188 2002-10-26 17:01:00 -0500 xfsdump dumps unnecessary files/inodes when doing incremental dumps 2008-12-31 11:52:13 -0600 1 1 1 Unclassified XFS xfsdump unspecified All All ASSIGNED P1 normal --- 1 cw xfs-masters wkendall 656 cw 2002-10-26 17:01:52 -0500 xfsprogs (all versions from when Noah was a boy to present) dump unnecessary files/inodes when doing incremental dumps. When files are moved/renamed (causing a directory to be changed), all files in the directory (or directories in the example below) are dumped again --- even when they are older than the dump's time stamp. For example, if you were to dump (level 0) the following: dir1/file1 dir1/file2 dir1/file3 and then after the level 0 dump do: mkdir dir2 mv dir1/file2 dir1/file1 or whatever... xfsdump will dump not only dir1 and dir2, but also all the files contained within (ie. dir1/file1, dir2/file2, dir1/file3). This is unnecessary as the file contents and inodes have not changed, and extremely annoying when a file in (say) /usr/bin gets renamed or whatever as the entire directory gets dumped. Obviously, renames of multiGB files really hurt. 711 alkirkco 2002-11-19 16:49:12 -0600 Hi Chris, I remember discussing this issue with you a while back. After you mentioned this behavior, I opened an internal bug report to track it (868496). This behavior occurs on both IRIX and Linux. I'll take a look as soon as I have a chance. Mandy 2947 hch 2008-12-27 03:06:57 -0600 Mnady, Bill - any chance you could attach the SGI PV here so that other people have a little more information if we want to look into this issue? 3057 wkendall 2008-12-31 11:52:13 -0600 It seems nothing was done with the internal PV that was opened. It essentially contains the same info contained here.