I use the bpxwmigf tool for zfs resizing activities. Works great, less filling. If you're able to use zEDC compression, that's also something to enable on newly allocated zfs file systems.
Mark Jacobs Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. GPG Public Key - https://api.protonmail.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&[email protected] ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, October 11th, 2023 at 3:59 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote: > Alternate is to mount the new ZFS at a new mount point, issue *ix > commands to copy the current files to new location(s), unmount both, > rename both and mount new ZFS(s). > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 2:18 PM Michael Babcock [email protected] wrote: > > > It’s documented in the ZFS Administration book, section “Copying the > > physical blocks of the aggregate to a larger dataset”. > > > > Don’t format the .NEW or it doesn’t work. > > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 2:07 PM Mark Pace [email protected] wrote: > > > > > Hmm - never tried repo on an zfs aggregate. I'll give it a try. Thanks./ > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 3:01 PM Michael Babcock [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I usually allocate a .NEW, REPRO from the current to .NEW and RENAME. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 1:59 PM Mark Pace [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Same results using replace or replaceu > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 2:47 PM Mark Pace [email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > No, I've used REPLACE. I'll give that a try. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 2:46 PM Art Zeigler [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Did you use the REPLACEUnconditional parameter with the restore? > > > > > > > Also, > > > > > > > make sure you don't have SMS routines getting in the way. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Art Zeigler > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] on > > > > > > > behalf > > > > > > > of Mark Pace [email protected] > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2023 2:26 PM > > > > > > > To: [email protected] [email protected] > > > > > > > Subject: Resize a ZFS aggregate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a zfs file that has grown so large it can't any more > > > > > > > extents. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So the plan was to > > > > > > > Unmount the filesystem > > > > > > > Dump the file to disk dataset. > > > > > > > Delete the filesystem > > > > > > > Define the filesystem with larger primary and secondary extents. > > > > > > > Restore the dump to the new filesystem > > > > > > > and remount. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > BUT - when I restore the dump it deletes the filesystem I created > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > creates a new one using the old allocations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How do I make adrdssu use the new preallocated filesystem > > > > > > > allocation? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily > > > > > > > represent > > > > > > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark D Pace > > > > > > > Senior Systems Engineer > > > > > > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > > > > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > > > > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > > > > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark D Pace > > > > > > Senior Systems Engineer > > > > > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > > > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > > > > > > > Mark D Pace > > > > > Senior Systems Engineer > > > > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > > > The postings on this site are my own and don’t necessarily represent > > > Mainline’s positions or opinions > > > > > > Mark D Pace > > > Senior Systems Engineer > > > Mainline Information Systems > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
