Name

raidstop

Synopsis

raidstop [options] mddevice

raidstop is the counterpart of raidstart and is useful for the same reasons. Since member disks can be allocated to only one array at a time, arrays must be deactivated by using raidstop before their member disks can become available to use in new arrays.

Options

-a, --all

Applies command to all devices found in /etc/raidtab. You will not need to specify an mddevice.

-c, --configfile filename

Specifies the use of a configuration file other than the default /etc/raidtab.

-h, --help

Displays configuration flags and exits.

-V, --version

Displays the command version and exit.

Example usage

The following stops all devices found in /etc/raidtab:

# raidstop -a

The following stops all arrays defined in /home/derek/example-raid0:

# raidstop -a -c /home/derek/example-raid0

The following stops /dev/md2, as defined in /home/derek/example-raid0:

# raidstart -c /home/derek/example-raid0 /dev/md2

The following stops only the array /dev/md2, as described in /etc/raidtab:

# raidstart /dev/md2

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