Re: [zfs-discuss] Confusion over zpool and zfs versions

2009-12-18 Thread Miles Nordin
> "d" == Doug writes: d> is there any reason I would want to upgrade the zpool and NOT d> upgrade the zfs? in theory/hope zfs send streams depend only on the ZFS version being sent, not on the kernel build or zpool version. In practice I doubt it's perfectly true across every sing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Confusion over zpool and zfs versions

2009-12-18 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Doug, Some features are provided at the pool level and some features are provided at the file system level so we have two upgrade paths. I believe the fs versions were originally created to support ZFS compatibility with other OSes, but I'm not so clear about this. I can't think of any rea

Re: [zfs-discuss] Confusion over zpool and zfs versions

2009-12-18 Thread Doug
Cindy, Thanks for the info and fixing the web site. I'm still confused why there are two different things (zpool and zfs) that need to be upgraded. For example, is there any reason I would want to upgrade the zpool and NOT upgrade the zfs? Thanks, Doug -- This message posted from opensolaris

Re: [zfs-discuss] Confusion over zpool and zfs versions

2009-12-17 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Doug, The pool and file system version upgrades allow you to access new features that are available for a particular Solaris release. For example, if you upgrade your system to Solaris 10 10/09, then you would need to upgrade your pool version to access the pool features available in the Solar

[zfs-discuss] Confusion over zpool and zfs versions

2009-12-17 Thread Doug
I'm running Solaris 10 update 8 (10/09). I started out using an older version of Solaris and have upgraded a few times. I have used "zpool upgrade" on the pools I have as new versions become available after kernel updates. I see now when I run "zfs upgrade" that pools I created long ago are at v