NAME<\/a> btrfs-scrub \u2212 scrub btrfs filesystem, verify block checksums<\/p>\n btrfs scrub<\/b> btrfs scrub<\/b><\/i> is used to scrub a mounted btrfs filesystem, which will read all data and metadata blocks from all devices and verify checksums. Automatically repair corrupted blocks if there\u2019s a correct copy available.<\/p>\n Note<\/big><\/b> The user is supposed to run it manually or via a periodic system service. The recommended period is a month but could be less. The estimated device bandwidth utilization is about 80% on an idle filesystem. The IO priority class is by default idle<\/i> so background scrub should not significantly interfere with normal filesystem operation. The IO scheduler set for the device(s) might not support the priority classes though.<\/p>\n The scrubbing status is recorded in \/var\/lib\/btrfs\/<\/i> in textual files named scrub.status.UUID<\/i> for a filesystem identified by the given UUID. (Progress state is communicated through a named pipe in file scrub.progress.UUID<\/i> in the same directory.) The status file is updated every 5 seconds. A resumed scrub will continue from the last saved position.<\/p>\n Scrub can be started only on a mounted filesystem, though it\u2019s possible to scrub only a selected device. See scrub start<\/b> for more.<\/p>\n cancel<\/big><\/b> If a scrub is running on the filesystem identified by path<\/i> or device<\/i>, cancel it.<\/big><\/p>\n If a device<\/i> is specified, the corresponding filesystem is found and btrfs scrub cancel<\/b> behaves as if it was called on that filesystem. The progress is saved in the status file so btrfs scrub resume<\/b> can continue from the last position.<\/big><\/p>\n resume<\/b> [\u2212BdqrR] [\u2212c Resume a cancelled or interrupted scrub on the filesystem identified by path<\/i> or on a given device<\/i>. The starting point is read from the status file if it exists.<\/big><\/p>\n This does not start a new scrub if the last scrub finished successfully.<\/big><\/p>\n Options<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n see scrub start<\/b>.<\/big><\/p>\n start<\/b> [\u2212BdqrRf] [\u2212c Start a scrub on all devices of the mounted filesystem identified by path<\/i> or on a single device<\/i>. If a scrub is already running, the new one will not start. A device of an unmounted filesystem cannot be scrubbed this way.<\/big><\/p>\n Without options, scrub is started as a background process. The automatic repairs of damaged copies is performed by default for block group profiles with redundancy.<\/big><\/p>\n The default IO priority of scrub is the idle class. The priority can be configured similar to the ionice<\/b>(1) syntax using \u2212c<\/i> and \u2212n<\/i> options. Note that not all IO schedulers honor the ionice settings.<\/big><\/p>\n Options<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n \u2212B<\/big><\/p>\n do not background and print scrub statistics when finished<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212d<\/big><\/p>\n print separate statistics for each device of the filesystem (\u2212B<\/i> only) at the end<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212r<\/big><\/p>\n run in read\u2212only mode, do not attempt to correct anything, can be run on a read\u2212only filesystem<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212R<\/big><\/p>\n raw print mode, print full data instead of summary<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212c set IO priority class (see ionice<\/b>(1) manpage)<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212n set IO priority classdata (see ionice<\/b>(1) manpage)<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212f<\/big><\/p>\n force starting new scrub even if a scrub is already running, this can useful when scrub status file is damaged and reports a running scrub although it is not, but should not normally be necessary<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212q<\/big><\/p>\n (deprecated) alias for global \u2212q<\/i> option<\/big><\/p>\n status<\/b> [options] Show status of a running scrub for the filesystem identified by path<\/i> or for the specified device<\/i>.<\/big><\/p>\n If no scrub is running, show statistics of the last finished or cancelled scrub for that filesystem or device.<\/big><\/p>\n Options<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n \u2212d<\/big><\/p>\n print separate statistics for each device of the filesystem<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212R<\/big><\/p>\n print all raw statistics without postprocessing as returned by the status ioctl<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212raw<\/big><\/p>\n print all numbers raw values in bytes without the B<\/i> suffix<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212human\u2212readable<\/big><\/p>\n print human friendly numbers, base 1024, this is the default<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212iec<\/big><\/p>\n select the 1024 base for the following options, according to the IEC standard<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212si<\/big><\/p>\n select the 1000 base for the following options, according to the SI standard<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212kbytes<\/big><\/p>\n show sizes in KiB, or kB with \u2212\u2212si<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212mbytes<\/big><\/p>\n show sizes in MiB, or MB with \u2212\u2212si<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212gbytes<\/big><\/p>\n show sizes in GiB, or GB with \u2212\u2212si<\/big><\/p>\n \u2212\u2212tbytes<\/big><\/p>\n show sizes in TiB, or TB with \u2212\u2212si<\/big><\/p>\n btrfs scrub<\/b> returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case of failure:<\/big><\/p>\n 1<\/big><\/p>\n scrub couldn\u2019t be performed<\/big><\/p>\n 2<\/big><\/p>\n there is nothing to resume<\/big><\/p>\n 3<\/big><\/p>\n scrub found uncorrectable errors<\/big><\/p>\n
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