pmempool-create(1)

1PMEMPOOL-CREATE(1)         PMDK Programmer's Manual         PMEMPOOL-CREATE(1)
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NAME

6       pmempool-create - create a persistent memory pool
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SYNOPSIS

9              $ pmempool create [<options>] [<type>] [<bsize>] <file>
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DESCRIPTION

12       The  pmempool invoked with create command creates a pool file of speci‐
13       fied type.  Depending on a pool type it is  possible  to  provide  more
14       properties of pool.
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16       Valid  pool types are: blk, log and obj which stands for pmemblk, pmem‐
17       log and pmemobj pools respectively.  By default the pool file is creat‐
18       ed  with  minimum  allowed  size  for specified pool type.  The minimum
19       sizes for blk, log and  obj  pool  types  are  PMEMBLK_MIN_POOL,  PMEM‐
20       LOG_MIN_POOL  and  PMEMOBJ_MIN_POOL  respectively.   See libpmemblk(7),
21       libpmemlog(7) and libpmemobj(7) for details.
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23       For pmemblk pool type block size <bsize> is a required argument.
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25       In order to set custom size of pool use -s option, or use -M option  to
26       create a pool of maximum available size on underlying file system.
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28       The  size argument may be passed in format that permits only the upper-
29       case character for byte - B as specified in IEC 80000-13, IEEE 1541 and
30       the  Metric Interchange Format.  Standards accept SI units with obliga‐
31       tory B - kB, MB, GB, ... which means multiplier by 1000 and  IEC  units
32       with  optional  “iB”  -  KiB, MiB, GiB, ..., K, M, G, ... - which means
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35   Available options:
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38       Size of pool file.
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42       Set size of pool to available space of underlying file system.
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44       -m, --mode <octal>
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46       Set permissions to (the default is 0664) when creating the  files.   If
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49       -i, --inherit <file>
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51       Create a new pool of the same size and other properties as <file>.
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67       Display help message and exit.
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69   Options for PMEMBLK:
70       By default when creating a pmem blk pool, the BTT layout is not written
71       until the first write operation of block entry is performed.  Using  -w
72       option  you  can  force  writing the BTT layout by writing zero data to
73       specified block number.  By default the write operation is performed to
74       block number 0.  Please refer to libpmemblk(7) for details.
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76       -w, --write-layout
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78       Force  writing  the  BTT  layout by performing write operation to block
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81   Options for PMEMOBJ:
82       By default when creating a pmem obj pool, the layout name  provided  to
83       the  libpmemobj  library is an empty string.  Please refer to libpmemo‐
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86       -l, --layout <layout>
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EXAMPLE

91              $ pmempool create blk 512 pool.blk
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93       Create a blk pool file of minimum allowed size and block size 512 bytes
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95              $ pmempool create log -M pool.log
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99              $ pmempool create blk --size=4G --write-layout 1K pool.blk
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101       Create a blk pool file of size 4G, block size 1K and write the BTT lay‐
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104              $ pmempool create --layout my_layout obj pool.obj
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106       Create an obj pool file of minimum allowed size and layout “my_layout”
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108              $ pmempool create --inherit=pool.log new_pool.log
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