventd

dmevent_tool -u isw_defeaigdde_Volume0_dmraid00

Diagnostics

dmevent_tool returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.

Author

Brian Wood <brian.j.wood [at] intel.com>

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