[zfs-discuss] ZFS - VMware ESX --> vSphere Upgrade : Zpool Faulted

2010-03-11 Thread Andrew
that fixed the problem, but unfortunately, typing Zpool status and Zpool import finds nothing even though "FORMAT" and FORMAT -E displays the 1TB volume. Are there any known problems or ways to reimport a supposed lost/confused zpool on a new host? Thanks Andrew -- This message p

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS - VMware ESX --> vSphere Upgrade : Zpool Faulted

2010-03-11 Thread Andrew
Ok, The fault appears to have occurred regardless of the attempts to move to vSphere as we've now moved the host back to ESX 3.5 from whence it came and the problem still exists. Looks to me like the fault occurred as a result of a reboot. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. -

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS - VMware ESX --> vSphere Upgrade : Zpool Faulted

2010-03-11 Thread Andrew
nfortunately I can't rely on connecting using an iSCSI initiator within the OS to attach the volume so I guess i have to dive straight into checking the MBR at this stage. I'll no doubt need some help here so please forgive me if I fall at the first hurdle. Kind Regards Andre

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS - VMware ESX --> vSphere Upgrade : Zpool Faulted

2010-03-11 Thread Andrew
0 and /dev/dsk/c8t4d0 but neither of them are valid. Kind Regards Andrew -- 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] ZFS - VMware ESX --> vSphere Upgrade : Zpool Faulted

2010-03-16 Thread Andrew
Hi again, Out of interest, could this problem have been avoided if the ZFS configuration didnt rely on a single disk? i.e. RAIDZ etc Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS - VMware ESX --> vSphere Upgrade : Zpool Faulted

2010-03-17 Thread Andrew
Hi all, Great news - by attaching an identical size RDM to the server and then grabbing the first 128K using the command you specified Ross dd if=/dev/rdsk/c8t4d0p0 of=~/disk.out bs=512 count=256 we then proceeded to inject this into the faulted RDM and lo and behold the volume recovered! dd

Re: [zfs-discuss] Native ZFS for Linux

2010-06-12 Thread andrew
is is incorrect. The viral effects of the GPL only take effect at the point of distribution. If ZFS is distributed seperately to the Linux kernel as a module then the person doing the combining is the user. Different if a Linux distro wanted to include it on a live CD, for example. GPL

Re: [zfs-discuss] Help! System panic when pool imported

2009-09-27 Thread Andrew
I'm getting the same thing now. I tried moving my 5-disk raidZ and 2disk Mirror over to another machine, but that machine would keep panic'ing (not ZFS related panics). When I brought the array back over, I started getting this as well.. My Mirror array is unaffected. snv111b (2009.06 release)

Re: [zfs-discuss] Help! System panic when pool imported

2009-09-27 Thread Andrew
This is what my /var/adm/messages looks like: Sep 27 12:46:29 solaria genunix: [ID 403854 kern.notice] assertion failed: ss == NULL, file: ../../common/fs/zfs/space_map.c, line: 109 Sep 27 12:46:29 solaria unix: [ID 10 kern.notice] Sep 27 12:46:29 solaria genunix: [ID 655072 kern.notice]

[zfs-discuss] Expanding a root pool

2008-07-26 Thread andrew
followed by the inevitable reboot. How can I get this working? I'm using OpenSolaris 2008.05 upgraded to build 93. Thanks Andrew. 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] Expanding a root pool

2008-07-26 Thread andrew
ot bootable! It is either offlined or > detached or faulted. Please try to boot from another > device." and a nice kernel panic, followed by the > inevitable reboot. > > How can I get this working? I'm using OpenSolaris > 2008.05 upgraded to build 93. > >

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot mirror

2008-08-02 Thread andrew
e the command "disks" to get Solaris to update the disk links under /dev before you use installgrub. Andrew. 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] ZFS boot mirror

2008-08-03 Thread andrew
ce 2 to do that. Cheers Andrew. 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] ZFS boot mirror

2008-08-03 Thread andrew
OK, I've put up some screenshots and a copy of my menu.lst to clarify my setup: http://sites.google.com/site/solarium/zfs-screenshots Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolari

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot mirror

2008-08-05 Thread andrew
Sounds like you've got an EFI label on the second disk. Can you run "format", select the second disk, then enter "fdisk" then "print" and post the output here? Thanks Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool upgrade wrecked GRUB

2008-08-06 Thread andrew
es not set the 2nd disk up correctly, as you've discovered. To write a new Solaris grub MBR to the second disk, do this: installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c3d0s0 The -m flag tells installgrub to put the grub stage1 into the MBR. Cheers Andrew. This

Re: [zfs-discuss] Shared ZFS in Multi-boot?

2008-08-10 Thread andrew
I've no idea how this is handled on Linux. Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Moving a ZFS root to another target

2008-08-15 Thread andrew
http://sites.google.com/site/solarium/_/rsrc/1218841252931/zfs-screenshots/paniconboot.gif Thanks Andrew. 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 a ZFS root to another target

2008-08-15 Thread andrew
Hmm... Just tried the same thing on SXCE build 95 and it works fine. Strange. Anyone know what's up with OpenSolaris (the distro)? I'm using the ISO of OpenSolaris 208.11 snv_93 image-updated to build 95 if that makes a difference. I've not tried this on 2008.05 . Thanks A

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenSolaris installer can't be run, if target ZFS pool exists.

