On 12/5/2012 8:08 PM, Jeffrey Ellis wrote: > Hi, Stan-- > > You're right. I didn't want to look stupid. Sorry. I'll keep it all on the list from now on. > > Thank you for the example. I hope I have this right. So including the -t and -v would be > > ~$ xfsdump -J -f -t -v /xfsdump_file /dev/sda0 No. That's not right. I gave you concise separate instructions for xfsdump and for xfsrestore, and you've commingled the two. Please thoroughly and thoughtfully re-read my last email. -- Stan > Repeat for each mount point, and post the result here? > > Thanks again. > Jeffrey > >> ~$ xfsdump -J -f /some_filesystem_path/test_dump /dev/sda6 > > > > Best, > J. > > On Dec 5, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 12/5/2012 1:07 PM, J. Ellis wrote: >> >> This should never have gone off list so I'm copying back. If you'd have >> kept this on list you'd have likely already had an answer to this. >> Going off list for fear of looking ignorant is not a valid reason to do >> so. In fact there are very few reasons to ever go off list. All it >> does is take people out of the loop who are watching the thread and may >> be willing to jump in at some point to help. You've short circuited >> that by going off list. >> >>> I just read the man page again. There doesn't seem to be any examples I can >>> find to write the dump to a file. I couldn't find a -t option in the man at >>> all, so maybe the ones I'm finding aren't up to date. Here's the only >>> example I can find, and I don't know if this would actually work: >>> >>> xfsdump -f /usr/tmp/monday_backup -v silent -J -s \ people/fred/Makefile -s >>> people/fred/Source /usr >> >> This is really simple. Using my previous example, we want to dump to a >> test file and not update the inventory. So we have something like: >> >> ~$ xfsdump -J -f /some_filesystem_path/test_dump /dev/sda6 >> >> This dumps the XFS filesystem on /dev/sda6 to a file. Don't write the >> dump file to the filesystem you're dumping. Preferably the XFS you're >> dumping is on one disk or array and the target file will be written to a >> different disk or array. Dumps are IO intensive. >> >> I clearly stated the "-t" option in the context of xfsrestore: >> >> -t Displays the contents of the dump, but does not create or >> modify any files or directories. It may be desirable to >> set the verbosity level to silent when using this option. >> >> This allows you to do a test run without actually writing any files >> during the restore. The goal here is to test xfsdump and xfsrestore on >> your system to see where errors are cropping up. You don't actually >> want to restore the dumped filesystem at this point. >> >> The "-v" option simply keeps the "-t" from spamming a million file names >> to your console during the restore operation. >> >> -- >> Stan >> >> >>> on 12/4/12 10:32 PM, Stan Hoeppner at stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/4/2012 7:18 PM, J. Ellis wrote: >>>>> Hi, Stan-- >>>>> >>>>> Ok, I truly apologize for my ignorance, but I don't know how to dump the >>>>> contents to a file. Is it something like: >>>>> >>>>> xfsdump -J - somefile_xfsdump.txt >>>> >>>> ~$ man xfsdump >>>> >>>> Look at option "-f". >>>> >>>>> xfsrestore -J - somefile_xfsrestore.txt >>>> >>>> ~$ man xfsrestore >>>> >>>> See options "-f" "-t" and "-v". >>>> >>>> The point of this exercise I believe is to see what errors are thrown by >>>> xfsdump or xfsrestore when they are executed independently, vs through a >>>> pipe. Do note that this may not be the final step in testing before you >>>> have an answer. Post any errors or informational output that results >>>> from these commands. >>>> >>>> Note that the file written by xfsdump is going to be about the same size >>>> as the filesystem being dumped. I.e. if the filesystem being dumped is >>>> 1TB then you need 1TB of free space on the device where the target >>>> directory resides--you're dumping an entire XFS filesystem into a single >>>> file. Also, be sure to use "-t" so xfsrestore doesn't actually write >>>> anything. Did you read "-v"? >> > > _______________________________________________ > xfs mailing list > xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs > _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
