Re: Bad day with xfsrestore, what went wrong?

[Michael Lueck <mlueck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Kendall wrote:

> I tried to reproduce this using the command line you supplied, but
> everything worked as expected for me.
Glad to hear that. Seems my tried and true syntax _can_ still work.

> Perhaps try it without the -i (so that only subtrees given with -s are 
> restored), just to rule out
> the possibility that you inadvertently added all files to the restore list.
Enough putzing with a production server I think.

It was odd that it only put back files present in that old backup set and did 
not overwrite everything... thankfully!

Anyway, thanks for checking / verifying my usual restore syntax that it is the 
correct syntax.

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Michael Lueck
Lueck Data Systems
http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/