Re: [zfs-discuss] Mirror and RaidZ on only 3 disks

2008-11-19 Thread Ross
To be honest, I don't think it's that much of a risk: We get regular power cuts at home (probably 8-10 a year), and I've got a solaris box that was originally snv_70, and is now snv_98 that's survived over half a dozen without any issues at all. It wasn't ZFS boot originally, but has been upgr

[zfs-discuss] Upgrading from a single disk.

2008-11-19 Thread Casper . Dik
Suppose I have a single ZFS pool on a single disk; I want to upgrade the system to use two different, larger disks and I want to mirror. Can I do something like: - I start with disk #0 - add mirror on disk #1 (resilver) - replace first disk (#0) with disk #2

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading from a single disk.

2008-11-19 Thread Enda O'Connor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Suppose I have a single ZFS pool on a single disk; > I want to upgrade the system to use two different, larger disks > and I want to mirror. > > Can I do something like: > > - I start with disk #0 > - add mirror on disk #1 > (resilver) > - repl

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading from a single disk.

2008-11-19 Thread Enda O'Connor
Enda O'Connor wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Suppose I have a single ZFS pool on a single disk; >> I want to upgrade the system to use two different, larger disks >> and I want to mirror. >> >> Can I do something like: >> >> - I start with disk #0 >> - add mirror on disk #1 >>

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best practice for ZFS on boot disk - use HW RAID? or ZFS Mirroring?

2008-11-19 Thread Thommy M. Malmström
Raymond Scott wrote: > I'm very glad to see ZFS for boot available now. We have begun to use > X4150 servers and had settled on using the built-in HW RAID for mirroring > the drives in pairs. Two for Boot, two for data etc... > > Is it a good idea to first create a HW RAID mirror and then instal

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading from a single disk.

2008-11-19 Thread Ross
Sorry to ask a dumb question, but is that before or after you attach the disk to the mirror? -- 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] Upgrading from a single disk.

2008-11-19 Thread Casper . Dik
>Sorry to ask a dumb question, but is that before or after you attach the disk >to the mirror? If you need to install bootblocks, it doesn't matter when you do it. But I found the answers I want, I think what I need to do is: zpool attach export disk#0 disk#1 (this makes the single

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best SXCE version for ZFS Home Server

2008-11-19 Thread Vincent Boisard
Another question: My MoBo has a JMB (363 I think) SATA controller. I know > support is included now in sxce, but I don't know for s10U6. I answer myself: I tries S10u6 and the Jmicron AHCI controller is not recognized. I tried the install check CD and it's weird: it lists the controller as suppor

Re: [zfs-discuss] Upgrading from a single disk.

2008-11-19 Thread Tim
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to ask a dumb question, but is that before or after you attach the > disk to the mirror? > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discu

Re: [zfs-discuss] Error: value too large for defined data type

2008-11-19 Thread shanna
1) fix timestamp yeah, done that. But since this is our main backup for a set of maybe 700-900 users, these files periodically crop up and don't get backed up. It seems like a real hack to set a cron job to go around touching files... And a pain to keep monitoring and doing it manually 2) reco

Re: [zfs-discuss] Error: value too large for defined data type

2008-11-19 Thread Francois
Did you try ? : echo nfs_allow_preepoch_time/W1 | adb -wk -- Francois ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Storage 7000

2008-11-19 Thread Andre Lue
Refering to the web gui or bui seen here http://blogs.sun.com/brendan/entry/status_dashboard -- 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] Error: value too large for defined data type

2008-11-19 Thread shanna
the problem is not with nfs mounted files, but with rsync over ssh from the machine itself. -- 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] Error: value too large for defined data type

2008-11-19 Thread shanna
We were able to compile rsync for 64 bit, (Sun c compiler) with: CFLAGS=-xarch=amd64 However, it still fails with the message: rsync: failed to set times on "/tmp/foo/xxx/.filename.java.b0aGxe": Value too large for defined data type (79) rsync does copy the file, but fails to reset the timesta

Re: [zfs-discuss] Error: value too large for defined data type

2008-11-19 Thread Volker A. Brandt
> 2) recompile 64 bit version of rsync > Tried that - tried setting LDFLAGS='-L/lib/64' > & recompiling rsync, but it did not seem to pick up the right libraries. > Suggestions? Assuming you are running (t)csh and have the Sun Studio compiler, do: unsetenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH unsetenv LDFLAGS

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs boot - U6 kernel patch breaks sparc boot

2008-11-19 Thread Jens Elkner
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 07:44:56PM -0800, Ed Clark wrote: Hi Ed, > messages from the underlying pkging commands are captured in the > /var/sadm/patch//log file > > messages from patchadd itself and patch level scripts (prepatch, postpatch, > etc) go to stdout/stderr > > these are two distinc

Re: [zfs-discuss] Storage 7000

2008-11-19 Thread Adam Leventhal
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 09:09:07AM -0800, Andre Lue wrote: > Is the web interface on the appliance available for download or will it make > it to opensolaris sometime in the near future? It's not, and it's unlikely to make it to OpenSolaris. Adam -- Adam Leventhal, Fishworks