Differences between Quick and Thorough Verify and Repair operations

Overview

Explaining the difference between Verify and Repair - Quick and Thorough operations.

Explanation

Verify and Repair operation can be used to check the M-Files vault for database and file related problems. Verify and repair does not detect every possible issue, but it does multiple different checks to the database and files. 

Please review the following article in detail for important information about this operation (such as when to run, what it does, that the Thorough operation takes considerably longer and is rarely needed, etc.): https://userguide.m-files.com/user-guide/latest/eng/faq_running_verify_and_repair.html

Verify And Repair Steps

The following tasks are performed when you run the Verify and Repair maintenance operation:

1. Verifying vault information
2. Verifying special records
3. Verifying data file records
4. Verifying physical data files
5. Verifying file records integrity (this task is done only in the Thorough mode)
6. Verifying file link records
7. Verifying object versions
8. Verifying object properties (general integrity checks)
9. Verifying object properties (detailed integrity checks)
10. Verifying object properties (object versions)
11. Verifying indexed words for object types
12. Finalizing the operation
13. Waiting for background tasks to complete