Re: xfsdump Problems

From: noorg (engineer_at_noorg.org)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 02:16:22 GMT

Hi Toni,

> > Seems the problem is either caused by the DAT drive or by the
> > SCSI controller of the Indy.

It's too early to tell. Though, to that end, I'm not seeing any-
thing in /var/adm/SYSLOG that would suggest this. Nor am I getting
SCSI bus resets, etc.
The next thing to try is a smaller dump from a different source
to see if xfs_dump completes without error.

> I cloned my system disk some days ago (Octane) with
> xfsdump/ xfsrestore and it did perfectly; data to copy was about 40GB
> (it took some time but showed no error), system is 6.5.23f. I did a
> similar clonig some months ago with less data (10~20GB) and 6.5.20f and
> did not see any trobles.

Yeah, this is the best way to clone XFS filesystems.

> Did you verify the tapes are OK?

Yes, the media was just purchased brand new and shrink wrapped.
And, the DAT drive got a cleaning with a DDS cleaning cartridge
prior to the dump sessions.
 
> Toni
> (fup2cssm)
 
Yours,

Josh.

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