Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool scrub in cron hangs u3/u4 server, stumps tech support.

2009-02-18 Thread Blake
Bob is correct to praise LiveUpgrade. It's pretty much risk-free when used properly, provided you have some spare slices/disks. At the same time, I'd say that this is probably an appropriate time to escalate the bug with support - the answers you are getting aren't satisfactory. I would also con

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool scrub in cron hangs u3/u4 server, stumps tech support.

2009-02-18 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote: It's an old version but it's a *supported* version and we have a five-figure support contract. That used to matter. I can understand your frustration. ZFS in Solaris 10U3 was a bit rough around the edges. It is definitely improved in later rele

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool scrub in cron hangs u3/u4 server, stumps tech support.

2009-02-18 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
It's an old version but it's a *supported* version and we have a five-figure support contract. That used to matter. I've never used Live Upgrade; I want to try it out but not on my production file server, and I want to know that this particular bug is fixed first, something more definite than "man

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool scrub in cron hangs u3/u4 server, stumps tech support.

2009-02-18 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009, Elizabeth Schwartz wrote: Sun support threw up their hands and said to install Solaris 10 u6, which I'm not really happy about doing as a bug fix to a production server running a supported version of Sun OS. Once Upon a Time, Sun used to offer *patches* to paying customers f

[zfs-discuss] Zpool scrub in cron hangs u3/u4 server, stumps tech support.

2009-02-17 Thread Elizabeth Schwartz
I've got a server that freezes when I run a zpool scrub from cron. Zpool scrub runs fine from the command line, no errors. The freeze happens within 30 seconds of the zpool scrub happening. The one core dump I succeeded in taking showed an arccache eating up all the ram. The server's running Solari