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authorZdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>2011-12-22 15:50:38 +0000
committerZdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@redhat.com>2011-12-22 15:50:38 +0000
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Updated documentation for dmeventd.
Update man page style. Mention raid and thin plugins. Update help text printed by command to match man page.
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dmeventd \- Device-mapper event daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmeventd
-[\-d]
-[\-f]
-[\-R]
-[\-h]
-[\-V]
-[\-?]
+.RB [ \-d " [" -d " [" -d ]]]
+.RB [ \-f ]
+.RB [ \-h ]
+.RB [ \-R ]
+.RB [ \-V ]
+.RB [ \-? ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
dmeventd is the event monitoring daemon for device-mapper devices.
Library plugins can register and carry out actions triggered when
@@ -19,30 +19,39 @@ LVM PLUGINS
.I Mirror
Attempts to handle device failure automatically. See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
.TP
+.I Raid
+Attempts to handle device failure automatically. See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
+.TP
.I Snapshot
Monitors how full a snapshot is becoming and emits a warning to
syslog when it exceeds 80% full.
The warning is repeated when 85%, 90% and 95% of the snapshot is filled.
See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
+.TP
+.I Thin
+Monitors how full a thin pool is becoming and emits a warning to
+syslog when it exceeds 80% full.
+The warning is repeated when 85%, 90% and 95% of the thin pool is filled.
+See \fBlvm.conf\fP(5).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.I \-d
+.B \-d
Repeat from 1 to 3 times (-d, -dd, -ddd) to increase the detail of
debug messages sent to syslog.
Each extra d adds more debugging information.
.TP
-.I \-f
+.B \-f
Don't fork, run in the foreground.
.TP
-.I \-R
+.BR \-h ", " \-?
+Show help information.
+.TP
+.B \-R
Replace a running dmeventd instance. The running dmeventd must be version
2.02.77 or newer. The new dmeventd instance will obtain a list of devices and
events to monitor from the currently running daemon.
.TP
-.I \-h, \-?
-Show help information.
-.TP
-.I \-V
+.B \-V
Show version of dmeventd.
.SH SEE ALSO