By default, all commands will operate from the zone at device offset 0 and operate on all zones. The
common options -ofst and -len can be used to modify the operation range of commands.
report
The command zbdreport is used to obtain and display the device zone information.
By default, the command will report all zones from the start of the device up to the last zone of the
device. Options may be used to modify this behavior, changing the starting zone or the size of the
report.
Reportoutput
Zone Zone number
type Type of the zone
ofst Zone start offset in Bytes
len Zone length in Bytes
cap Zone usable capacity in Bytes
wp Zone write pointer position in Bytes
cond Zone condition
non_seq Non-sequential write resources active
reset Reset write pointer recommended
Zonetypes
cnv Conventional
swr Sequential write required
swp Sequential write preferred
??? Unknown (should not be reported)
Zoneconditions
nw Not write pointer
em Empty
fu Full
oe Explicitly opened
oi Implicitly opened
cl Closed
ol Offline
ro Read only
?? Reserved conditions (should not be reported)
reset
The command zbdreset is used to reset the write pointer of one or more zones.
open
The command zbdopen is used to explicitly open one or more zones.
close
The command zbdclose is used to close one or more zones.
finish
The command zbdfinish is used to finish (transition to full) one or more zones.
dump
Save the zone information and zone data of a zoned device to files. The files are by default saved in the
current working directory. A different output path can be specified using the option -d. The file names
are prefixed by default using the device base name. The device zone information is saved in the file
<devname>_zone_info.dump and the device zone data is saved in the file <devname>_zone_data.dump. The file
name prefix can be changed using the option -f.
The dump command will save the data of all conventional zones and the written data of all sequential
zones in the operation range. The options -ofst and -len can be used to limit in size the operation
range.
The zone information file always saves zone information for all zones of the device, regardless of the
specified operation range. This file can be specified in place of a device name with the report command
to inspect its content.
restore
Set a zoned block device zone status and zone data according to the zone information and zoned data saved
in files generated using the dump command. The resulting state of the target device will be identical to
that of the device used to generate the dump files. The restore command will only operate on the zone
range that was used with the dump command. The target zoned block device must be compatible with the
zoned block device used as the source for the dump operation. That is, the target device must have the
same capacity and zone configuration (zone type, zone size and zone capacity) as the source device.
The path and name prefix of the dump files to use for restoring a device can be changed using the options
-d and -f.