/REBUILD (default) /NOREBUILD Controls whether or not MOUNT performs a rebuild operation on a disk volume. If a disk volume is improperly dismounted (such as during a system failure), you must rebuild it to recover any caching limits that were enabled on the volume at the time of the dismount. By default, MOUNT attempts the rebuild. For a successful rebuild operation that includes reclaiming all of the available free space, you must mount all of the volume set members. The rebuild may consume a considerable amount of time, depending on the number of files on the volume and, if quotas are in use, on the number of different file owners. The following caches may have been in effect on the volume before it was dismounted: o Preallocated free space (EXTENT cache) o Preallocated file numbers (FILE_ID cache) o Disk quota usage caching (QUOTA cache) If caching was in effect for preallocated free space or file numbers, the rebuild time is directly proportional to the greatest number of files that ever existed on the volume at one time. If disk quota caching was in effect, you can expect additional time that is proportional to the square of the number of entries in the disk quota file. If none of these items were in effect, the rebuild is not necessary and does not occur. If you use the /NOREBUILD qualifier, devices can be returned to active use immediately. You can then perform the rebuild later with the DCL command SET VOLUME/REBUILD. For information about how to rebuild the system disk, see the VSI OpenVMS System Manager's Manual. Examples In this example, the volume WORKDISK is mounted on NODE$DKA2. Because the volume is found to have been improperly dismounted and the /REBUILD qualifier is in effect, MOUNT displays a message and proceeds to rebuild the volume. $ MOUNT/REBUILD NODE$DKA2: WORKDISK %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, WORKDISK mounted on _NODE$DKA2: %MOUNT-I-REBUILD, volume was improperly dismounted; rebuild in progress In this example, the volume WORKDISK is found to have been improperly dismounted, but because the /NOREBUILD qualifier is specified, a rebuild is not performed. Instead, MOUNT displays a message to inform you that the rebuild is needed, and proceeds to make WORKDISK available for use as is. You can rebuild the volume later with the DCL command SET VOLUME/REBUILD. $ MOUNT/NOREBUILD NODE$DKA2: WORKDISK %MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, WORKDISK mounted on _NODE$DKA2: %MOUNT-I-REBLDREQD, rebuild not performed; some free space unavailable; diskquota usage stale