metadata

Parameters

satask

System Administrator task; service commands that are only used in specific circumstances.

-rebuildcluster

(Required) Creates a cluster from the metadata found in /dumps/t3_recovery.bin created by the -dump process.

-scan

(Optional) Scan the specified MDisk or drive for system metadata.

-dump

(Required) Dump metadata from the specified MDisk or drive to file /dumps/t3_recovery.bin

-endend_arg

(Optional) The last LBA in which to look for metadata on the disk.

-filefilename_arg

(Required) Specifies the file in which you want the results of a scan operation. The file is placed into the node in the directory /dumps , and can be retrieved using Secure Copy (scp). The file can be subsequently cleaned using the cleardumps command.

-diskUID_arg

(Required) Specifies the UID of the MDisk or drive that you want to scan, or remove a dump from.

-startstart_arg

(Required) Specifies the following conditions:

• When used with -scan: The first LBA in which to look for metadata on the disk.
• When used with -dump: The first LBA at which the metadata resides (as reported in the scan file).