Unable to mount Veritas vxfs filesystem with error "invalid super-block" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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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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