| Sometimes, when you attempt to mount your | | | | The root cause for the occurrence of above |
| VxFS (Veritas File System), it does not mount or | | | | error message is VxFS corruption. Few main |
| the mounting process gets halted and shows an | | | | reasons for the corruption of VxFS can be |
| error message. The above scenario primarily | | | | improper system shutdown, operating system |
| occurs due to file system corruption, Inode | | | | malfunctioning, software bugs , and more. |
| damage, superblock corruption, and more. Halting | | | | Resolution: |
| of VxFS system results in making the hard drive | | | | To troubleshoot and resolve the above error |
| unmountable and hard drive data inaccessible. An | | | | message, you will need to run fsck command. |
| easy way to resolve the such data inaccessibility | | | | However, if the file system is badly corrupted, |
| situations is by restoring the data from an | | | | then you might encounter another error message: |
| updated backup. However, if you have not | | | | "file system is not clean, full fsck required" |
| maintained any backup or backup fails to restore | | | | Run the below command to execute full fsck: |
| the required information, then you will need to use | | | | # fsck -y -o full /dev/vg01/lvol10 |
| advanced SCO UnixWare Data Recovery | | | | But, if full fsck command is unable to mount your |
| application that can recover your lost data. | | | | system and your data still remains inaccessible, |
| As a practical scenario, you receive the below | | | | then you will need to perform a clean reinstall of |
| error message when you attempt to mount your | | | | SCO UnixWare operating system. A fresh reinstall |
| system: | | | | of SCO UnixWare erases all the formally stored |
| "vxfs mount: /dev/vg01/lvol10 is corrupted. needs | | | | data from your hard drive partition or volume. To |
| checking" | | | | recover your data after re-installation process, |
| The hard drive becomes unmountable making all | | | | you will need to use powerful SCO UnixWare |
| the data inaccessible. Additionally, you encounter | | | | Data Recovery software. These SCO UnixWare |
| the same error message each time you attempt | | | | Recovery tools are designed by highly technical |
| to mount your system. | | | | data recovery experts and use advance scanning |
| Cause: | | | | algorithms to recover the lost data. |