Re: [zfs-discuss] autoexpand in a physical disk with 2 zpool

2012-05-03 Thread Darren Kenny
Hi Jordi, After 'enlarging the disk' did you update the FDISK partitioning to see the new cylinders? And, then update the VTOC label to see the new space too? In fdisk, you will need to delete the partition, and create it again - as long as you keep the start cylinder the same, and don't make th

[zfs-discuss] Bootable root pool?

2011-04-18 Thread Darren Kenny
Hi, As I understand it there were restrictions on a bootable root pool where it cannot be defined to use whole-disk configurations for a single disk, or multiple disks which are mirrored. Does it still apply that you need to define such pools as using slices, ie. by either defining a partition (i

[zfs-discuss] Add disk to raidz pool

2010-01-15 Thread Kenny
Can you add a disk (volume) to an existing raidz pool?? Or do you still need to create a new pool, copy data, destroy old pool in order to expand the pool size? TIA --Kenny -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

[zfs-discuss] Backing up a ZFS pool

2010-01-15 Thread Kenny
What is the best way to back up a zfs pool for recovery? Recover entire pool or files from a pool... Would you use snapshots and clones? I would like to move the "backup" to a different disk and not use tapes. suggestions?? TIA --Kenny -- This message posted from opens

[zfs-discuss] ZFS in Solaris 10 5/08

2008-09-05 Thread Kenny
re a way to get gzip compression (gzip-9) enabled in zfs on Solaris 10 5/08?? Thanks in advance for the discussion. ---Kenny -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-09-02 Thread Kenny
ccess State: standby Suggestions on where I might have messed up?? Thanks!! --Kenny -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Proposed 2540 and ZFS configuration

2008-08-29 Thread Kenny
scussions!! Regards, --Kenny -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-29 Thread Kenny
To All... Problem solved. Operator error on my part. (but I did learn something!! ) Thank you all very much! --Kenny -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-28 Thread Kenny
e 931 GB vs 932 MB from this?? 2. c6t600A0B800049F93C030A48B3EA2Cd0 /scsi_vhci/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. c6t600A0B800049F93C030D48B3EAB6d0 /scsi_vhci/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please educate me!! Thanks again! --Kenny -- This message posted from opensolari

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-28 Thread Kenny
e 931 GB vs 932 MB from this?? 2. c6t600A0B800049F93C030A48B3EA2Cd0 /scsi_vhci/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. c6t600A0B800049F93C030D48B3EAB6d0 /scsi_vhci/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please educate me!! Thanks again! --Kenny -- This message posted from opensolari

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-28 Thread Kenny
Tim, Per your request... df -h bash-3.00# df -h Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on /dev/md/dsk/d10 98G 4.2G92G 5%/ /devices 0K 0K 0K 0%/devices ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0%/system/contract p

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-28 Thread Kenny
Bob, Thanks for the reply. Yes I did read your white paper and am using it!! Thanks again!! I used zpool iostat -v and it did't give the information as advertised... see below bash-3.00# zpool iostat -v capacity operations

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-27 Thread Kenny
Claus, Thanks for the sanity check... I thought I wasn't crazy Now on to find out why my 9TB turned into 9GB... Thanks again --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-27 Thread Kenny
for research before moving items off to tape. Thanks --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-27 Thread Kenny
Claus - Thanks!! At least I know I'm not going crazy!! Yes, I've got 11 metric 1 TB disks and would like 10TB useable (end game...) --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolari

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-27 Thread Kenny
Tcook - Sorry bout that... Solaris 10 (8/07 I think) ZFS version 4 How can I upgrade ZFS w/o having to rebuild with Sol 10 5/08? Thanks --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Pools 1+TB

2008-08-27 Thread Kenny
?? I'm desperate in keepingas much space useable as possible. Thanks --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Version Correct

2008-05-20 Thread Kenny
Back to the top Is there a patch upgrade for ZFS on Solaris 10? Where might I find it. TIA --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Sun Disk arrays - Opinions?

2008-05-19 Thread Kenny
e-read the Best Practices guide, Bob's White paper, and hopefully find the CAM documentation. Then I can return with more intelligent questions. Thanks again to all. --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing l

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Version Correct

2008-05-16 Thread Kenny
te ZFS on my Sun box and if so where are the updates? Thanks --Kenny This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] ZFS and Sun Disk arrays - Opinions?

2008-05-16 Thread Kenny
this plan seem ok? 2) Does anyone have experiance with the 2540? 3) I've read that it's best practice to create the RAID set utilizing Hardware RAID utilities vice using ZFS raidz. Any wisdom on this? Thanks in advance. --Kenny This message posted from