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8.8. Other XFS File System Utilities
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 also features other utilities for managing XFS file systems:
- xfs_fsr
- Used to defragment mounted XFS file systems. When invoked with no arguments,
xfs_fsrdefragments all regular files in all mounted XFS file systems. This utility also allows users to suspend a defragmentation at a specified time and resume from where it left off later.In addition,xfs_fsralso allows the defragmentation of only one file, as inxfs_fsr /path/to/file. Red Hat advises against periodically defragmenting an entire file system, as this is normally not warranted. - xfs_bmap
- Prints the map of disk blocks used by files in an XFS filesystem. This map lists each extent used by a specified file, as well as regions in the file with no corresponding blocks (that is, holes).
- xfs_info
- Prints XFS file system information.
- xfs_admin
- Changes the parameters of an XFS file system. The
xfs_adminutility can only modify parameters of unmounted devices or file systems. - xfs_copy
- Copies the contents of an entire XFS file system to one or more targets in parallel.
The following utilities are also useful in debugging and analyzing XFS file systems:
- xfs_metadump
- Copies XFS file system metadata to a file. The
xfs_metadumputility should only be used to copy unmounted, read-only, or frozen/suspended file systems; otherwise, generated dumps could be corrupted or inconsistent. - xfs_mdrestore
- Restores an XFS metadump image (generated using
xfs_metadump) to a file system image. - xfs_db
- Debugs an XFS file system.
For more information about these utilities, refer to their respective
man pages.
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