How do I back up the XFS root filesystem using xfsdump on RHEL

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Issue

  • How do I back up the XFS root filesystem using xfsdump on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • When using xfsdump I see xfsdump: WARNING failed to get bulkstat information for inode 123456789

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
  • XFS root filesystem
  • xfsdump

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