NAME
vldb_check - Checks the integrity of the VLDB
SYNOPSIS
vldb_check -database <vldb file> [-uheader] [-vheader]
[-servers] [-entries] [-quiet | -verbose] [-help]
vldb_check -d <vldb file> [-u] [-vh] [-s] [-e]
[-ve] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The vldb_check command checks the integrity of the Volume Location
Database (VLDB), reporting any errors or corruption it finds. If there
are problems, do not issue any vos commands until the database is
repaired.
CAUTIONS
The results can be unpredictable if the Volume Location (VL) Server
makes changes to the VLDB while this command is running. Use the bos
shutdown command to shutdown the local vlserver process before running
this command, or before creating a second copy of the vldb.DB0 file
(with a different name) on which to run the command.
OPTIONS
-database <vldb file>
Names the VLDB (copy of the vldb.DB0 file) to check. If the current
working directory is not the location of the file, provide a
pathname, either full or relative to the current working directory.
-uheader
Displays information which Ubik maintains in the database’s header.
-pheader
Displays information which the VL Server maintains in the
database’s header.
-servers <authentication servers>+
Outputs the server entries from the VLDB, which list the IP
addresses registered for each file server machine in the cell.
-entries
Outputs every volume entry in the database. The information
includes the volume’s name and the volume ID number for each of its
versions.
-quiet
Blocks output from going to stdout. Output to stderr is not
blocked. Cannot be used with -verbose, -uheader, -servers or
-entries.
-verbose
Reports additional information about the database, including the
number of entries for each type of volume. Cannot be used with
-quiet.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options
are ignored.
OUTPUT
If there are errors in the database, the output always reports them on
the standard error stream. If any options other than -database or -help
are provided, the output written to the standard output stream includes
additional information as described for each option in OPTIONS. The
output is intended for debugging purposes and is meaningful to someone
familiar with the internal structure of the VLDB.
The -quiet option can be used to supress the standard output stream so
that the command can be used more easily inside scripts.
The command exits with one of the following completion codes:
0: No errors or warnings have been encountered. 1: One or more
warnings encountered. 2: One or more warnings and/or errors
encountered. 4: A fatal or internal error has occurred and the program
cannot proceed.
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
The issuer must be logged in as the local superuser "root".
SEE ALSO
vldb.DB0(5), bos_shutdown(8), vlserver(8)
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