tests/imsm-grow-template change 'wait' to 'check wait'

[thirdparty/mdadm.git] / mdadm.8.in

diff --git a/mdadm.8.in b/mdadm.8.in
index f9f44af494da19ca5b46b3b9b605c1c55d372f45..b4a21d95072d8df59ea2c279d78f6be2357013e0 100644 (file)
--- a/mdadm.8.in
+++ b/mdadm.8.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .\"   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 .\"   (at your option) any later version.
 .\" See file COPYING in distribution for details.
-.TH MDADM 8 "" v3.3.1
+.TH MDADM 8 "" v3.3.2
 .SH NAME
 mdadm \- manage MD devices
 .I aka
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ to detect and assemble arrays \(em possibly in an
 
 .P
 If a device is given before any options, or if the first option is
-and of
+one of
 .BR \-\-add ,
 .BR \-\-re\-add ,
 .BR \-\-add\-spare ,
@@ -2886,6 +2886,20 @@ to '1', the
 .I mdadm
 will create and devices that are needed.
 
+.TP
+.B MDADM_NO_SYSTEMCTL
+If
+.I mdadm
+detects that
+.I systemd
+is in use it will normally request
+.I systemd
+to start various background tasks (particularly
+.IR mdmon )
+rather than forking and running them in the background.  This can be
+suppressed by setting
+.BR MDADM_NO_SYSTEMCTL=1 .
+
 .TP
 .B IMSM_NO_PLATFORM
 A key value of IMSM metadata is that it allows interoperability with
@@ -2902,6 +2916,18 @@ environment.  This can be useful for testing or for disaster
 recovery.  You should be aware that interoperability may be
 compromised by setting this value.
 
+.TP
+.B MDADM_GROW_ALLOW_OLD
+If an array is stopped while it is performing a reshape and that
+reshape was making use of a backup file, then when the array is
+re-assembled
+.I mdadm
+will sometimes complain that the backup file is too old.  If this
+happens and you are certain it is the right backup file, you can
+over-ride this check by setting
+.B MDADM_GROW_ALLOW_OLD=1
+in the environment.
+
 .TP
 .B MDADM_CONF_AUTO
 Any string given in this variable is added to the start of the