Unable to mount Veritas vxfs filesystem with error "invalid super-block" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- SAN volumes were mistakenly removed from the server while in use. After returning them, unable to mount filesystem with error:
mount: invalid super-block - Running fsck -t vxfs /path/to/device returns:
UX:vxfs fsck.vxfs: ERROR: V-3-20012: not a valid vxfs file system UX:vxfs fsck.vxfs: ERROR: V-3-20694: cannot initialize aggregate
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Vertias Volume Manager (vxvm)
- Vertias File System (vxfs
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