nvme-create-ns1
Send nvme namespace management command to create namespace, returns results. (deprecated)
Usage
nvme [<global-options>]
create-ns
<device>
[{--nsze=<nsze> | -s
<nsze>}]
[{--ncap=<ncap> | -c
<ncap>}]
[{--flbas=<flbas> | -f
<flbas>}]
[{--dps=<dps> | -d
<dps>}]
[{--nmic=<nmic> | -m
<nmic>}]
[{--anagrp-id=<anagrpid> | -a
<anagrpid>}]
[{--nvmset-id=<nvmsetid> | -i
<nvmsetid>}]
[{--endg-id=<endgid> | -e
<endgid>}]
[{--csi=<command_set_identifier> | -y
<command_set_identifier>}]
[{--lbstm=<lbstm> | -l
<lbstm>}]
[{--nphndls=<nphndls> | -n
<nphndls>}]
[{--block-size=<block-size> | -b
<block-size>}]
[{--nsze-si=<nsze-si> | -S
<nsze-si>}]
[{--ncap-si=<ncap-si> | -C
<ncap-si>}]
[{--azr | -z}]
[{--rar=<rar> | -r
<rar>}]
[{--ror=<ror> | -O
<ror>}]
[{--rnumzrwa=<rnumzrwa> | -u
<rnumzrwa>}]
[{--phndls=<placement-handle-list,> | -p
<placement-handle-list,>}]
[<global-options>]
Overview
Deprecated alias for nvme-ns-create(1), kept for scripts written against nvme-cli versions older than 3.0. Options and behavior are identical; only the top-level command name is retained.
New scripts should use nvme ns create instead. This alias prints a deprecation warning on stderr and may be removed in a future release.
See nvme-ns-create(1) for the full option reference.
Options
The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:
-
--dry-run -
Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.
-
--no-ioctl-probing -
Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
-
--no-retries -
Disable retry logic on transient errors.
-
-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> -
Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.
-
--output-format-version=<version> -
Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected.
-
--quiet -
Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.
-
--set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] -
Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir.
-
--timeout=<ms> -
Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).
-
-v, --verbose -
Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.
These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.
Examples
No Examples
Nvme
Part of the nvme-user suite
Releases
6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.
--dry-run since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--no-ioctl-probing since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--no-retries since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--output-format since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--output-format-version since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--quiet since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--set-options since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--timeout since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--verbose since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-o since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-v since Debian 13 (Trixie).
--anagrp-id until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--azr until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--block-size until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--csi until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--dps until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--endg-id until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--flbas until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--lbstm until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--ncap until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--ncap-si until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--nmic until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--nphndls until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--nsze until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--nsze-si until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--nvmset-id until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--phndls until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--rar until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--rnumzrwa until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--ror until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-C until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-O until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-S until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-a until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-b until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-c until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-d until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-e until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-f until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-i until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-l until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-m until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-n until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-p until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-r until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-s until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-t until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-u until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-y until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-z until Debian 13 (Trixie).