2008-08-19 Thread andrew
Perhaps user properties on pools would be useful here? At present only ZFS filesystems can have user properties - not pools. Not really an immediate solution to your problem though. Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Moving a ZFS root to another target

2008-08-19 Thread andrew
Just tried with a fresh install from the OpenSolaris 2008.11 snv_95 CD and it works fine. Thanks Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo

[zfs-discuss] Dumb Error - Please Help

2008-09-07 Thread Andrew
back? hope you can help a insightful dork, Andrew -- 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] c1t0d0 to c3t1d0

2008-09-30 Thread andrew
Inserting the drive does not automatically mount the ZFS filesystem on it. You need to use the "zpool import" command which lists any pools available to import, then zpool import -f {name of pool} to force the import (to force the import if you haven't exported the pool first).

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import of bootable root pool renders it unbootable

2008-10-02 Thread andrew
oblem. Solaris Express Community Edition (SXCE) is also not affected by this bug. Cheers Andrew. -- 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] zpool import of bootable root pool renders it unbootable

2008-10-06 Thread andrew
ing zpool.cache, deleting both boot archives, then doing a "bootadm update-archive" should work. Cheers Andrew. -- 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] ZFS, Kernel Panic on import

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew
I woke up yesterday morning, only to discover my system kept rebooting.. It's been running fine for the last while. I upgraded to snv 98 a couple weeks back (from 95), and had upgraded my RaidZ Zpool from version 11 to 13 for improved scrub performance. After some research it turned out that, o

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS, Kernel Panic on import

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew
Thanks a lot! Google didn't seem to cooperate as well as I had hoped. Still no dice on the import. I only have shell access on my Blackberry Pearl from where I am, so it's kind of hard, but I'm managing.. I've tried the OP's exact commands, and even trying to import array as ro, yet the system s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Kernel panic at zpool import

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew
Do you guys have any more information about this? I've tried the offset methods, zfs_recover, aok=1, mounting read only, yada yada, with still 0 luck. I have about 3TBs of data on my array, and I would REALLY hate to lose it. Thanks! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS, Kernel Panic on import

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew
hey Victor, Where would i find that? I'm still somewhat getting used to the Solaris environment. /var/adm/messages doesn't seem to show any Panic info.. I only have remote access via SSH, so I hope I can do something with dtrace to pull it. Thanks, Andrew -- This message p

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS, Kernel Panic on import

2008-11-07 Thread Andrew
Not too sure if it's much help. I enabled kernel pages and curproc.. Let me know if I need to enable "all" then. solaria crash # echo "::status" | mdb -k debugging live kernel (64-bit) on solaria operating system: 5.11 snv_98 (i86pc) solaria crash # echo "::stack" | mdb -k solaria crash # echo ":

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS, Kernel Panic on import

2008-11-08 Thread Andrew
So I tried a few more things.. I think the combination of the following in /etc/system made a difference: set pcplusmp:apic_use_acpi=0 set sata:sata_max_queue_depth = 0x1 set zfs:zfs_recover=1 <<< I had this before set aok=1 <<< I had this before too I crossed my fingers, and it

Re: [zfs-discuss] Slow death-spiral with zfs gzip-9 compression

2008-11-29 Thread andrew
st again - if this works then memory contention is the cause of the slowdown. Also, NFS to ZFS filesystems will run slowly under certain conditions -including with the default configuration. See this link for more information: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Evil_Tuning_Guide#Cache_Flushes Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Bitrot and panics

2007-04-15 Thread Andrew
IIRC, uncorrectable bitrot even in a nonessential file detected by ZFS used to cause a kernel panic. Bug ID 4924238 was closed with the claim that bitrot-induced panics is not a bug, but the description did mention an open bug ID 4879357, which suggests that it's considered a bug after all. Can

[zfs-discuss] Re: Bitrot and panics

2007-04-22 Thread Andrew
eschrock wrote: > Unfortunately, there is one exception to this rule. ZFS currently does > not handle write failure in an unreplicated pool. As part of writing > out data, it is sometimes necessary to read in space map data. If this > fails, then we can panic due to write failure. This is a known b

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs write cache enable on boot disks ?

2008-04-24 Thread andrew
What is the reasoning behind ZFS not enabling the write cache for the root pool? Is there a way of forcing ZFS to enable the write cache? Thanks Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Q: ZFS Boot Install / LU support ETA?

2008-05-16 Thread andrew
What is the current estimated ETA on the integration of install support for ZFS boot/root support to Nevada? Also, do you have an idea when we can expect the improved ZFS write throttling to integrate? Thanks Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Q: ZFS Boot Install / LU support ETA?

