Provided by: bcachefs-tools_0.1+git20210805.6c42566-2ubuntu1_amd64
NAME
bcachefs — manage bcachefs filesystems/devices
SYNOPSIS
bcachefs command [options] [arguments]
DESCRIPTION
The bcachefs utility supports the following subcommands, which are documented in detail below: Superblock commands format Format one or a list of devices with bcachefs data structures. show-super Dump superblock information to stdout. Repair commands fsck Check an existing filesystem for errors. Startup/shutdown, assembly of multi device filesystems assemble Assemble an existing multi device filesystem incremental Incrementally assemble an existing multi device filesystem run Start a partially assembled filesystem. stop Stop a running filesystem. Commands for managing a running filesystem fs usage Show disk usage Commands for managing devices within a running filesystem device add Add a new device to an existing filesystem device remove Remove a device from an existing filesystem device online Re-add an existing member to a filesystem device offline Take a device offline, without removing it device evacuate Migrate data off of a specific device device set-state Mark a device as failed device resize Resize filesystem on a device Commands for managing filesystem data data rereplicate Rereplicate degraded data Commands for encryption unlock Unlock an encrypted filesystem prior to running/mounting set-passphrase Change passphrase on an existing (unmounted) filesystem remove-passphrase Remove passphrase on an existing (unmounted) filesystem Commands for migration migrate Migrate an existing filesystem to bcachefs, in place migrate-superblock Add default superblock, after bcachefs migrate Commands for debugging dump Dump filesystem metadata to a qcow2 image list List filesystem metadata in textual form Miscellaneous commands version Display the version of the invoked bcachefs tool
Superblock commands
bcachefs format [options] devices ... Format one or a list of devices with bcachefs data structures. You need to do this before you create a volume. Device specific options must come before corresponding devices, e.g. bcachefs format --group=ssd /dev/sda --group=hdd /dev/sdb -b, --block=size block size, in bytes (e.g. 4k) --btree_node=size Btree node size, default 256k --metadata_checksum_type=(none | crc32c | crc64) Set metadata checksum type (default: crc32c). --data_checksum_type=(none | crc32c | crc64) Set data checksum type (default: crc32c). --compression_type=(none | lz4 | gzip) Set compression type (default: none). --data_replicas=number Number of data replicas --metadata_replicas=number Number of metadata replicas --replicas=number Sets both data and metadata replicas --encrypted Enable whole filesystem encryption (chacha20/poly1305); passphrase will be prompted for. --no_passphrase Don't encrypt master encryption key --error_action=(continue | remount-ro | panic) Action to take on filesystem error (default: remount-ro) -L, --label=label Create the filesystem with the specified label -U, --uuid=uuid Create the filesystem with the specified uuid -f, --force Force the filesystem to be created, even if the device already contains a filesystem. Device specific options: --fs_size=size Create the filesystem using size bytes on the subsequent device. --bucket=size Specifies the bucket size; must be greater than the btree node size --discard Enable discards on subsequent devices -q, --quiet Only print errors bcachefs show-super [options] device Dump superblock information to stdout. -f, --fields=fields List of sections to print -l, --layout Print superblock layout
Repair commands
bcachefs fsck [options] devices ... Check an existing filesystem for errors. -p Automatic repair (no questions) -n Don't repair, only check for errors -y Assume "yes" to all questions -f Force checking even if filesystem is marked clean -v Be verbose
Startup/shutdown, assembly of multi device filesystems
bcachefs assemble devices ... Assemble an existing multi device filesystem. bcachefs incremental device Incrementally assemble an existing multi device filesystem. bcachefs run Start a partially assembled filesystem. bcachefs stop filesystem Stop a running filesystem.
Commands for managing a running filesystem
bcachefs fs usage [options] [filesystem] Show disk usage. -h Print human readable sizes.
Commands for managing devices within a running filesystem
bcachefs device add [options] device Add a device to an existing filesystem. --fs_size=size Size of filesystem on device --bucket=size Set bucket size --discard Enable discards -f, --force Use device even if it appears to already be formatted bcachefs device remove [options] device Remove a device from a filesystem -f, --force Force removal, even if some data couldn't be migrated --force-metadata Force removal, even if some metadata couldn't be migrated bcachefs device online device Re-add a device to a running filesystem bcachefs device offline device Take a device offline, without removing it -f, --force Force, if data redundancy will be degraded bcachefs device evacuate device Move data off of a given device bcachefs device set-state [options] device new-state -f, --force Force, if data redundancy will be degraded bcachefs device resize device [size] Resize filesystem on a device
Commands for managing filesystem data
bcachefs device rereplicate filesystem Walks existing data in a filesystem, writing additional copies of any degraded data.
Commands for encryption
bcachefs unlock device Unlock an encrypted filesystem prior to running/mounting. bcachefs set-passphrase devices ... Change passphrase on an existing (unmounted) filesystem. bcachefs remove-passphrase devices ... Remove passphrase on an existing (unmounted) filesystem.
Commands for migration
bcachefs migrate [options] device Migrate an existing filesystem to bcachefs -f fs Root of filesystem to migrate --encrypted Enable whole filesystem encryption (chacha20/poly1305) --no_passphrase Don't encrypt master encryption key -F Force, even if metadata file already exists bcachefs migrate-superblock [options] device Create default superblock after migrating -d device Device to create superblock for -o offset Offset of existing superblock
Commands for debugging
These commands work on offline, unmounted filesystems. bcachefs dump [options] device Dump filesystem metadata -o output Required flag: Output qcow2 image(s) -f Force; overwrite when needed bcachefs list [options] devices ... List filesystem metadata to stdout -b (extents | inodes | dirents | xattrs) Btree to list from -s inode:offset Start position to list from -e inode:offset End position -i inode List keys for a given inode number -m (keys | formats) -f Force fsck -v Verbose mode List mode
Miscellaneous commands
bcachefs version Display the version of the invoked bcachefs tool
EXIT STATUS
The bcachefs utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.