On 9/2/17 9:48 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Dear Xfs, > > Scientific Linux 7.3 > > $ rpm -qa \*xfsdump\* > xfsdump-3.1.4-1.el7.x86_64 > > When I do a backup to /dev/sda1 (/lin-bak), I get told > > WARNING: Your hard drive is failing > Device: /dev/sda [SAT], unable to open device That's a message from smartctl, it has nothing to do with xfs or xfsdump. It's probably related to your creative use of hotplug. -Eric -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html