btrfs-scrub(8) ============== NAME ---- btrfs-scrub - scrub btrfs filesystem, verify block checksums SYNOPSIS -------- *btrfs scrub* DESCRIPTION ----------- *btrfs scrub* is used to scrub a btrfs filesystem, which will read all data and metadata blocks from all devices and verify checksums. Automatically repair corrupted blocks if there's a correct copy available. NOTE: Scrub is not a filesystem checker (fsck) and does not verify nor repair structural damage in the filesystem. 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 filesytem. The IO priority class is by default 'idle' so background scrub should not interfere with normal filesystem operation significantly. The scrubbing status is recorded in '/var/lib/btrfs/' in textual files named 'scrub.status.UUID' for a filesystem identified by the given UUID. (An itermediate progress is communicated through a named pipe in file 'scrub.progress.UUID' in the same directory.) The status file is updated periodically every 5 seconds. An resumed scrub will continue from the last saved position. SUBCOMMAND ---------- *cancel* |:: If a scrub is running on the filesystem identified by 'path>' cancel it. + If a 'device' is specified, the corresponding filesystem is found and *btrfs scrub cancel* behaves as if it was called on that filesystem. *resume* [-BdqrR] [-c -n ] |:: Resume a cancelled or interrupted scrub on the filesystem identified by 'path' or on a given 'device'. + Does not start a new scrub if the last scrub finished successfully. + `Options` + see *scrub start*. *start* [-BdqrRf] [-c -n ] |:: Start a scrub on all devices of the filesystem identified by 'path' or on a single 'device'. If a scrub is already running, the new one fails. + Without options, scrub is started as a background process. + The default IO priority of scrub is the idle class. The priority can be configured similar to the `ionice`(1) syntax using '-c' and '-n' options. + `Options` + -B:::: do not background and print scrub statistics when finished -d:::: print separate statistics for each device of the filesystem ('-B' only) at the end -q:::: be quiet, omit error messages and statistics -r:::: run in read-only mode, do not attempt to correct anything, can be run on a read-only filesystem -R:::: print raw statistics per-device instead of a summary -c :::: set IO priority class (see `ionice`(1) manpage) -n :::: set IO priority classdata (see `ionice`(1) manpage) -f:::: 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 *status* [-d] |:: Show status of a running scrub for the filesystem identified by 'path' or for the specified 'device'. + If no scrub is running, show statistics of the last finished or cancelled scrub for that filesystem or device. + `Options` + -d:::: print separate statistics for each device of the filesystem EXIT STATUS ----------- *btrfs scrub* 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), `ionice`(1)