TGTIMG

This command is used to initialize device image files with the additional metadata, such as barcode, list of blocks, total size, etc that the TGTD emulation needs.  

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show a help screen and exit.

-o, --op {new|show}

Operation. Is either new to create a new image file or show to show the content of an existing image file.

-Y, --device-type <type>

This specifies the type of image file.

Supported device types are :
    cd   : to create media for a dvd device
    disk : to create media for a disk device
    tape : to create media for a tape device
      

-t, --type <media-type>

When creating a new image, this specifies the type of media to emulate. The available mediatypes depend on the type of the device.

Supported media types for cd devices are :
    dvd+r : create a blank writeable DVD+R disk

Supported media types for disk devices are :
    disk  : create an empty disk

Supported media types for tape devices are :
    data  : create a normal data tape
    clean : create a cleaning tape
    worm  : create a worm
      

-b, --barcode <barcode>

When creating a new image, this argument specifies the barcode to use with this image file. Backup application software often uses barcodes to identify specific tapes. When emulating a VTL, make sure that all tape images use unique barcodes.

-s, --size <size>

When creating a new image, this specifies the size in megabytes for the virtual tape image.

-f, --file <path>

The filename of the image file.

EXAMPLES

To create a new 100MByte disk

      tgtimg --op new --device-type disk --type disk --size 100 --file /data/hd001.raw
    

To create a new tape image

      tgtimg --op new --device-type tape --barcode 12345 --size 100 --type data --file /data/tape001.img
    

To view the content of an existing image

      tgtimg --op show --device-type tape --file /data/tape001.img
    

To create a new blank DVD+R image

      tgtimg --op new --device-type cd --type dvd+r --file /data/dvd001.iso
    

SEE ALSO

tgtd(8), tgtadm(8), tgt-admin(8), tgt-setup-lun(8). http://stgt.sourceforge.net/  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <stgt@vger.kernel.org>

Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

EXAMPLES

SEE ALSO

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