I realize it will be less than 12T (btw it’s almost full) but it will still take a lot (more than few GBs), no? Also, I read on RedHat website that it should be unmounted... > On Dec 18, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 12/18/18 2:26 PM, Predrag Mijatovic wrote: >> It’s a 12T partition so it will take a while (plus I can’t start it before tomorrow morning) > > Just FYI, a metadump is metadata-only so the time and space it takes will > be a) much less than a full 12T and b) proportional to the amount of > metadata you have in the filesystem. > > Note, the fs does need to be offline to get a metadump. > > Thanks, > -Eric > >