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very fast full backup of XFS partition with xfdump and lzo compression
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sudo xfsdump -L KW12 -M FullBackup -J - / |lzop > /media/oli/465GB/Backup/Oli/Vostro/Linux-xfsdump-2016-03-26.lzo
## Explanation:
# sudo xfsdump
# -> start the xfsdump programm with root privileges
# -L KW12
# -> gives the Backup the label KW12
# -M FullBackup
# -> gives the backup medium (the new backup file) the name FullBackup
# -J
# -> tells it not to record it in the local dump inventory
# -
# -> write to standard out
# /
# -> the xfs filesystem to backup
# |lzop
# -> pipe the dump to the lzop compression programm
# > /media/oli/465GB/Backup/Oli/Vostro/Linux-xfsdump-2016-03-26.lzo
# -> write the backup file to an external hard drive
@jiamliang
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How to restore Linux-xfsdump-2016-03-26.lzo ?
thanks!

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oliworx commented Jul 28, 2019

use xfsrestore,
see
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/storage_administration_guide/xfsbackuprestore
or
http://fibrevillage.com/storage/693-xfsdump-and-xfsrestore-examples

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Thanks a lot.

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