Re: btrfs replace seems to corrupt the file system

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On 29 June 2015 at 09:08, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Meanwhile, unlike many filesystems, btrfs uses the UUID as part of the
> metadata, so changing the UUID isn't as simple as rewriting a superblock;
> the metadata must be rewritten to the new UUID.  There's actually a tool
> now available to do just that, but it's new enough I'm not even sure it's
> available in release form yet; if so, it'll be latest releases.
> Otherwise, it'd be in integration branch.

FYI, btrfstune with changing file system UUID capability, was included
in btrfs-progs 4.1 released last week, Mon, 22 Jun 2015.
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-btrfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg44182.html

Mike
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