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SAM-QFS: samfsck -FV Fails With "ALERT: Basic checks of .inodes and/or .blocks failed" "File system may be critically damaged" (Doc ID 1378657.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 08, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) and StorageTek QFS Software - Version 4.6 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Under certain conditions, a SAM-QFS filesystem can become corrupted beyond repair. When this happens, a samfsck -FV against the unmounted filesystem will fail with the message :

samfsck: ALERT: Basic checks of .inodes and/or .blocks failed
File system may be critically damaged.

Ex :

Changes

 

Cause

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