RE: amcheckdump xfsrestore errors

From: Winston Sorfleet Sent: November 6, 2025 16:08
> 
> Which is very odd, xfsdump must be compiled-in, but for me inactive,
> because I actually don't have either /sbin/xfsdump or /sbin/xfsrestore
> on my system.  I get no errors when I run amcheckdump.  I assume that
> you *do* have /sbin/xfsdump and /sbin/xfsrestore?  Yet, you should be
> using gnutar based on your config... unless it has been overridden,
> say, in dumptypes.

I use dumptype always-full which I believe implies using the dump and
restore commands. I further surmise that Amanda has the smarts to check
the filesystem type and, if is xfs, then use xfsdump/xfsrestore in place
of dump/restore.

hec

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Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com