Re: [zfs-discuss] [basic] zfs operations on zpool

2009-02-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Friesenhahn writes: > You might want to think a bit more before you get started. While > there is an implicit usable filesystem at the pool root ('/rbk'), > there is considerable value with creating subordinate filesystems > using 'zfs create' because then you will be able to manage them muc

Re: [zfs-discuss] [basic] zfs operations on zpool

2009-02-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 21 Feb 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: Probably the wrong move now that its clear how I screwed this up. I'm thinking something like this might clean things up? cd /rbk Starting with: ls -F . chub/ harvey/ mob1/ mob1MyBackup.tib zfs destroy -r mob1 mkdir -p mob1/acronis/022009/ mob1

Re: [zfs-discuss] [basic] zfs operations on zpool

2009-02-21 Thread Harry Putnam
Bob Friesenhahn writes: I created a receptacle with zpool zpool create zbk raidz1 c5t0d0 c5t1d0 c5t2d0 (With compression turned on) As seen my zfs zfs list zbk NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT zbk106G 50.5G 106G /zbk As seen by zpool zpool list zbk NAME SIZE USED AVAI

Re: [zfs-discuss] [basic] zfs operations on zpool

2009-02-20 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Harry Putnam wrote: zfs uses `create' to make directories inside a zpool. Or so it seems from the demos. If it helps with understanding, these are complete filesystems (like an NTFS volume) rather than just directories (part of some other filesystem). When comparing z

[zfs-discuss] [basic] zfs operations on zpool

2009-02-20 Thread Harry Putnam
Looking thru the cmds in man zfs and man zpool, and having watched 2 of the basic demos, I wasn't left with confidence about how to carry out common file system tasks. I'm sorry if this seems horribly obvious but I often a hard time getting simple stuff through my extra thick skull. zfs uses `c