BTRFS-BALANCE(8) Btrfs Manual BTRFS-BALANCE(8)NAME
btrfs-balance - balance btrfs filesystem
SYNOPSIS
btrfs [filesystem] balance <subcommand>|<args>
DESCRIPTION
btrfs balance is used to balance chunks in a btrfs filesystem across
multiple or even single device.
See btrfs-device(8) for more details about the effect on device
management.
SUBCOMMAND
<path>
Balance chunks across the devices online.
btrfs balance <path> is deprecated, please use btrfs balance start
command instead.
start [options] <path>
Balance chunks across the devices online.
Balance and/or convert (change allocation profile of) chunks that
passed all filters in a comma-separated list of filters for a
particular chunk type. If filter list is not given balance all
chunks of that type. In case none of the -d, -m or -s options is
given balance all chunks in a filesystem.
Options
-d[<filters>]
act on data chunks
-m[<filters>]
act on metadata chunks
-s[<filters>]
act on system chunks (only under -f)
-v
be verbose
-f
force reducing of metadata integrity
pause <path>
Pause running balance.
cancel <path>
Cancel running or paused balance.
resume <path>
Resume interrupted balance.
status [-v] <path>
Show status of running or paused balance.
If -v option is given, output will be verbose.
EXIT STATUS
btrfs balance returns a zero exist status if it succeeds. Non zero is
returned in case of failure.
AVAILABILITY
btrfs is part of btrfs-progs. Please refer to the btrfs wiki
http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org for further details.
SEE ALSOmkfs.btrfs(8), btrfs-device(8)Btrfs v3.14.2 05/30/2014 BTRFS-BALANCE(8)