The nzzonemapformat command

Use the nzzonemapformat command to display or change the type of zone maps.

You can use the nzzonemapformat command to convert a system to table-oriented or column-oriented zone maps, or to show the format that is in use. The system must be paused before you can convert the zone map format. For more information about zone maps, see Column-oriented and table-oriented zone maps.

Syntax

The nzzonemapformat command uses the following syntax:

nzzonemapformat [-h] {-table | -column | -show}

Inputs

The nzzonemapformat command takes the following inputs:

Table 1. The nzzonemapformat input options
Input	Description
-h	Displays the help for the command.
-table	Converts zone maps to table-oriented format.
-column	Converts zone maps to column-oriented format.
-show	Displays the zone map format used on the system.

Usage

The following provides sample usage:

To display the zone map format in use on the system, enter:

[nz@nzhost ~]$ nzzonemapformat -show
System is configured for 'column' zone maps

To convert a system to table-oriented zone maps, enter:

[nz@nzhost ~]$ nzsystem pause
Are you sure you want to pause the system (y|n)? [n] y

[nz@nzhost ~]$ nzzonemapformat -table
    NOTE:  The zonemap conversion process can take several minutes.  Please do
    not interrupt this script while it is performing the conversion.

Converting system to 'table' based zone maps

System is configured for 'table' zone maps

NPS can now be brought back online to resume normal operation

[nz@nzhost ~]$ nzsystem resume