Re: [zfs-discuss] Image with DD from ZFS partition

2008-05-07 Thread Hans
thank you for your posting. well i still have problems understanding how a pool works. when i have one partition with zfs like this: /dev/sda1 -> ZFS /dev/sda2 -> ext2 the only pool is on the sda1 device. in this way i can backup it with the dd command. now i try to understand: when i have 2 zfs p

Re: [zfs-discuss] Image with DD from ZFS partition

2008-05-07 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Hans wrote: > hello, > can i create a image from ZFS with the DD command? > when i work with linux i use partimage to create an image from one partitino > and store it on another. so i can restore it if an error. > partimage do not work with zfs, so i must use the DD command.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Image with DD from ZFS partition

2008-05-07 Thread michael schuster
Hans wrote: > hello, > can i create a image from ZFS with the DD command? You're probably looking for "zfs send" - have a go at the man-page and see whether that serves the purpose. HTH Michael -- Michael Schuster http://blogs.sun.com/recursion Recursion, n.: see 'Recursion' ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Image with DD from ZFS partition

2008-05-07 Thread James C. McPherson
Hans wrote: > hello, > can i create a image from ZFS with the DD command? > when i work with linux i use partimage to create an image from one partitino > and store it on another. so i can restore it if an error. > partimage do not work with zfs, so i must use the DD command. > i think so: > DD IF

[zfs-discuss] Image with DD from ZFS partition

2008-05-07 Thread Hans
hello, can i create a image from ZFS with the DD command? when i work with linux i use partimage to create an image from one partitino and store it on another. so i can restore it if an error. partimage do not work with zfs, so i must use the DD command. i think so: DD IF=/dev/sda1 OF=/backup/imag

Re: [zfs-discuss] Moving zfs pool to new machine?

2008-05-07 Thread Steven M. Christensen
Thanks Jim and Richard - zpool import -f mypool worked. This is a mystery to me since I had done a zpool import before and it did not see mypool, but does now. Anyway I'm in good shape now. Steve C. Jim Dunham wrote: > Steve, > >> Can someone tell me or point me to links that describe how

Re: [zfs-discuss] Moving zfs pool to new machine?

2008-05-07 Thread Jim Dunham
Steve, > Can someone tell me or point me to links that describe how to > do the following. > > I had a machine that crashed and I want to move to a newer machine > anyway. The boot disk on the old machine is fried. The two disks I > was > using for a zfs pool on that machine need to be moved t

[zfs-discuss] Moving zfs pool to new machine?

2008-05-07 Thread Steven M. Christensen
Can someone tell me or point me to links that describe how to do the following. I had a machine that crashed and I want to move to a newer machine anyway. The boot disk on the old machine is fried. The two disks I was using for a zfs pool on that machine need to be moved to a newer machine no

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sanity check -- x4500 storage server for enterprise file service

2008-05-07 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 7 May 2008, Paul B. Henson wrote: > > I was thinking about allocating 2 drives for the OS (SVM mirroring, pending > ZFS boot support), two hot spares, and allocating the other 44 drives as > mirror pairs into a single pool. While this will result in lower available > space than raidz, my un

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sanity check -- x4500 storage server for enterprise file service

2008-05-07 Thread Richard Elling
Paul B. Henson wrote: > We have been evaluating ZFS as a potential solution for delivering > enterprise file services for our campus. I've posted a couple of times with > various questions, but to recap we want to provide file space to our > approximately 22000 students and 2400 faculty/staff, as w

[zfs-discuss] Sanity check -- x4500 storage server for enterprise file service

2008-05-07 Thread Paul B. Henson
We have been evaluating ZFS as a potential solution for delivering enterprise file services for our campus. I've posted a couple of times with various questions, but to recap we want to provide file space to our approximately 22000 students and 2400 faculty/staff, as well as group project space fo

[zfs-discuss] zfs send -R dies in middle of transfer

2008-05-07 Thread Tims Spriggs
I am attempting to clone a pool from one thumper to another using zfs send -R | zfs receive -d. To make network transfers a little faster I am using netcat so the entire path looks like: thumper-2 # nc -q 1 -l -p 8023 | zfs receive -vdF tank2 thumper-1 # zfs send -vR [EMAIL PROTECTED] | nc thump

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why root zone can't be on ZFS for upgrade ?

2008-05-07 Thread Paul Kraus
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Luke Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is an old discussion but maybe someone could help me clarify a couple of > things. > > Having not known taht zone root file systems can't be ZFS, we built several > of > these zones in our production environment. We ar

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and disk usage management?

2008-05-07 Thread Chris Kirby
Kyle McDonald wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I assume that ZFS quotas are enforced even if the current >>> size and space free is not included in the user visible 'df'. >>> Is that not true? >>> >>> Presumably applications get some unexpected error when the >>> quota limit is hit since t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why root zone can't be on ZFS for upgrade ?

2008-05-07 Thread Luke Schwab
This is an old discussion but maybe someone could help me clarify a couple of things. Having not known taht zone root file systems can't be ZFS, we built several of these zones in our production environment. We are running Solaris 10 8/07. We now see that Zone roots are not supported on ZFS fil

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and disk usage management?

2008-05-07 Thread Kyle McDonald
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I assume that ZFS quotas are enforced even if the current >> size and space free is not included in the user visible 'df'. >> Is that not true? >> >> Presumably applications get some unexpected error when the >> quota limit is hit since the client OS does not know th

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS-Crypto

2008-05-07 Thread Darren J Moffat
Joe S. Ixpack wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to use ZFS Encryption with OpenSolaris/Indiana? At this time no. Well not unless you build the source from the mercurial source repository yourself. > I've searching for a roadmap, where will it be integrated first (opensolaris, solaris CE etc)...

[zfs-discuss] ZFS-Crypto

2008-05-07 Thread Joe S. Ixpack
Hi, is there a way to use ZFS Encryption with OpenSolaris/Indiana? I've searching for a roadmap, where will it be integrated first (opensolaris, solaris CE etc)... This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@op

Re: [zfs-discuss] recovering data from a dettach mirrored vdev

2008-05-07 Thread Darren J Moffat
Jeff Bonwick wrote: > Yes, I think that would be useful. Something like 'zpool revive' > or 'zpool undead'. Why a new subcommand when 'zpool import' got '-D' to revive destroyed pools ? > It would not be completely general-purpose -- > in a pool with multiple mirror devices, it could only wo

Re: [zfs-discuss] recovering data from a dettach mirrored vdev

2008-05-07 Thread Jeff Bonwick
Yes, I think that would be useful. Something like 'zpool revive' or 'zpool undead'. It would not be completely general-purpose -- in a pool with multiple mirror devices, it could only work if all replicas were detached in the same txg -- but for the simple case of a single top-level mirror vdev,