Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a checkpoint?

2010-11-09 Thread Bryan Allen
Actually he likely means Boot Environments. On OpenSolaris or Solaris 11 you would use the pkg/ beadm commands. Previous Solaris used Live Upgrade. See the documentation for IPS. -- bdha On Nov 9, 2010, at 2:56, Tomas Ögren wrote: > On 08 November, 2010 - Peter Taps sent me these 0,7K bytes:

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a checkpoint?

2010-11-09 Thread Oscar del Rio
On 11/ 9/10 01:47 AM, Peter Taps wrote: My understanding is that there is a way to create a zfs "checkpoint" before doing any system upgrade or installing a new software. If there is a problem, one can simply rollback to the stable checkpoint. I am familiar with snapshots and clones. However,

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool does not like iSCSI ?

2010-11-09 Thread Andreas Koppenhoefer
>From Oracle Support we got the following info: Bug ID: 6992124 reboot of Sol10 u9 host makes zpool FAULTED when zpool uses iscsi LUNs This is a duplicate of: Bug ID: 6907687 zfs pool is not automatically fixed when disk are brought back online or after boot An IDR patch already exists, but no

[zfs-discuss] changing zpool information

2010-11-09 Thread sridhar surampudi
Hi, If I compare zpool is like volume group or disk group, as an example on AIX we have aixlvm. AIX lvm provideds command like recreatevg by providing snashot devices. In case of HPLVM or for Linux LVM, we can create a new vg/lv structure and add the snapshoted devices in that and then we impor

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a checkpoint?

2010-11-09 Thread Khushil Dep
I think you maybe wanting the same kind of thing that NexentaStor does when it upgrade - takes snapshot and marks it a checkpoint in case the upgrade fails - right? I think you may have to snap then clone from that and use beadm thought it's something you should play with... --- W. A. Khushil Dep

Re: [zfs-discuss] X4540 RIP

2010-11-09 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:51:02PM -0800, matthew patton wrote: > > I have this with 36 2TB drives (and 2 separate boot drives). > > > > http://www.colfax-intl.com/jlrid/SpotLight_more_Acc.asp?L=134&S=58&B=2267 > > That's just a Supermicro SC847. > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any limit on pool hierarchy?

2010-11-09 Thread Maurice Volaski
creating a ZFS pool out of files stored on another ZFS pool.  The mainreasons that have been given for not doing this are unknown edge andcorner cases that may lead to deadlocks, and that it creates a complexstructure with potentially undesirable and unintended performance andreliability implicatio

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any limit on pool hierarchy?

2010-11-09 Thread Toby Thain
On 09/11/10 11:46 AM, Maurice Volaski wrote: > ... > Is that horrendous mess Outlook's fault? If so, please consider not using it. --Toby ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any limit on pool hierarchy?

2010-11-09 Thread Maurice Volaski
I think my initial response got mangled. Oops. >creating a ZFS pool out of files stored on another ZFS pool. The main >reasons that have been given for not doing this are unknown edge and >corner cases that may lead to deadlocks, and that it creates a complex >structure with potentially undesirab

Re: [zfs-discuss] X4540 RIP

2010-11-09 Thread Maurice Volaski
>http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/?chs=847 > >Stay away from the 24 port expander backplanes. I've gone thru several >and they still don't work right - timeout and dropped drives under load. >The 12-port works just fine connected to a variety of controllers. If you >insist on the 24-po

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any limit on pool hierarchy?

2010-11-09 Thread Maurice Volaski
>On 09/11/10 11:46 AM, Maurice Volaski wrote: >> ... >> > >Is that horrendous mess Outlook's fault? If so, please consider not >using it. Yes, it is. :-( Outlook 2011 on the Mac, which just came out, so perhaps I'll get lucky and they will fix it..eventually. -- Maurice Volaski, maurice.vola...@

Re: [zfs-discuss] rename zpool

2010-11-09 Thread sridhar surampudi
zfs close is at zfs file system level. what i am look here is rebuild the file system stack from bottom to top. Once i took the snapshot ( hardware) the snapshot devices carry same copy of data and meta data. If my snapshot device is dev2 then, the metadata will have smpoolsnap. If I need to us

[zfs-discuss] is opensolaris support ended?

