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drd_mknod(8)
NAME
  drd_mknod - Makes device special files for distributed raw disk (DRD)
  services (provided on Production Server configurations only)

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/drd_mknod [flags]

FLAGS
  -D dir    Specifies the directory in which the drd_mknod utility is to
	    place the device special files.  The utility places device
	    special files in the /dev/rdrd directory by default.

  -M mode   Specifies the file creation mode number.  The mode consists of a
	    number that represents the permission settings as used by the
	    chmod utility.  The drd_mknod utility uses a default creation
	    mode of 644.

  -N mode   Specifies the file creation mode string.  The mode consists of
	    the permission setting information that is displayed in the first
	    column when you enter the ls -l command.

  -R	    Queries to determine if the device special files must be re-
	    created.  When you specify this flag, the drd_mknod utility
	    returns a value of zero (0) if the major number has not changed
	    since the files were originally created.  Otherwise, it returns a
	    nonzero value, indicating that a rebuild is necessary.

  -S subdir Identifies the subdirectory of the directory specified with the
	    -D flag in which the drd_mknod utility is to place the device
	    special files.  If you specify only the -D flag, you cannot
	    specify a subdirectory.

  -d	    Deletes the corresponding files.  By default, the drd_mknod
	    utility creates new files.

  -f string Specifies a list of file names to be created by the drd_mknod
	    utility (or deleted, if you specify the -d flag).  To specify
	    multiple file names, separate them with commas (,) and enclose
	    the name string with double quotation marks (").  For example:
		 "drd[0-9],drd21,drd30"

	    Do not use any spaces or tabs between the file names.

  -g gid    Specifies a global identifier (gid) to be used when the drd_mknod
	    utility creates the files. The default gid is zero (0).

  -h	    Displays help.

  -m majno  Specifies the DRD character major number.  By default, the
	    drd_mknod utility queries the DRD subsystem to determine its
	    current major number.  This is useful because the major number
	    associated with the DRD subsystem can change when the system
	    reboots.

  -u uid    Specifies a user identifier (uid) to be used when the drd_mknod
	    utility creates the files. The default uid is zero (0).

  -x	    Deletes all DRD device special files before creating any new
	    files specified by the -f option.

  -z	    Displays additional debugging information.

DESCRIPTION
  The drd_mknod utility creates the device special files that are used to
  represent DRD services in a Production Server configuration.	Use this
  utility on the cluster members in an available server environment (ASE)
  that are clients of DRD services provided by cluster members in another
  ASE.

  When used on a cluster member within a given ASE, the asemgr utility
  automatically creates the DRD files representing the DRD services provided
  by that ASE.	 However, because the DRD device driver's major number may
  change each time a system reboots, the asemgr utility cannot specify the
  major number to remote nodes.	 Furthermore, you cannot use the conventional
  mknod utility to create DRD device special files on these nodes.

  Each time you use the asemgr utility to add a DRD service within an ASE, a
  message is displayed to remind you to run the drd_mknod utility on one node
  within all other ASEs in the cluster.	 Using the drd_mknod utility to
  create the DRD device special files on the cluster members outside of the
  serving ASE causes these systems to query the DRD subsystem to determine
  the DRD major number.	 You do not need to manually determine this major
  number.  After the utility creates the DRD device special files, cluster
  members outside the ASE providing the DRD services can act as clients of
  these services.

  You can also create DRD device special files on the cluster members outside
  of the serving ASE by using the -r flag to the drd_ivp utility.  The
  drd_ivp utility automatically issues all appropriate calls to the drd_mknod
  utility.

EXAMPLE
  In the following example, ten DRD device special files will be created:

       drd_mknod -f "drd[0-9]"

FILE
  /usr/sbin/drd_mknod
	    Specifies the command path.

RELATED INFORMATION
  drd(7), asemgr(8), mknod(8), drd_ivp(8)

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