btrfs¶

check and scrub btrfs filesystem¶

scrub¶

this just checks checksums of the data, it does not repair a filesystem

start the process:

sudo btrfs scrub start /

check the status:

sudo btrfs scrub status /

check¶

should be done on a readonly or not mounted filesystem, however it can be run on a mounted filesystem as well, with the --readonly and --force flag you can make sure that nothing will be modified:

btrfs check --readonly --force /dev/md0

create btrfs filesystem and partition¶

parted -s /dev/nvme1n1 mklabel gpt
parted -s /dev/nvme1n1 mkpart primary 1MiB 100%
partprobe /dev/nvme1n1
sgdisk --typecode=1:8300 /dev/nvme1n1
mkfs.btrfs -L data /dev/nvme1n1p1

resizing btrfs filesystems¶

to max:

btrfs filesystem resize max /

by gb:

btrfs filesystem resize +10g /

managing btrfs snapshots¶

you should use them more often, perhaps in combination with a a backup tool

snapshot utilities¶

snapper - automatically create snapshots based on a configuration
snap-sync - send snapshots to a target destination, another disk locally, ssh etc.

list snapshots¶

sudo btrfs subvolume list /

get more information about a snapshot¶

btrfs subvol show /.snapshots/1236/snapshot/

create a read only snapshot¶

sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot / /my_snapshot # root partition
sudo btrfs subvolume snapshot /mnt /mnt/my_snapshot # partition mounted at /mnt

delete btrfs snapshot¶

sudo btrfs subvolume delete /my_snapshot
sudo btrfs subvolume delete /mnt/my_snapshot

btrfs raid configuration¶

btrfs raid calculator

convert raid levels, from raid0 to raid1¶

btrfs balance start -dconvert=raid1 -mconvert=raid1 /mnt

raid1¶

with kernel version 5.5+ raid1c3 can be used for the metadata (-m)

mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid1 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc