Can't mount a XFS filesystem created on RHEL8 on RHEL7

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Issue

  • Can't mount a XFS filesystem created in RHEL8 on RHEL7

  • When trying to mount a XFS filesystem that was created in RHEL 8 on RHEL 7, I get this error:

    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdN,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • XFS filesystem

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