inodes, yes, yes. I tried xfs_copy but ran into a problem. server1 and server2 each have 4x28T partitions and on server1 writing the file to one empty partition mounted never finishes, hangs at 90%...presumably because it runs out of space (file size == sdbx). there is no "skip empty inodes" option and perhaps there can't be...and I have nothing larger. I guess I could attempt making sdb4 slightly larger by reducing sdb1-3. Thanks, -Henk ________________________________________ From: Eric Sandeen [sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 3:39 PM To: Meij, Henk; xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: clone of filesystem across network preserving ionodes On 11/3/14 2:35 PM, Meij, Henk wrote: > What is the best practice way to get the contents from server1 to > server2 identical disk array partitions and preserve the ionode > information using xfs tools or non-xfs tools? Just FWIW: inode, not ionode. :) > xfsdump/xfsrestore appear to not preserve this or I can not find the > obvious setting. > xfs_copy would, per documentation, but can I get from server1 to > server2? xfs_copy makes an identical image, yes. You could xfs_copy from disk to a file on server1, transfer the file, then xfs_copy from file to disk on server2. -Eric _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