2010-11-09 Thread sridhar surampudi
Hi, I have downloaded and using opensolaris virtual box image which shows below versions zfs version 3 zpool version 14 cat /etc/release shows 2009.06 snv_111b X86 Is this final build available ?? Can i upgrade it to higher version of zfs/zpool ? can i get any updage vdi image to seek zfs/zpoo

[zfs-discuss] zfs roolback

2010-11-09 Thread John Goolsby
I'm trying to rollback from a bad patch install on Solaris 10. From the failsafe BE I tried to rollback, but zfs is asking me to provide allow rollback permissions. It's hard for me to tell exactly because the messages are scrolling off the screen before I can read them. Any help would be appr

Re: [zfs-discuss] X4540 RIP

2010-11-09 Thread Ware Adams
On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Maurice Volaski wrote: > >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/?chs=847 >> >> Stay away from the 24 port expander backplanes. I've gone thru several >> and they still don't work right - timeout and dropped drives under load. >> The 12-port works just fine c

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a checkpoint?

2010-11-09 Thread Peter Taps
Thank you all for your help. Looks like "beadm" is the utility I was looking for. When I run "beadm list," it gives me the complete list and indicates which one is currently active. It doesn't tell me which one is the "default" boot. Can I assume that whatever is "active" is also the "default?"

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a checkpoint?

2010-11-09 Thread Glenn Lagasse
* Peter Taps (ptr...@yahoo.com) wrote: > Thank you all for your help. Looks like "beadm" is the utility I was > looking for. > > When I run "beadm list," it gives me the complete list and indicates > which one is currently active. It doesn't tell me which one is the > "default" boot. Can I assume

[zfs-discuss] How to decrease the zfs file system size

2010-11-09 Thread bhanu prakash
Hi , Currently the file system is with the capacity 50 GB. I want to reduce that to 30 Gb. When I am trying to set the quota as #zfs set quota=30G it's giving error like " cannot set property for ;size is less than current used or reserved space. Please suggest me the steps how to resolve it

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send/receive?

2010-11-09 Thread Lapo Luchini
Casper Dik wrote on 2010-09-26: > A incremental backup: > > zfs snapshot -r exp...@backup-2010-07-13 > zfs send -R -I exp...@backup-2010-07-12 exp...@backup-2010-07-13 | > zfs receive -v -u -d -F portable/export Unfortunately "zfs receive -F" does not skip existing snap

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to decrease the zfs file system size

2010-11-09 Thread Ian Collins
On 11/10/10 10:29 AM, bhanu prakash wrote: Hi , Currently the file system is with the capacity 50 GB. I want to reduce that to 30 Gb. Quota or physical limit? When I am trying to set the quota as #zfs set quota=30G it's giving error like " cannot set property for ;size is less than current

Re: [zfs-discuss] Any limit on pool hierarchy?

2010-11-09 Thread Haudy Kazemi
Maurice Volaski wrote: I think my initial response got mangled. Oops. creating a ZFS pool out of files stored on another ZFS pool. The main reasons that have been given for not doing this are unknown edge and corner cases that may lead to deadlocks, and that it creates a complex structure w

[zfs-discuss] How to grow root vdevs?

2010-11-09 Thread Peter Taps
Folks, I am trying to understand if there is a way to increase the capacity of a root-vdev. After reading zpool man pages, the following is what I understand: 1. If you add a new disk by using "zpool add," this disk gets added as a new root-vdev. The existing root-vdevs are not changed. 2. You

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to grow root vdevs?

2010-11-09 Thread Ian Collins
On 11/10/10 04:11 PM, Peter Taps wrote: Folks, I am trying to understand if there is a way to increase the capacity of a root-vdev. After reading zpool man pages, the following is what I understand: 1. If you add a new disk by using "zpool add," this disk gets added as a new root-vdev. The ex

Re: [zfs-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] format dumps the core

2010-11-09 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
After making zfs filesystems on the bunch, rebooting into OI makes format no-longer dump the core - it works. Seems there might have been something on those drives after all. roy - Original Message - > also, this last test was with two 160gig drives only, the 2TB drives > and the SSD ar