Re: [zfs-discuss] System crash on zpool attach & object_count == usedobjs failed assertion

2010-03-03 Thread Nigel Smith
disks? And what device driver is the controller using? Thanks Nigel Smith -- 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] System crash on zpool attach & object_count == usedobjs failed assertion

2010-03-03 Thread Nigel Smith
ts are not off by one, Unfortunately, there is little indication of any progress being made. Maybe some other 'zfs-discuss' readers would try zdb on there pools, if using a recent dev build and see if they get a similar problem... Thanks Nigel Smith # mdb core Loading modules: [ libume

Re: [zfs-discuss] crashed zpool

2010-03-01 Thread Nigel Smith
Hello Carsten Have you examined the core dump file with mdb ::stack to see if this give a clue to what happend? Regards Nigel -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.o

Re: [zfs-discuss] Help with itadm commands

2010-02-23 Thread Nigel Smith
The iSCSI COMSTAR Port Provider is not installed by default. What release of OpenSolaris are you running? If pre snv_133 then: $ pfexec pkg install SUNWiscsit For snv_133, I think it will be: $ pfexec pkg install network/iscsi/target Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] Idiots Guide to Running a NAS with ZFS/OpenSolaris

2010-02-18 Thread Nigel Smith
Hi Robert Have a look at these links: http://delicious.com/nwsmith/opensolaris-nas Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Abysmal ISCSI / ZFS Performance

2010-02-18 Thread Nigel Smith
Another things you could check, which has been reported to cause a problem, is if network or disk drivers share an interrupt with a slow device, like say a usb device. So try: # echo ::interrupts -d | mdb -k ... and look for multiple driver names on an INT#. Regards Nigel Smith -- This message

Re: [zfs-discuss] Abysmal ISCSI / ZFS Performance

2010-02-18 Thread Nigel Smith
al test, direct to the hard drives, you could try 'dd', with various transfer sizes. Some advice from BenR, here: http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=820 Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] Abysmal ISCSI / ZFS Performance

2010-02-18 Thread Nigel Smith
with Google, but there are others: http://serverfault.com/questions/13190/what-are-good-speeds-for-iscsi-and-nfs-over-1gb-ethernet BTW, what sort of network card are you using, as this can make a difference. Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Disk Issues

2010-02-16 Thread Nigel Smith
m 'prtconf -pv'. If Native IDE is selected the ICH10 SATA interface should appear as two controllers, the first for ports 0-3, and the second for ports 4 & 5. Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] Painfully slow RAIDZ2 as fibre channel COMSTAR export

2010-02-14 Thread Nigel Smith
, but three drives are showing high %b. And strange that you have c7,c8,c9,c10,c11 which looks like FIVE controllers! Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.op

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + fsck

2009-11-10 Thread Nigel Smith
posts regarding this has not been helpful, as my only intention was to try to be helpful. Best Regards Nigel Smith -- 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 + fsck

2009-11-09 Thread Nigel Smith
ags days page resurrected can petition James to raise the priority on his todo list. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] ..and now ZFS send dedupe

2009-11-09 Thread Nigel Smith
More ZFS goodness putback before close of play for snv_128. http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/onnv-notify/2009-November/010768.html http://hg.genunix.org/onnv-gate.hg/rev/216d8396182e Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] marvell88sx2 driver build126

2009-11-08 Thread Nigel Smith
/src/uts/common/io/sata/adapters/ Regards Nigel Smith -- 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 + fsck

2009-11-05 Thread Nigel Smith
Hi Gary I will let 'website-discuss' know about this problem. They normally fix issues like that. Those pages always seemed to just update automatically. I guess it's related to the website transition. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS + fsck

2009-11-05 Thread Nigel Smith
Hi Robert I think you mean snv_128 not 126 :-) 6667683 need a way to rollback to an uberblock from a previous txg http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6667683 http://hg.genunix.org/onnv-gate.hg/rev/8aac17999e4d Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] dedupe is in

2009-11-02 Thread Nigel Smith
the dev repository will be updated to snv_128. Then we see if any bugs emerge as we all rush to test it out... Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] Unable to import pool: invalid vdev configuration

2009-10-06 Thread Nigel Smith
rg/message/j7av5b22dke2anui http://markmail.org/thread/rdswnnqlk2f6q47k http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=79749 http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2008-October/022815.html Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opens

Re: [zfs-discuss] PMP support in Opensolaris

2009-09-04 Thread Nigel Smith
careful: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2009-September/031434.html Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_110 -> snv_121 produces checksum errors on Raid-Z pool

2009-09-02 Thread Nigel Smith
nding that anyone using raidz, raidz2, raidz3, should not upgrade to that release? For the people who have already upgraded, presumably the recommendation is that they should revert to a pre 121 BE. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] Shrinking a zpool?

2009-08-06 Thread Nigel Smith
g an open source project. For instance, Sun's project for the Comstar iscsi target: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/iser/ ..where there was an open mailing list, where you could see the developers making progress: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/iser-dev/ Best Regards Nigel

Re: [zfs-discuss] Shrinking a zpool?

