Re: [zfs-discuss] Using a zvol from your rpool as zil for another zpool

2010-07-02 Thread Ben Taylor
> We have a server with a couple X-25E's and a bunch of > larger SATA > disks. > > To save space, we want to install Solaris 10 (our > install is only about > 1.4GB) to the X-25E's and use the remaining space on > the SSD's for ZIL > attached to a zpool created from the SATA drives. > > Currently

Re: [zfs-discuss] abusing zfs boot disk for fun and DR

2010-01-11 Thread Ben Taylor
> Ben, > I have found that booting from cdrom and importing > the pool on the new host, then boot the hard disk > will prevent these issues. > That will reconfigure the zfs to use the new disk > device. > When running, zpool detach the missing mirror device > and attach a new one. Thanks. I'm wel

[zfs-discuss] abusing zfs boot disk for fun and DR

2010-01-07 Thread Ben Taylor
I'm in the process of standing up a couple of t5440's, of which the config will eventually end up in another data center 6k miles from the original config, and I'm supposed to send disks to the data center and we'll start from there (yes, I know how to flar and jumpstart. When the boss says do som

[zfs-discuss] Couple of ZFS panics...

2008-08-22 Thread Ben Taylor
I've got a Intel DP35DP Motherboard, Q6600 proc (Intel 2.4G, 4 core), 4GB of ram and a copule of Sata disks, running ICH9. S10U5, patched about a week ago or so... I have a zpool on a single slice (haven't added a mirror yet, was getting to that) and have started to suffer regular hard resets a