On 12/18/18 2:42 PM, Predrag Mijatovic wrote: > 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? yes, possibly. If it's unwieldy we can try to do some remote debugging with xfs_db, but having a metadata image can be very helpful at times. No promises though. ;) Thanks, -Eric > 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 >> >> >
