User Guide

Utilities 281
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
VREPAIR may have to delete some corrupted files or tables. For more
information, see “Viewing Deleted Files” on page 284.
VEPAIR will log bad block information into a file if you specify a log
filename when you load VREPAIR. You can also specify a log filename after
you load VREPAIR, when VREPAIR displays an error.
When to Use VREPAIR
VREPAIR can repair a bad volume that you have dismounted while other
NetWare
®
server volumes are functioning. After you finish running
VREPAIR, you can mount the repaired volume (in most cases).
Use VREPAIR when
 A hardware failure either prevented a volume from mounting or caused a
disk read error.
NOTE: Although VREPAIR can’t fix hardware problems, it can sometimes fix
related volume damage.
 A power failure corrupted a volume.
 The server displays memory errors and can’t mount a volume after a
name space (such as Macintosh*) is added to the volume.
For this type of problem, either add more memory to the server or use
VREPAIR to remove the newly added name space.
 The volume has bad blocks.
The following kinds of errors in FATs or Directory tables signal bad
blocks:
 Read errors
 Data mirror mismatch errors
 Multiple allocation errors
 Fatal DIR errors
 Write errors
HINT: This information is reported in the log file.