Hi,
I have observed this since some time back. I have just done an experiment.
1) Using xfsdump 3.0.6, I first did a full dump to regular file and restore,
checked that every thing is correct.
2) I then did the same dump again, but interrupted it. Then I resumed the
dump. I noted that the resumed dump file is the exact same size as the full
dump file.
3) First I did a cumulative restore, with the interrupted dump file, followed
by the resumed dump file. I checked that the restore is correct.
4) I then did a non-cumulative restore, using only resumed dump file. The
resume is successful, and I checked that the restore is correct.
The logs are attached.
The conclusion is that the so-called resume of an interrupted dump session to
regular file produces a full dump file, that is sufficient by itself to do the
full restore.
Are my observations of the behaviour of xfsdump correct?
Everything was done on openSUSE 11.4 x86_64.
GL
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