metadata

Parameters

satask

(Required) Specifies a system administrator task, such as issuing 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) Scans the specified MDisk or drive for system metadata.

-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 | IPv4_address | IPv6_address

(Required) Specifies the UID, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address of the MDisk or drive that you want to scan or remove a dump from. If an IPv4 or IPv6 address is specified, the -start and -end parameters are ignored.

-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).

If the start_arg variable is not specified, 0 is used as the default.

-endend_arg

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

-dump

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