.TH "RBD" "8" "February 17, 2012" "dev" "Ceph"
.SH NAME
rbd \- manage rados block device (RBD) images
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBrbd\fP [ \-c \fIceph.conf\fP ] [ \-m \fImonaddr\fP ] [ \-p | \-\-pool \fIpool\fP ] [
\-\-size \fIsize\fP ] [ \-\-order \fIbits\fP ] [ \fIcommand\fP ... ]
.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBrbd\fP is a utility for manipulating rados block device (RBD) images,
used by the Linux rbd driver and the rbd storage driver for Qemu/KVM.
RBD images are simple block devices that are striped over objects and
stored in a RADOS object store. The size of the objects the image is
striped over must be a power of two.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-c ceph.conf, \-\-conf ceph.conf
Use ceph.conf configuration file instead of the default /etc/ceph/ceph.conf to
determine monitor addresses during startup.
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.B \-m monaddress[:port]
Connect to specified monitor (instead of looking through ceph.conf).
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.B \-p pool, \-\-pool pool
Interact with the given pool. Required by most commands.
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.SH PARAMETERS
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.B \-\-size size\-in\-mb
Specifies the size (in megabytes) of the new rbd image.
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.B \-\-order bits
Specifies the object size expressed as a number of bits, such that
the object size is \fB1 << order\fP. The default is 22 (4 MB).
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.B \-\-snap snap
Specifies the snapshot name for the specific operation.
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.B \-\-user username
Specifies the username to use with the map command.
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.B \-\-secret filename
Specifies a file containing the secret to use with the map command.
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.SH COMMANDS
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.B \fBls\fP [\fIpool\-name\fP]
Will list all rbd images listed in the rbd_directory object.
.TP
.B \fBinfo\fP [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Will dump information (such as size and order) about a specific rbd image.
.TP
.B \fBcreate\fP [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Will create a new rbd image. You must also specify the size via \-\-size.
.TP
.B \fBresize\fP [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Resizes rbd image. The size parameter also needs to be specified.
.TP
.B \fBrm\fP [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Deletes an rbd image (including all data blocks). If the image has
snapshots, this fails and nothing is deleted.
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.B \fBexport\fP [\fIimage\-name\fP] [\fIdest\-path\fP]
Exports image to dest path.
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.B \fBimport\fP [\fIpath\fP] [\fIdest\-image\fP]
Creates a new image and imports its data from path.
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.B \fBcp\fP [\fIsrc\-image\fP] [\fIdest\-image\fP]
Copies the content of a src\-image into the newly created dest\-image.
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.B \fBmv\fP [\fIsrc\-image\fP] [\fIdest\-image\fP]
Renames an image.
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.B \fBsnap\fP ls [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Dumps the list of snapshots inside a specific image.
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.B \fBsnap\fP create [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Creates a new snapshot. Requires the snapshot name parameter specified.
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.B \fBsnap\fP rollback [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Rollback image content to snapshot. This will iterate through the entire blocks
array and update the data head content to the snapshotted version.
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.B \fBsnap\fP rm [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Removes the specified snapshot.
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.B \fBsnap\fP purge [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Removes all snapshots from an image.
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.B \fBmap\fP [\fIimage\-name\fP]
Maps the specified image to a block device via the rbd kernel module.
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.B \fBunmap\fP [\fIdevice\-path\fP]
Unmaps the block device that was mapped via the rbd kernel module.
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.B \fBshowmapped\fP
Show the rbd images that are mapped via the rbd kernel module.
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.SH IMAGE NAME
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In addition to using the \-\-pool and the \-\-snap options, the image name can include both
the pool name and the snapshot name. The image name format is as follows:
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[pool/]image\-name[@snap]
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Thus an image name that contains a slash character (\(aq/\(aq) requires specifying the pool
name explicitly.
.SH EXAMPLES
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To create a new rbd image that is 100 GB:
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rbd \-p mypool create myimage \-\-size 102400
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or alternatively:
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rbd create mypool/myimage \-\-size 102400
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To use a non\-default object size (8 MB):
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rbd create mypool/myimage \-\-size 102400 \-\-order 23
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.fi
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To delete an rbd image (be careful!):
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rbd rm mypool/myimage
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To create a new snapshot:
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rbd snap create mypool/myimage@mysnap
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.fi
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To delete a snapshot:
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rbd snap rm mypool/myimage@mysnap
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.fi
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To map an image via the kernel with cephx enabled:
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rbd map myimage \-\-user admin \-\-secret secretfile
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.fi
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To unmap an image:
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rbd unmap /dev/rbd0
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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\fBrbd\fP is part of the Ceph distributed file system. Please refer to
the Ceph wiki at \fI\%http://ceph.newdream.net/wiki\fP for more information.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBceph\fP(8),
\fBrados\fP(8)
.SH COPYRIGHT
2011, New Dream Network
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