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NAME

       tgtimg - Linux SCSI Target Framework Image File Utility

SYNOPSIS

       tgtimg [-o --op <operation>] [-Y --device-type <device-type>] [-b --barcode <barcode>]
              [-s --size <size>] [-t --type <media-type>] [-f --file <path>]
              [-T --thin-provisioning]

       tgtimg --help

DESCRIPTION

       Tgtimg is a utility to create and manage the image files used by the TGTD device
       emulation.

       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.

       -T, --thin-provisioning
           This argument makes the allocation of the image format use thin-provisioning. This
           means that the file created will be a sparse file that will allocate blocks from the
           filesystem on demand.

           Be careful when using thin-provisioning. If the filesystem fills up a iSCSI write to a
           thin-provisioned LUN can fail. Initiators generally do not handle "out of space"
           errors gracefully.

           Thin-provisioning uses FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE which is only available on some linux
           filesystems. Thin-provisioning can only be used for DISK images.

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>

[FIXME: source]                             04/26/2016                                  TGTIMG(8)