btrfs-replace(8) =============== NAME ---- btrfs-replace - replace devices managed by btrfs with other device. SYNOPSIS -------- *btrfs replace* DESCRIPTION ----------- *btrfs replace* is used to replace btrfs managed devices with other device. NOTE: this is not currently supported for RAID5/6 profiles and must use the device add/delete workaround. It is recommended to see `btrfs-device`(8) for more details about btrfs device management. SUBCOMMAND ---------- *cancel* :: Cancel a running device replace operation. *start* [-Bfr] | :: Replace device of a btrfs filesystem. + On a live filesystem, duplicate the data to the target device which is currently stored on the source device. If the source device is not available anymore, or if the -r option is set, the data is built only using the RAID redundancy mechanisms. After completion of the operation, the source device is removed from the filesystem. If the is a numerical value, it is assumed to be the device id of the filesystem which is mounted at , otherwise is is the path to the source device. If the source device is disconnected, from the system, you have to use the devid parameter format. The needs to be same size or larger than the . + `Options` + -r:::: only read from if no other zero-defect mirror exists. (enable this if your drive has lots of read errors, the access would be very slow) -f:::: force using and overwriting even if it looks like containing a valid btrfs filesystem. + A valid filesystem is assumed if a btrfs superblock is found which contains a correct checksum. Devices which are currently mounted are never allowed to be used as the . + -B:::: no background replace. *status* [-1] :: Print status and progress information of a running device replace operation. + `Options` + -1:::: print once instead of print continuously until the replace operation finishes (or is canceled) EXIT STATUS ----------- *btrfs replace* returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case of failure. AVAILABILITY ------------ *btrfs* is part of btrfs-progs. Please refer to the btrfs wiki http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details. SEE ALSO -------- `mkfs.btrfs`(8), `btrfs-device`(8),