---
name: "mkqdisk"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cman"
version: "3.1.8-1.2+b1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mkqdisk"
---

# mkqdisk(8)

Cluster Quorum Disk Utility

## NAME

mkqdisk - Cluster Quorum Disk Utility

## WARNING

Use of this command can cause the cluster to malfunction.

## SYNOPSIS

**mkqdisk \[-?\|-h\] \| \[-L\] \| \[-f** label**\] \[-c** device  **-l** label**\] \[-d \[-d ...\]\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**The mkqdisk command is used to create a new quorum disk or display** **existing quorum disks accessible from a given cluster node.**

## OPTIONS

- \-c device -l label

  **Initialize a new cluster quorum disk.  This will destroy all data on the given** **device.  If a cluster is currently using that device as a quorum disk, the** **entire cluster will malfunction.  Do not run this on an active cluster when** **qdiskd is running.  Only one device on the SAN should ever have the given** **label; using multiple different devices is currently not supported (it is** **expected a RAID array is used for quorum disk redundancy).  The label can be** **any textual string up to 127 characters - and is therefore enough space to hold** **a UUID created with [uuidgen(1)](/uuidgen/1.md).**

- \-f label

  **Find the cluster quorum disk with the given label and display information about it.**

- \-L

  **Display information on all accessible cluster quorum disks.**

- \-d

  **Increase debugging level.  Specify multiple times for more information.** **Currently, specifying more than twice has no effect.**

## SEE ALSO

**[qdisk(5)](/qdisk/5.md), [qdiskd(8)](/qdiskd/8.md), [uuidgen(1)](/uuidgen/1.md)**