[zfs-discuss] Do multiple pools compete for memory?

2007-09-19 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
I observed the following on a machine running Solaris 10 update 4: I was sending a zfs with zfs send to a zpool on the same machine for backup purposes. After a while (the machine was otherwise idle), the desktop froze and a couple of seconds later I saw that the page scanner had kicked in and wa

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and encryption

2007-09-19 Thread Darren J Moffat
Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello zfs-discuss, > > I wonder if ZFS will be able to take any advantage of Niagara's > built-in crypto? Yes it will, and without any special code being added either. The cryptographic framework takes care of this for us by default. When we do a crypto_encrypt()/

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and encryption

2007-09-19 Thread Roch - PAE
Simple answer : yes. -r Robert Milkowski writes: > Hello zfs-discuss, > > I wonder if ZFS will be able to take any advantage of Niagara's > built-in crypto? > > > -- > Best regards, > Robert Milkowskimailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [zfs-discuss] question about uberblock blkptr

2007-09-19 Thread Roch - PAE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Jim Mauro wrote: > > > > Hey Max - Check out the on-disk specification document at > > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/. > > > > Page 32 illustration shows the rootbp pointing to a dnode_phys_t > > object (the first member of a objset_phys_t data str

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10u5 Proposed Changes

2007-09-19 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 05:10:19PM -0700, George Wilson wrote: > ZFS Fans, > > Here's a list of features that we are proposing for Solaris 10u5. Keep > in mind that this is subject to change. > > Features: > PSARC 2007/142 zfs rename -r > PSARC 2007/171 ZFS Separate Intent Log > PSARC 2007/197 Z

[zfs-discuss] ZFS mirror with internal and external disks

2007-09-19 Thread Douglas Atique
I am trying to use a ZFS mirror to safeguard against hard disk failure in the following manner. My data ZFS pool resides in slice s7 of the laptop internal disk (c1d0s7). I have an external disk which slice s7 I have made exactly the same size of c1d0s7 above, then I have attached it to the pool

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10u5 Proposed Changes

2007-09-19 Thread Darren J Moffat
Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 05:10:19PM -0700, George Wilson wrote: >> ZFS Fans, >> >> Here's a list of features that we are proposing for Solaris 10u5. Keep >> in mind that this is subject to change. >> >> Features: >> PSARC 2007/142 zfs rename -r >> PSARC 2007/171 ZFS Sep

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10 Update 4 Patches

2007-09-19 Thread Brian H. Nelson
Does simply installing that patch on a U3 machine get you all of the U4 zfs updates, or must a full OS upgrade be done? -Brian George Wilson wrote: > The latest ZFS patches for Solaris 10 are now available: > > 120011-14 - SunOS 5.10: kernel patch > 120012-14 - SunOS 5.10_x86: kernel patch > >

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10u5 Proposed Changes

2007-09-19 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 02:36:16PM +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: > Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 05:10:19PM -0700, George Wilson wrote: > >> ZFS Fans, > >> > >> Here's a list of features that we are proposing for Solaris 10u5. Keep > >> in mind that this is subject to chan

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10 Update 4 Patches

2007-09-19 Thread Prabahar Jeyaram
Yep. Just installing the patch would get you all the U4 ZFS updates. -- Prabahar. On Sep 19, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Brian H. Nelson wrote: > Does simply installing that patch on a U3 machine get you all of > the U4 > zfs updates, or must a full OS upgrade be done? > > -Brian > > > George Wilson wro

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10 Update 4 Patches

2007-09-19 Thread George Wilson
You will also have to issue a 'zpool upgrade -a' for the pools to update their version. - George Prabahar Jeyaram wrote: > Yep. Just installing the patch would get you all the U4 ZFS updates. > > -- > Prabahar. > > On Sep 19, 2007, at 7:25 AM, Brian H. Nelson wrote: > >> Does simply installi

[zfs-discuss] ZFS and thin provisioning

2007-09-19 Thread Andre Lue
Greets, Is anyone here using ZFS as a thin provisioned storage solution in production. If so could you kindly share your experiences and techniques, adding physical backing etc. thanks This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mail

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs mount points (all-or-nothing)

2007-09-19 Thread msl
Any ideas on this? Or i will need to update the vfstab file? 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] question about uberblock blkptr

2007-09-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Roch - PAE wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Jim Mauro wrote: > > > > > > Hey Max - Check out the on-disk specification document at > > > http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/. > > > > > > Page 32 illustration shows the rootbp pointing to a dnode_phys_t > > > object (the first m

Re: [zfs-discuss] import zpool error if use loop device as vdev

2007-09-19 Thread Bill Moore
Also, there is no need to go through lofi. You can directly add files to a zpool: # mkfile -v 100m /var/tmp/disk1 # mkfile -v 100m /var/tmp/disk2 # zpool create pool_1and2 /var/tmp/disk1 /var/tmp/disk2 I do this in demos all the time, and it's quite handy. And as George pointed out,

[zfs-discuss] zfs / zpool list odd results in U4

2007-09-19 Thread Solaris
Greetings. I applied the Recommended Patch Cluster including 120012-14 to a U3 system today. I upgraded my zpool and it seems like we have some very strange information coming from zpool list and zfs list... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/]# zfs list NAMEUSED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT zpool02

[zfs-discuss] enterprise scale redundant Solaris 10/ZFS server providing NFSv4/CIFS

2007-09-19 Thread Paul B. Henson
We are looking for a replacement enterprise file system to handle storage needs for our campus. For the past 10 years, we have been happily using DFS (the distributed file system component of DCE), but unfortunately IBM killed off that product and we have been running without support for over a ye

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10u5 Proposed Changes

2007-09-19 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 George Wilson wrote: > Here's a list of features that we are proposing for Solaris 10u5. Keep > in mind that this is subject to change. No GZIP compression? - -- Jesus Cea Avion _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Solaris 10u5 Proposed Changes

2007-09-19 Thread George Wilson
Gzip support will be there but it was not a PSARC case. Once we have committed the content I will publish a complete list of all the CRs that are going into s10u5. Thanks, George Jesus Cea wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > George Wilson wrote: >> Here's a list of fea

[zfs-discuss] "zoneadm clone" doesn't support ZFS snapshots in s10u4?

2007-09-19 Thread grant beattie
according to the zoneadm(1m) man page on s10u4: clone [-m copy] [-s zfs_snapshot] source_zone Install a zone by copying an existing installed zone. This subcommand is an alternative way to install the zone. -m copy Force the clone to

Re: [zfs-discuss] "zoneadm clone" doesn't support ZFS snapshots in s10u4?

2007-09-19 Thread Mike Gerdts
On 9/19/07, grant beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > according to the zoneadm(1m) man page on s10u4: > > clone [-m copy] [-s zfs_snapshot] source_zone > > Install a zone by copying an existing installed zone. > This subcommand is an alternative way to install the >

[zfs-discuss] Recover from Solaris crash

2007-09-19 Thread Tore Johansson
Hi, I am running solaris 10 on ufs and the rest on ZFS. Now has the solaris disk crashed. How can I recover the other ZFS disks? Can I reinstall solaris and recreate the zfs systems without data loss? Tore This message posted from opensolaris.org _