Re: [zfs-discuss] can't create snapshot

2006-08-31 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Frank Cusack wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]# zfs snapshot export/zone/smb/share/[EMAIL PROTECTED] internal error: unexpected error 16 at line 2302 of ../common/libzfs_dataset.c I don't have this problem with other filesystems. There was one existing snapshot which, after getting the above error,

Re: [zfs-discuss] can't create snapshot

2006-08-31 Thread Frank Cusack
On August 31, 2006 4:00:52 PM -0700 Frank Cusack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]# zfs snapshot export/zone/smb/share/[EMAIL PROTECTED] internal error: unexpected error 16 at line 2302 of ../common/libzfs_dataset.c I don't have this problem with other filesystems. There was one e

[zfs-discuss] can't create snapshot

2006-08-31 Thread Frank Cusack
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]# zfs snapshot export/zone/smb/share/[EMAIL PROTECTED] internal error: unexpected error 16 at line 2302 of ../common/libzfs_dataset.c I don't have this problem with other filesystems. There was one existing snapshot which, after getting the above error, I deleted successfully

Re: [zfs-discuss] libzfs question

2006-08-31 Thread Eric Schrock
No, there is no documentation for libzfs. Your only bet is to look at the opensolaris source and see how its being used. It's a consolidation-private library, so it's not intended for public use. That being said, if you're willing to go through some growing pains on upgrade/patch, you're welcome

[zfs-discuss] libzfs question

2006-08-31 Thread SRIKANTH KONERU
Hi there... I have solaris 5.10 update 2 I am trying get some iostats on a zpool, A little bit digging indicated thtat I can do this by doing libzfs_init and zpool_open and so on .. library calls. But /lib/libzfs.so doesn't have the implementation of libzfs_int() , checked with /ucs/ccs/bin/nm

Re: [zfs-discuss] File level compression

2006-08-31 Thread Torrey McMahon
Sanjeev Bagewadi wrote: Manoj Joseph wrote: Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Sanjeev, Wednesday, August 30, 2006, 3:26:52 PM, you wrote: SB> Hi, SB> We were trying out the "compression=on" feature of ZFS and were SB> wondering if it would make SB> sense to have ZFS do compression only on a cer

[zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS with expanding LUNs

2006-08-31 Thread Theo Bongers
Ok, it's clear but doesn't give me any real solid ground. Maybe I tell more about the hardware etc. It's a Sun X4200 running Solaris 10 X68 connecting through fiberchannel to a StorageTek D280 RAID storage. Maybe this makes the picture more complete. Greets, This message posted from opensol

Re: [zfs-discuss] migrating data across boxes

2006-08-31 Thread Matthew Ahrens
John Beck wrote: % zfs snapshot -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] % zfs send space/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | ssh newbox zfs recv -d space % zfs send space/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | ssh newbox zfs recv -d space ... % zfs set mountpoint=/export/home space % zfs set mountpoint=/usr/local space/local % zfs set sharenfs=on

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS + rsync, backup on steroids.

2006-08-31 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Roch wrote: Matthew Ahrens writes: > Robert Milkowski wrote: > > IIRC unmounting ZFS file system won't flush its caches - you've got to > > export entire pool. > > That's correct. And I did ensure that the data was not cached before > each of my tests. Matt ? It seems to me that (at

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS + rsync, backup on steroids.

2006-08-31 Thread Roch
Matthew Ahrens writes: > Robert Milkowski wrote: > > Hello Richard, > > > > Thursday, August 31, 2006, 8:17:41 AM, you wrote: > > > > RLH> Are both of you doing a umount/mount (or export/import, I guess) of > > the > > RLH> source filesystem before both first and second test? Otherwise

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS with expanding LUNs

2006-08-31 Thread Eric Schrock
On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 09:54:25AM -0700, Matthew Ahrens wrote: > Theo Bongers wrote: > >Please can anyone tell me how to handle with a LUN that is expanded (on a > >RAID array or SAN storage)? and grow the filesystem without data-loss? > >How does ZFS looks at the volume. In other words how can I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS + rsync, backup on steroids.

2006-08-31 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Richard, Thursday, August 31, 2006, 8:17:41 AM, you wrote: RLH> Are both of you doing a umount/mount (or export/import, I guess) of the RLH> source filesystem before both first and second test? Otherwise, there might RLH> still be a fair bit of cached data left o

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS with expanding LUNs

2006-08-31 Thread Matthew Ahrens
Theo Bongers wrote: Please can anyone tell me how to handle with a LUN that is expanded (on a RAID array or SAN storage)? and grow the filesystem without data-loss? How does ZFS looks at the volume. In other words how can I grow the filesystem after LUN expansion. Do I need to format/type/autoc

[zfs-discuss] Re: Newbie questions about drive problems

2006-08-31 Thread Baptiste Augrain
Thanks Now, I don't have any worry to migrate to ZFS. > > I have 3 drives. > > The first one will be the primary/boot drive under > UFS. The 2 others will become a mirrored pool with > ZFS. > > Now, I have problem with the boot drive (hardware > or software), so all the data on my mirrored pool a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Find the difference between two snapshots

