flexblock show
Synopsis
Section titled “Synopsis”flexblock show [DEVICE] [flags]Description
Section titled “Description”show prints the device, volume, ownership and connection state without starting anything. It takes no exclusive lock, so it is safe at any time, including against a live daemon, whose figures it labels as point-in-time estimates. When a daemon is serving, show reports its PID.
The device is optional when --remote is given. Output goes to stdout. show needs no current grant.
| Flag | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
--json | — | Machine-readable output on stdout. |
--remote | — | Also fetch the volume superblock and ownership marker from object storage. |
-v, --verbose | — | Include region offsets, WAL head and generation. Needs a device. |
Examples
Section titled “Examples”Inspect a cache device:
sudo flexblock show /dev/nvme1n1p1Compare local state with the volume in object storage, with layout detail:
sudo flexblock show /dev/nvme1n1p1 --remote -vQuery only the volume in object storage, as JSON:
sudo flexblock show --remote --json