Quantum DXi6900

Chapter 2: Service Menus
Blockpool Verify and Blockpool Corruption Actions
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condition the DXi is operational, but performance may be severely
degraded.
While a blockpool verify operation is in progress, some system
operations are affected.
• Mounting VTL cartridges created prior to the blockpool verify may
fail.
• Retrieving data created prior to the blockpool verify may fail.
• Creating and mounting new VTL cartridges should succeed.
• Ingesting new data to new VTL cartridges or using NAS/OST should
succeed.
• Sending data that existed prior to the blockpool verify to a
replication target may fail.
• Sending new data to a replication target, or receiving replicated
data, should succeed.
• Space reclamation and healthchecks will fail.
When the blockpool verify is complete, the banner displays Normal, and
the system resumes normal operation
Determining the Status
of a Blockpool Verify
To determine the status of a blockpool verify:
1 Connect to the DXi6900 G1 Node (see Connecting to the DXi6900
G1 Node on page 32).
2 At the command prompt, type the following command and press
<Enter>:
tail –f /var/log/messages
The following status text displays:
Aug 29 00:48:10 Quantum-V1 Blockpool[17487]: N: [998]
(Verify) Verifying cluster tree (85% complete)
Aug 29 00:52:09 Quantum-V1 Blockpool[17487]: N: [998]
(Verify) Verifying cluster tree (86% complete)
Aug 29 00:56:02 Quantum-V1 Blockpool[17487]: N: [998]
(Verify) Verifying cluster tree (87% complete)
Aug 29 01:00:28 Quantum-V1 Blockpool[17487]: N: [998]
(Verify) Verifying cluster tree (88% complete)