2006-08-31 Thread Nicolas Williams
On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 02:55:27PM +0100, Tim Foster wrote: > On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:44 +0300, Niclas Sodergard wrote: > > Is there an easy way to find out which files has changed between two > > snapshots? Currently I'm doing a > > Nope, unfortunately not - you're interested in bug > http://b

Re: [zfs-discuss] File level compression

2006-08-31 Thread Sanjeev Bagewadi
Manoj Joseph wrote: Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Sanjeev, Wednesday, August 30, 2006, 3:26:52 PM, you wrote: SB> Hi, SB> We were trying out the "compression=on" feature of ZFS and were SB> wondering if it would make SB> sense to have ZFS do compression only on a certain kind of files (or S

Re: [zfs-discuss] File level compression

2006-08-31 Thread Manoj Joseph
Robert Milkowski wrote: Hello Sanjeev, Wednesday, August 30, 2006, 3:26:52 PM, you wrote: SB> Hi, SB> We were trying out the "compression=on" feature of ZFS and were SB> wondering if it would make SB> sense to have ZFS do compression only on a certain kind of files (or SB> rather the otherwa

[zfs-discuss] ZFS with expanding LUNs

2006-08-31 Thread Theo Bongers
Please can anyone tell me how to handle with a LUN that is expanded (on a RAID array or SAN storage)? and grow the filesystem without data-loss? How does ZFS looks at the volume. In other words how can I grow the filesystem after LUN expansion. Do I need to format/type/autoconfigre/label on the s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Storage Compatibilty list

2006-08-31 Thread san2rini
Thanks guys for your help. Of course I have already put the D1000 in split so I can test the ZFS mirroring and so on cheers Alfredo James C. McPherson wrote: James Dickens wrote: On 8/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I am about to try ZFS on my 420 with (of

Re: [zfs-discuss] Find the difference between two snapshots

2006-08-31 Thread Niclas Sodergard
On 8/31/06, Tim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Nickus, On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:44 +0300, Niclas Sodergard wrote: > Is there an easy way to find out which files has changed between two > snapshots? Currently I'm doing a > > # rsync -arvn > > and it creates a list. But rsync needs to go

Re: [zfs-discuss] Find the difference between two snapshots

2006-08-31 Thread Tim Foster
Hi Nickus, On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 15:44 +0300, Niclas Sodergard wrote: > Is there an easy way to find out which files has changed between two > snapshots? Currently I'm doing a > > # rsync -arvn > > and it creates a list. But rsync needs to go through the whole > filesystem and compare files.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: zfs and vmware

2006-08-31 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 10:53:20PM -0700, Stefan Johansson wrote: > Yes I did and it works ok enough for me. > > Would be nice to have vmware server for Solaris instead so I can run Solaris > as the host and use zfs directly on the controllers. You're not the only one who wants that. Maybe we s

[zfs-discuss] Find the difference between two snapshots

2006-08-31 Thread Niclas Sodergard
Hi everyone, Is there an easy way to find out which files has changed between two snapshots? Currently I'm doing a # rsync -arvn and it creates a list. But rsync needs to go through the whole filesystem and compare files. It would be nice if zfs would have this option builtin. Regards, Nick

Re: [zfs-discuss] Storage Compatibilty list

2006-08-31 Thread James C. McPherson
James Dickens wrote: On 8/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I am about to try ZFS on my 420 with (of course) Solaris 10 6/06 installed. My question is : is there any storage compatibility list where to find which storage (in my case a D1000) goes or not with ZFS? If

Re: [zfs-discuss] Storage Compatibilty list

2006-08-31 Thread James Dickens
On 8/31/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I am about to try ZFS on my 420 with (of course) Solaris 10 6/06 installed. My question is : is there any storage compatibility list where to find which storage (in my case a D1000) goes or not with ZFS? If solaris see's the devi

Re: [zfs-discuss] Newbie questions about drive problems

2006-08-31 Thread Constantin Gonzalez
Hi, > I have 3 drives. > The first one will be the primary/boot drive under UFS. The 2 others will > become a mirrored pool with ZFS. > Now, I have problem with the boot drive (hardware or software), so all the > data on my mirrored pool are ok? > How can I restore this pool? When I create the p

[zfs-discuss] Storage Compatibilty list

2006-08-31 Thread san2rini
Hi all, I am about to try ZFS on my 420 with (of course) Solaris 10 6/06 installed. My question is : is there any storage compatibility list where to find which storage (in my case a D1000) goes or not with ZFS? cheers ___ zfs-discuss mailing lis

[zfs-discuss] Newbie questions about drive problems

2006-08-31 Thread Baptiste Augrain
Hi, I'm a newbie at ZFS but I have some questions: I have 3 drives. The first one will be the primary/boot drive under UFS. The 2 others will become a mirrored pool with ZFS. Now, I have problem with the boot drive (hardware or software), so all the data on my mirrored pool are ok? How can I r

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS + rsync, backup on steroids.

2006-08-31 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Richard, Thursday, August 31, 2006, 8:17:41 AM, you wrote: RLH> Are both of you doing a umount/mount (or export/import, I guess) of the RLH> source filesystem before both first and second test? Otherwise, there might RLH> still be a fair bit of cached data left over from the first test, w