Unable to dump the filesystem by xfsdump command in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • why xfsdump command fails with error Inappropriate ioctl for device
xfsdump: unable to determine uuid of fs mounted at /mnt/Data: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise linux 7
  • xfs
  • ext4

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