Ah :) Ok, I'll skip dmesg and add xfs_info. And I'll make sure to post everything Monday. Thanks again :) Best, J. On Dec 2, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 11:03:57AM -0500, J. Ellis wrote: >> I'm trying to prepare a question regarding an xfsdump INTERRUPT error I'm >> getting, and I'm trying to follow the guidelines for reporting such issues >> here: >> >> http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_What_information_should_I_include_when_r >> eporting_a_problem.3F >> >> But these last two instructions I'm having a problem finding the information >> on how to generate: >> >> >> xfs_info output on the filesystem in question (I tried xfs_info /dev/sdc, >> but it keeps saying for each drive that it's not a mounted xfs system IIRC) > > $ man xfs_info > .... > xfs_info [ -t mtab ] mount-point > .... > >> dmesg output showing all error messages and stack traces > > Run the dmesg command.... > >> Then you need to describe your workload that is causing the problem, and a >> demonstration of the bad behavior that is occurring. If it is a performance >> problem, then 30s - 1 minute samples of: >> 1. iostat -x -d -m 5 >> 2. vmstat 5 >> >> >> Do I run this simultaneously while xfstools are working? I'm also not sure >> what's meant by describe your workload. Can someone step me through this? > > Do you have a performance problem? I don't think you have - your problem is > that xfsdump is failing for some reason - so this information is > unnecessary. > > As to your workload, your problem is xfsdump is failing for some > reason. Hence we need to know roughly what xfsdump is running on. > i.e. describe the directory structure/filesystem contents being > backed up.... > > BTW, don't expect responses to questions in a hour late on friday > night/weekends - if you are lucky someone will be in front of their > computer over a weekend, sometimes you are not so lucky... > > Cheers, > > Dave. > -- > Dave Chinner > david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
