sg_get_lba_status (1m)

Name

sg_get_lba_status - send the SCSI GET LBA STATUS command

Synopsis

sg_get_lba_status  [--brief]  [--help]  [--hex]  [--lba=LBA]
[--maxlen=LEN] [--raw] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE

Description

SG3_UTILS                                    SG_GET_LBA_STATUS(8)



NAME
     sg_get_lba_status - send the SCSI GET LBA STATUS command

SYNOPSIS
     sg_get_lba_status  [--brief]  [--help]  [--hex]  [--lba=LBA]
     [--maxlen=LEN] [--raw] [--verbose] [--version] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION
     Send the SCSI GET LBA STATUS command to the DEVICE and  out-
     puts  the  response.  This command was introduced in (draft)
     SBC-3 revision 20 and devices  that  support  logical  block
     provisioning should support this command.

     The  default  action  is to decode the response into one LBA
     status descriptor per line output to stdout. The  descriptor
     LBA  is  output  in hex (prefixed by '0x') and the number of
     blocks is output in decimal  followed  by  the  provisioning
     status  in  decimal.  The  provisioning status can be in the
     range 0 to 15 of which only 0 (mapped), 1 (unmapped)  and  2
     (anchored)  are  used currently. The amount of output can be
     reduced by the --brief option.

OPTIONS
     Arguments to long options are mandatory for short options as
     well.

     -b, --brief
          when  use  once then one LBA status descriptor per line
          is output  to  stdout.   Each  line  has  this  format:
          "0x<descriptor_LBA>  0x<blocks> <provisioning_status>".
          So the descriptor LBA and blocks are output in hex  and
          the  provisioning  status  in  decimal. When used twice
          (e.g. '-bb' or '--brief --brief') the the  provisioning
          status  of  the given LBA (or LBA 0 if the --lba option
          is not given) is output to stdout. A check is made that
          the  given  LBA lies on the range of the first returned
          LBA status descriptor (as it should according to  SBC-3
          revision  20)  and  warnings  are  sent to stderr if it
          doesn't.

     -h, --help
          output the usage message then exit.

     -H, --hex
          output response to this command in ASCII hex.

     -l, --lba=LBA
          where LBA is the starting Logical Block  Address  (LBA)
          to  check  the  provisioning  status for. Note that the
          DEVICE chooses how many following blocks that  it  will
          return provisioning status for.




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     -m, --maxlen=LEN
          where LEN is the (maximum) response length in bytes. It
          is placed in the cdb's "allocation  length"  field.  If
          not  given  then 24 is used. 24 is enough space for the
          response header and one  LBA  status  descriptor.   LEN
          should  be 8 plus a multiple of 16 (e.g. 24, 40, and 56
          are suitable).

     -r, --raw
          output response in binary (to stdout).

     -v, --verbose
          increase the level of verbosity, (i.e.  debug  output).
          Additional  output  caused  by  this  option is sent to
          stderr.

     -V, --version
          print the version string and then exit.


ATTRIBUTES
     See  attributes(5)  for  descriptions   of   the   following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Availability   | system/storage/sg3_utils |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted              |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
     In  SBC-3  revision  25  the calculation associated with the
     Parameter Data Length field in the  response  was  modified.
     Prior  to  that  the byte offset was 8 and in revision 25 it
     was changed to 4.

     For a discussion of logical block provisioning  see  section
     4.7 of sbc3r29.pdf at http://www.t10.org (or the correspond-
     ing section of a later draft).

EXIT STATUS
     The exit status of sg_get_lba_status is 0 when  it  is  suc-
     cessful. Otherwise see the sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHORS
     Written by Douglas Gilbert.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.





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COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Douglas Gilbert
     This  software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There
     is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS  FOR
     A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
     sg_write_same(8), sg_unmap(8)


     This   software   was   built   from   source  available  at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.   The   original
     community       source       was       downloaded       from
     http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-1.33.tgz

     Further information about this software can be found on  the
     open        source        community        website        at
     http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html.





































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