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sg_zone (8)

Name

sg_zone - send a SCSI ZONE modifying command

Synopsis

sg_zone   [--all]  [--close]  [--count=ZC]  [--element=EID]  [--finish]
[--help] [--open] [--remove] [--sequentialize] [--verbose]  [--version]
[--zone=ID] DEVICE

Description

SG_ZONE(8)                         SG3_UTILS                        SG_ZONE(8)



NAME
       sg_zone - send a SCSI ZONE modifying command

SYNOPSIS
       sg_zone   [--all]  [--close]  [--count=ZC]  [--element=EID]  [--finish]
       [--help] [--open] [--remove] [--sequentialize] [--verbose]  [--version]
       [--zone=ID] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION
       Sends  a  SCSI  OPEN  ZONE, CLOSE ZONE, FINISH ZONE, REMOVE ELEMENT AND
       MODIFY ZONES or SEQUENTIALIZE ZONE command to the DEVICE. All  but  the
       last  two  are  found in the ZBC standard (INCITS 536-2016). The REMOVE
       ELEMENT AND MODIFY ZONES command was added in zbc2r07 while the SEQUEN-
       TIALIZE ZONE command was added in zbc2r01b.

       One  and  only  one  of  the  --open,  --close,  --finish, --remove and
       --sequentialize options can be chosen.

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

       -a, --all
              sets the ALL field in the cdb.

       -c, --close
              causes the CLOSE ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

       -C, --count=ZC
              ZC is placed in the Zone Count field in the cdb of all four com-
              mands  supported by this utility. ZC should be a value from 0 to
              65535 (0xffff) inclusive.

       -e, --element=EID
              where EID is an element identifier which is a  32  bit  unsigned
              integer  starting  at one. This field is used by the REMOVE ELE-
              MENT AND MODIFY ZONES command and  its  default  value  is  zero
              (which  is invalid). So the user needs to supply a valid element
              identifier when --remove is used.

       -f, --finish
              causes the FINISH ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

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

       -o, --open
              causes the OPEN ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

       -r, --remove
              causes the REMOVE ELEMENT AND MODIFY ZONES command to be sent to
              the DEVICE. In practice, --element=EID needs to be also given.

       -S, --sequentialize
              causes the SEQUENTIALIZE ZONE command to be sent to the DEVICE.

       -v, --verbose
              increase the level of verbosity, (i.e. debug output).

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

       -z, --zone=ID
              where  ID  is  placed in the cdb's ZONE ID field. A zone id is a
              zone start logical block address (LBA). The default value is  0.
              ID  is assumed to be in decimal unless prefixed with '0x' or has
              a trailing 'h' which indicate hexadecimal.

EXIT STATUS
       The exit status of sg_zone is 0 when it is  successful.  Otherwise  see
       the sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHORS
       Written by Douglas Gilbert.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Douglas Gilbert
       This  software is distributed under a FreeBSD license. There is NO war-
       ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR  A  PARTICULAR  PUR-
       POSE.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | system/storage/sg3_utils |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through uncommitted |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       sg_rep_zones,sg_reset_wp(sg3_utils)



NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source was downloaded from  http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-1.46.tgz.

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



sg3_utils-1.43                   January 2021                       SG_ZONE(8)