Had to cancel it at 24G at size after I read that it can be 10% of actual partition size :) > On Dec 18, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >>