2009-08-06 Thread Nigel Smith
I would say that maybe Sun should have held back on announcing the work on deduplication, as it just seems to have ramped up frustration, now that it seems no more news is forthcoming. It's easy to be wise after the event and time will tell. Thanks Nigel Smith --

Re: [zfs-discuss] Shrinking a zpool?

2009-08-06 Thread Nigel Smith
s is being made, or to actively help with code reviews or testing. Best Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] Another user looses his pool (10TB) in this case and 40 days work

2009-07-29 Thread Nigel Smith
ost hard drives fail to sync/flush correctly, but AFAIK no one is saying how they know this. Have they actually tested, in which case how have they tested. Or do they just know because of bad experiences having lost lots of data. Best Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [zfs-discuss] Another user looses his pool (10TB) in this case and 40 days work

2009-07-27 Thread Nigel Smith
David Magda wrote: > This is also (theoretically) why a drive purchased from Sun is more > that expensive then a drive purchased from your neighbourhood computer > shop: Sun (and presumably other manufacturers) takes the time and > effort to test things to make sure that when a drive says "I'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Help recovering zfs filesystem

2008-11-07 Thread Nigel Smith
s.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2008-May/047270.html Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-30 Thread Nigel Smith
g up/down in '/var/admin/message'? You are never going to do any good while that is happening. I think you need to try a different network card in the server. Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailin

Re: [zfs-discuss] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-29 Thread Nigel Smith
TW, just run '/usr/X11/bin/scanpci' and identify the 'vendor id' and 'device id' for the network card, just in case it turns out to be a driver bug. Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-29 Thread Nigel Smith
g and where. It would be interesting to do two separate captures - one on the client and the one on the server, at the same time, as this would show if the switch was causing disruption. Try to have the clocks on the client & server synchronised as close as possible. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This messag

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-29 Thread Nigel Smith
source" bnx driver (B) Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet driver So the bnx driver is closed source :-( Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-28 Thread Nigel Smith
are seeing the same problem with other client PC, then I guess we need to suspect the 'switch' that connects them. Ok, that's my thoughts & conclusion for now. Maybe you could get some more snoop captures with other clients, and with a different switch, and do a similar analysi

Re: [zfs-discuss] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
ssion method used for this file is 98. Please can you check it out, and if necessary use a more standard compression algorithm. Download File Size was 8,782,584 bytes. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
Hi Tano Please check out my post on the storage-forum for another idea to try which may give further clues: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/storage-discuss/2008-October/006458.html Best Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] My 500-gig ZFS is gone: insufficient replicas, corrupted data

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
ving 'smartctl' (fully) working with PATA and SATA drives on x86 Solaris. I've done a quick search on PSARC 2007/660 and it was "closed approved fast-track 11/28/2007". I did a quick search, but I could not find any code that had been committed to 'onnv-gate' that re

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import: all devices online but: insufficient replicas

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
'status' of your zpool on Server2? (You have not provided a 'zpool status') Thanks Nigel Smith -- 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] zpool import problem

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
have not provided a 'zpool status') Thanks Nigel Smith -- 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] My 500-gig ZFS is gone: insufficient replicas, corrupted data

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
rc/caselog/2007/660/onepager/ http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=5044205 Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] My 500-gig ZFS is gone: insufficient replicas, corrupted data

2008-10-27 Thread Nigel Smith
working system. If your using Solaris, maybe try 'prtvtoc'. http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2240/prtvtoc-1m?a=view (Unless someone knows a better way?) Thanks Nigel Smith # prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0 * /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0 partition map * * Dimensions: * 512 bytes/sector * 1465149168 s

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! zfs with iscsitadm (on poweredge1900) and VMWare!

2008-10-26 Thread Nigel Smith
-discuss/2008-October/052136.html Does the OpenSolaris box give any indication of being busy with other things? Try running 'prstat' to see if it gives any clues. Presumably you are using ZFS as the backing store for iScsi, in which case, maybe try with a UFS formatted disk to see if that is

Re: [zfs-discuss] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-26 Thread Nigel Smith
direction. (On OpenSolaris, Iperf was not able to increase the default TCP window size of 48K bytes.) Regards Nigel Smith -- 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] diagnosing read performance problem

2008-10-25 Thread Nigel Smith
he network. Control-C to stop the capture. You can then use Ethereal or WireShark to analyze the capture file. On the 'Analyze' menu, select 'Expert Info'. This will look through all the packets and will report any warning or errors it sees. Regards Nigel

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! zfs with iscsitadm (on poweredge1900) and VMWare!

