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fsck.gfs2(8)							  fsck.gfs2(8)

NAME
       fsck.gfs2 - Offline GFS and GFS2 file system checker

SYNOPSIS
       fsck.gfs2 [OPTION]... DEVICE

WARNING
       All  computers  must  have  the	filesystem  unmounted  before  running
       fsck.gfs2.  Failure to unmount from all nodes in a cluster will	likely
       result in filesystem corruption.

DESCRIPTION
       fsck.gfs2  will	check  that the GFS or GFS2 file system on a device is
       structurally valid.  It should not be run on a mounted file system.  If
       file  system corruption is detected, it will attempt to repair the file
       system.	There is a limit to what fsck.gfs2 can do.  If important  file
       system structures are destroyed, such that the checker cannot determine
       what the repairs should be, reparations could fail.

       GFS2 is a journaled file system, and as such should be able  to	repair
       damage to the file system on its own.  However, faulty hardware has the
       ability to write incomplete blocks to a	file  system  thereby  causing
       corruption  that GFS2 cannot fix.  The first step to ensuring a healthy
       file system is the selection of reliable hardware (i.e. storage systems
       that will write complete blocks - even in the event of power failure).

       Note: Most file system checkers will not check the file system if it is
       "clean" (i.e. unmounted since the  last	use).	The  fsck.gfs  program
       behaves	differently  because  the  storage may be shared among several
       nodes in a cluster, and therefore problems may have been introduced  on
       a  different computer.  Therefore, fsck.gfs2 will always check the file
       system unless the -p (preen) option is used, in which case  it  follows
       special rules (see below).

OPTIONS
       -a     Same as the -p (preen) option.

       -f     Force checking even if the file system seems clean.

       -h     Help.

	      This prints out the proper command line usage syntax.

       -q     Quiet.

       -n     No to all questions.

	      By  specifying this option, fsck.gfs2 will only show the changes
	      that would be made, but not make any changes to the filesystem.

       -p     Preen (same as -a: automatically repair the file system if it is
	      dirty, and safe to do so, otherwise exit.)

	      Note:  If	 the file system has locking protocol lock_nolock, the
	      file system is considered a non-shared storage  device  and  the
	      fsck  is	deemed safe.  However, fsck.gfs2 does not know whether
	      it was called  automatically  from  the  init  process,  due  to
	      options  in the /etc/fstab file.	Therefore, if the locking pro‐
	      tocol is lock_dlm and -a or -p was specified,  fsck.gfs2	cannot
	      determine	 whether  the  disk  is	 mounted by other nodes in the
	      cluster.	Therefore, the fsck is deemed to be unsafe and a warn‐
	      ing is given if any damage or dirty journals are found.  In that
	      case, the file system should be unmounted from all nodes in  the
	      cluster  and  fsck.gfs2 should be run manually without the -a or
	      -p options.

       -V     Version.

	      Print out the program version information.

       -v     Verbose operation.

	      Print more information while running.

       -y     Yes to all questions.

	      By specifying this option, fsck.gfs2 will not prompt before mak‐
	      ing changes.

								  fsck.gfs2(8)
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