Re: [zfs-discuss] moving newly created pool to alternate host

2010-10-08 Thread sridhar surampudi
Hi Cindys, Thank you for step by step explanation and it is quite clear now. Regards, sridhar. -- 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] moving newly created pool to alternate host

2010-10-07 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Sridhar, Most of the answers to your questions are yes. If I have a mirrored pool mypool, like this: # zpool status mypool pool: mypool state: ONLINE scan: none requested config: NAMESTATE READ WRITE CKSUM mypool ONLINE 0 0 0 mirr

Re: [zfs-discuss] moving newly created pool to alternate host

2010-10-07 Thread sridhar surampudi
Hi Cindys, Thanks for your mail. I have some further queries here based on your answer. Once zfs split creates new pool (as per below example it is mypool_snap) can I access mypool_snap just by importing on the same host Host1 ?? what is the current access method of newly created mypool_snap

Re: [zfs-discuss] moving newly created pool to alternate host

2010-10-05 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Sridhar, After a zpool split operation, you can access the newly created pool by using the zpool import command. If the LUNs from mypool are available on host1 and host2, you should be able to import mypool_snap from host2. After mypool_snap is imported, it will be available for backups, but

[zfs-discuss] moving newly created pool to alternate host

2010-10-05 Thread sridhar surampudi
Hi, If have below kind of configuration (as an example): c1t1d1 and c2t2d2 are two LUNs visible (un masked) to both host1 and host2. Created a pool mypool as below zpool create mypool mirror c1t1d1 c2t2d2 Now I did zpool split zpool split mypool mypool_snap Once i run zpool split, is t