2008-10-22 Thread Nigel Smith
Hi Tano I will have a look at your snoop file. (Tomorrow now, as it's late in the UK!) I will send you my email address. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-22 Thread Nigel Smith
testing with the iscsi target and various initiators, including Linux. I have found the snv_93 and snv_97 iscsi target to work well with the Vmware ESX and Microsoft initiators. So it is a surprise to see these problems occurring. Maybe some of the more resent builds snv_98, 99 have 'fi

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-21 Thread Nigel Smith
the bottom of the root cause. Following Eugene report, I'm beginning to fear that some sort of regression has been introduced into the iscsi target code... Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing lis

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-21 Thread Nigel Smith
the path. Maybe you could check the Solaris iScsi target works ok under stress from something other that ESX, like say the Windows iscsi initiator. Regards Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@o

Re: [zfs-discuss] My 500-gig ZFS is gone: insufficient replicas, corrupted data

2008-10-19 Thread Nigel Smith
right, having a mirrored pair of identical hard drives would not help, as the bios update may cause an identical problem with each drive.) Good Luck Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensola

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-18 Thread Nigel Smith
onnv-gate.hg/rev/29862a7558ef http://hg.genunix.org/onnv-gate.hg/rev/5b422642546a Tano, based on the above, I would say you need unique GUID's for two separate Targets/LUNS. Best Regards Nigel Smith http://nwsmith.blogspot.com/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELP! SNV_97, 98, 99 zfs with iscsitadm and VMWare!

2008-10-16 Thread Nigel Smith
at output. The log files seem to show the iscsi session has dropped out, and the initiator is auto retrying to connect to the target, but failing. It may help to get a packet capture at this stage to try & see why the logon is failing. Regards Nigel Smith -- This message

Re: [zfs-discuss] Help! ZFS pool is UNAVAILABLE

2008-01-01 Thread Nigel Smith
Presumably the labels are some how confused, especially for your USB drives :-( Regards Nigel Smith 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 corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-31 Thread Nigel Smith
f you decide to try a different SATA controller card, possible options are: 1. The si3124 driver, which supports SiI-3132 (PCI-E) and SiI-3124 (PCI-X) devices. 2. The AHCI driver, which supports the Intel ICH6 and latter devices, often found on motherboard. 4. The NV_SAT

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Nigel Smith
And are you seeing any error messages in '/var/adm/messages' indicating any failure on the disk controller card? If so, please post a sample back here to the forum. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@open

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs corruption w/ sil3114 sata controllers

2007-10-30 Thread Nigel Smith
an example of this sort of information for a different hard disk controller card: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/storage-discuss/2007-September/003399.html Regards Nigel Smith This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss m

Re: [zfs-discuss] I/O write failures on non-replicated pool

2007-10-25 Thread Nigel Smith
olaris.org/pipermail/onnv-notify/2007-October/012782.html Regards Nigel Smith 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] Possible ZFS Bug - Causes OpenSolaris Crash

2007-10-15 Thread Nigel Smith
that, then maybe I will not experience the problem until I upgrade to snv70 or latter. Regards, Nigel Smith 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] Possible ZFS Bug - Causes OpenSolaris Crash

2007-10-13 Thread Nigel Smith
Please can you provide the source code for your test app. I would like to see if I can reproduce this 'crash'. Thanks Nigel This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/m

Re: [zfs-discuss] Nice chassis for ZFS server

2007-09-26 Thread Nigel Smith
1475-3232017.html It has a similar 12+2 drive bay arrangement, and I believe HP do support Solaris and have drivers for their disk interface cards. Regards Nigel Smith This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing lis

Re: [zfs-discuss] MS Exchange storage on ZFS?

2007-09-12 Thread Nigel Smith
please report success or failure back to this forum, and on the 'Storage-discuss' forum where these sort of questions are more usually discussed. Thanks Nigel Smith This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing lis

Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-31 Thread Nigel Smith
Richard, thanks for the pointer to the tests in '/usr/sunvts', as this is the first I have heard of them. They look quite comprehensive. I will give them a trial when I have some free time. Thanks Nigel Smith pmemtest- Physical Memory Test ramtest - Memory DIMMs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-31 Thread Nigel Smith
Yes, I'm not surprised. I thought it would be a RAM problem. I always recommend a 'memtest' on any new hardware. Murphy's law predicts that you only have RAM problems on PC's that you don't test! Regards Nigel Smith This messa

Re: [zfs-discuss] Please help! ZFS crash & burn in SXCE b70!

2007-08-30 Thread Nigel Smith
chipset and hence driver you are using to connect the sata drives. I would guess it's the AHCI driver. See this link to see how I answered this question for my system: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2007-May/040562.html Regards Nigel Smith This message posted

Re: [zfs-discuss] si3124 controller problem and fix (fwd)

2007-07-17 Thread Nigel Smith
You can see the status of bug here: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6566207 Unfortunately, it's showing no progress since 20th June. This fix really could do to be in place for S10u4 and snv_70. Thanks Nigel Smith This message posted from opensolari

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: New zfs pr0n server :)))

2007-05-21 Thread Nigel Smith
he tab key to expand the path) My sata drive is using the 'ahci' driver, connecting to the ICH7 chipset on the motherboard. And I have a scsi drive on a Adaptec card, plugged into a PCI slot. Thanks Nigel Smith # format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c0t0d

[zfs-discuss] Re: snv63: kernel panic on import

2007-05-15 Thread Nigel Smith
I seem to have got the same core dump, in a different way. I had a zpool setup on a iscsi 'disk'. For details see: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/storage-discuss/2007-May/001162.html But after a reboot the iscsi target was not longer available, so the iscsi initiator could not provide the d