On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Jonathan Dill wrote:
> On Linux xfsdumps, I am getting errors "failed to get valid bulkstat"
> for several inodes.
>
> Will I be able to recover the files for these inodes from the backups?
After inspection, no. Read below.
> Do I need to do something like run xfs_repair to "fix" the inodes?
Not needed.
> Is there any way to do the repairs on a "live" root filesystem so I do
> not have to shut down and boot off the rescue disk?
Nope. You could remount it ro to be able to check it but you can't fix
anything.
> I don't know what "bulkstat" is, but I have a suspicion that the problem
Bulkstat is what it's name indicates. stat a lot of inodes at once to
speed it up.
> could be due to copying files with rsync not preserving extended file
> attributes, but I don't know.
Doesn't have anything to do with rsync. A file was probably deleted during
the backup and thus the inode is not used anymore.
However you probably should not get so much entry's. Oh wait! rsync copy
the file to .filenameXXXXXX where XXXXXXX is random string and then moves
it over the old file which means that the inode changed from under it's
feet.
Cheers
Seth
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