How to check if a mounted vxfs filesystem has been marked with FULLFSCK flag

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Description

Error Message

Error : UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-21268: /dev/vx/dsk/ora_dg/vol1 is corrupted. needs checking

Resolution

Use echo, fsdb and grep to determine if the full fsck flag is set:


For example:

# echo "8192B.p S" | fsdb -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/ora_dg/vol1 | grep flag
flags 1 mod 0 clean 3c

Notice that the value of "flags" is 1. This means the full fsck flag was set:

 


More information about troubleshooting filesystem corruption can be found in this article:

fsck reports filesystem corruption within a VxFS volume
https://supportinfoscale.cloud.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=100009174&articleTitle=error-v321268-devvxdskdiskgroupvolume-is-corrupted-needs-checking-is-reported-by-storage-foundation-suggesting-filesystem-corruption-within-a-vxfs-volume& 


 

 

Issue/Introduction

This article explains how to check if a mounted vxfs filesystem has been flagged for full fsck.