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xfsinvutil(8) System Manager's Manual xfsinvutil(8)
xfsinvutil - xfsdump inventory database checking and pruning
utility
xfsinvutil [-F|-i] [-m media_label] -M mount_point mm/dd/yyyy
xfsinvutil [-F|-i] [-m media_label] -u UUID mm/dd/yyyy
xfsinvutil [-F] -s SESSION_ID
xfsinvutil -i
xfsinvutil -C
xfsdump maintains an online dump inventory in
/var/lib/xfsdump/inventory. The -I option of xfsdump displays the
inventory contents hierarchically. The levels of the hierarchy
are: filesystem, dump session, stream, and media file.
xfsinvutil is a utility to check this inventory database for
consistency, to remove entries of dump sessions which may no
longer be of relevance, and to browse the contents of the
inventory.
The following command line options are available:
-F Don't prompt the operator. When xfsinvutil encounters a
matching dump session, xfsinvutil will normally ask the
operator for permission to delete the entry. With this option
the deletion is performed, no questions asked.
-i Interactive mode. Causes xfsinvutil to run in a mode that
will allow the operator to browse and modify the contents of
the inventory. Please refer to the Interactive Mode section
below for more information.
-M mount_point mm/dd/yyyy
Prunes dump sessions identified by the given mount point
which were created prior to the specified date. Optionally -m
may be be specified to further limit the matching dump
sessions by media label. xfsinvutil will prompt the operator
prior to pruning a dump session unless the -F or -i options
are given.
-u UUID mm/dd/yyyy
Like -M, except the matching filesystem is specified using
its universally unique identifier (UUID) instead of its mount
point.
-m media_label
If specified, only sessions with at least one media file
whose label matches this value will be eligible for pruning.
This restriction is in addition to those imposed by the date
and the -M or -u options. This option allows the pruning of
all inventory references to media which may have been
overwritten or lost. Note that this option does not apply to
sessions with no media files.
-s SESSION_ID
Prunes the dump session identified by the given session id.
xfsinvutil will prompt the operator prior to pruning a dump
session unless the -F option is given.
-C With this option, xfsinvutil performs consistency checks for
all entries in the inventory database. It fixes any problems
found. If no consistent entries are found , the corresponding
inventory database file is removed.
Interactive Mode
When run with -i, xfsinvutil will present the operator with a
hierarchical representation of the xfsdump inventory. In this
mode, the operator can use the arrow keys (or the h j k l keys) to
navigate the inventory and also use the following keys and
functionality:
+ Expand a branch of the tree.
- Collapse a branch of the tree.
* Fully expand a branch of the tree.
% Fully collapse a branch of the tree.
h Move selection to the parent entry.
l Move selection to the child entry.
j Move selection to next entry.
k Move selection to previous entry.
d Mark the current record, and all sub-records, to be deleted.
u Clear the current record and all parent records from being
deleted.
i Import another xfsdump inventory.
? Show help window.
x Commit any changes made to the inventory, and exit the
program.
q Exit the program without committing any changes to the
inventory.
Inventories from other hosts can be imported to create a larger
common inventory. It is recommended that the contents of
/var/lib/xfsdump/inventory on the remote host be copied to a
temporary local directory prior to running xfsinvutil. When
xfsinvutil is run in interactive mode, and the operator hits i,
they will be prompted for the path to the inventory to be
imported. xfsinvutil will then add the contents of the imported
inventory to the main window, and all entries will be marked as
imported. The operator can then delete any of these entries that
are not to be imported. When the operator commits the changes,
xfsinvutil will import any entries which were not marked as
deleted. Deleted entries are not actually deleted from the
original imported inventory.
Inventory
Each dump session updates an inventory database in
/var/lib/xfsdump/inventory. xfsdump uses the inventory to
determine the base of incremental and resumed dumps.
This database can be displayed by invoking xfsdump with the -I
option. The display uses tabbed indentation to present the
inventory hierarchically. The first level is filesystem. The
second level is session. The third level is media stream
(currently only one stream is supported). The fourth level lists
the media files sequentially composing the stream.
/var/lib/xfsdump/inventory
dump inventory database
xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8).
This page is part of the xfsdump (XFS dump and restore) project.
Information about the project can be found at ⟨http://xfs.org/⟩.
If you have a bug report for this manual page, send it to
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org. This page was obtained from the
project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfsprogs-dev.git⟩ on
2025-08-11. (At that time, the date of the most recent commit
that was found in the repository was 2024-09-02.) If you discover
any rendering problems in this HTML version of the page, or you
believe there is a better or more up-to-date source for the page,
or you have corrections or improvements to the information in this
COLOPHON (which is not part of the original manual page), send a
mail to man-pages@man7.org
xfsinvutil(8)
Pages that refer to this page: xfsdump(8), xfsrestore(8)
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