[zfs-discuss] ZFS Memory Usage - System out of Memory

2008-08-26 Thread Poulos, Joe
Hello, ZFS is working great for us, but we have seen it use all or most of the memory on our systems.Is there a recommended setting to put in /etc/system to limit the amount of RAM to cache? Or is it recommended to just leave it alone, and let it release the memory as needed. Most of our

[zfs-discuss] zfs equivalent of ufsdump and ufsrestore

2008-05-29 Thread Poulos, Joe
Is there a ZFS equivalent of ufsdump and ufsrestore? Will creating a tar file work with ZFS? We are trying to backup a ZFS file system to a separate disk, and would like to take advantage of something like ufsdump rather than using expensive backup software. Thanks for any suggestion

[zfs-discuss] zfs snapshot timestamp info

2007-09-18 Thread Poulos, Joe
Hello, Is there a way to find out what the timestamp is of a specific snapshot? Currently, I have a system with 5 snapshots, and would like to know the timestamp as to when it was created. Thanks JOr This message and its attachments may contain legally privileged or confidential informatio

[zfs-discuss] Automate Destroying Snapshot's

2007-09-13 Thread Poulos, Joe
I have created a script that gets a snapshot and backs the snapshot to tape. I would like to keep the snapshot around for one week, than destroy it using the following command: "zfs destroy snapshotlvolume." Is there a way to automate the destroying of snapshots that are older that x am

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs mount snapshot

2007-09-06 Thread Poulos, Joe
oulos, Joe Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs mount snapshot Poulos, Joe wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am messing around with zfs snapshots, and was wondering if it is > possible to mount a zfs snapshot. I would like to use this snapsh

[zfs-discuss] zfs mount snapshot

2007-09-06 Thread Poulos, Joe
Hello, I am messing around with zfs snapshots, and was wondering if it is possible to mount a zfs snapshot. I would like to use this snapshot to backup to tape. Currently, I see the data in the following path: /testjp1/.zfs/snapshot/testsnapjp This message and its attachments