IO get ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS with ReFS Block Cloning on SMB share. How can I repair allocation bitmap structures?

Quinn 0 Reputation points
2026-08-06T14:12:11.9866667+00:00

I've aged 7 years this morning trying to sort a simple problem which for all it compute power Microsoft cant answer. An enterprise backup application relying on ReFS Block Cloning (fast file clone) fails with ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS when creating Synthetic Full backups on an SMB 3.1.1 share. HOW DO WE AUDIT AND REPAIR ALLOCATION BITMAP STRUCTURES ON THE TARGET REFS VOLUME? All and any suggestions very welcome. Thanks in advance for your help.

Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Other
0 comments No comments

Your answer

Answers can be marked as 'Accepted' by the question author and 'Recommended' by moderators, which helps users know the answer solved the author's problem.