2008-05-16 Thread andrew
By my calculations that makes the possible release date for ZFS boot installer support around the 9th June 2008. Mark that date in your diary! Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] openSolaris ZFS root, swap, dump

2008-05-17 Thread andrew
root pool. This is about 3 weeks from being released as a DVD and CD image. Also, you might be pleased to learn that in build 87 Solaris moved the root user's home directory from the root of the filesystem (i.e. the / directory) to its own directory, namely /root . Cheers Andrew.

[zfs-discuss] Notification of Important Improvements to ZFS

2008-05-17 Thread andrew
ounce these two improvements on the announce list/forum now as well, since they are probably of interest to many users. Keep up the great work ZFS team! Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opens

Re: [zfs-discuss] Notification of Important Improvements to ZFS

2008-05-17 Thread andrew
ystem with a ZFS root, it would be best to wait for the Nevada build 90 DVD/CD images to be released. Cheers Andrew. 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] Notification of Important Improvements to ZFS

2008-05-18 Thread andrew
Apologies for the misinformation. OpenSolaris 2008.05 does *not* put swap on ZFS, so is *not* susceptible to the bugs that cause lock-ups under certain situations where the swap is on ZFS. Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] openSolaris ZFS root, swap, dump

2008-05-19 Thread andrew
able to boot ZFS on an Intel Mac using Boot Camp. Cheers Andrew. 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] Notification of Important Improvements to ZFS

2008-05-20 Thread andrew
bugs up at bugs.opensolaris.org for more info. Cheers Andrew. 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] ZFS Version Correct

2008-05-20 Thread andrew
Your Solaris 10 system should also have the Sun Update Manager which will allow you to install patches in a more automated fashion. Look for it on the Gnome / CDE menus. Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Get your SXCE on ZFS here!

2008-06-04 Thread andrew
With the release of the Nevada build 90 binaries, it is now possible to install SXCE directly onto a ZFS root filesystem, and also put ZFS swap onto a ZFS filesystem without worrying about having it deadlock. ZFS now also supports crash dumps! To install SXCE to a ZFS root, simply use the text-

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Root Install with Nevada build 90

2008-06-09 Thread andrew
I've done this successfully on x86/x64. Thanks Andrew. 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] install opensolaris on raidz

2008-06-14 Thread andrew
He means that you can have two types of pool as your root pool: 1. A single physical disk. 2. A ZFS mirror. Usually this means 2 disks. RAIDZ arrays are not supported as root pools (at the moment). Cheers Andrew. This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] Feature proposal: differential pools

2006-07-25 Thread Andrew
Since ZFS is COW, can I have a read-only pool (on a central file server, or on a DVD, etc) with a separate block-differential pool on my local hard disk to store writes? This way, the pool in use can be read-write, even if the main pool itself is read-only, without having to make a full local co

[zfs-discuss] Feature proposal: trashcan via auto-snapshot with every txg commit

2006-07-25 Thread Andrew
Do an automatic pool snapshot (using the recursive atomic snapshot feature that Matt Ahrens implemented recently, taking time proportional to the number of filesystems in the pool) upon every txg commit. Management of the trashcan snapshots could be done by some user-configurable policy such as

[zfs-discuss] Flushing synchronous writes to mirrors

2006-07-25 Thread Andrew
For a synchronous write to a pool with mirrored disks, does the write unblock after just one of the disks' write caches is flushed, or only after all of the disks' caches are flushed? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing

[zfs-discuss] zfs discussion forum bug

2006-07-29 Thread Andrew
I started three new threads recently, "Feature proposal: differential pools" "Feature proposal: trashcan via auto-snapshot with every txg commit" "Flushing synchronous writes to mirrors" Matthew Ahrens and Henk Langeveld both replied to my first thread by sending their messages to both me and to

[zfs-discuss] Re: Flushing synchronous writes to mirrors

2006-07-30 Thread Andrew
Jeff Bonwick wrote: >> For a synchronous write to a pool with mirrored disks, does the write >> unblock after just one of the disks' write caches is flushed, >> or only after all of the disks' caches are flushed? > The latter. We don't consider a write to be committed until > the data is on stable

Re: [zfs-discuss] Snapshot recycle freezes system activity

2010-03-04 Thread Andrew Gabriel
: a) spread out the deleting of the snapshots, and b) create more snapshots more often (and conversely delete more snapshots, more often), so each one contains fewer accumulated space to be freed off. -- Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-dis

Re: [zfs-discuss] sharenfs option rw,root=host1 don't take effect

2010-03-10 Thread Andrew Daugherity
it's because I left the NFSv4 domain setting at the default. (I'm just using NFSv3, but trying to come up with an explanation. In any case, using the FQDN works.) -Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intel SASUC8I - worth every penny

2010-03-12 Thread Andrew Gabriel
eed barely SATA controllers at all by todays standards as I think they always pretend to be PATA to the host system. -- Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] When to Scrub..... ZFS That Is

2010-03-13 Thread Andrew Gabriel
er to discover this before you reduce the pool redundancy/resilience, whilst it's still fixable. -- Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Proposition of a new zpool property.

2010-03-22 Thread Andrew Gabriel
to another RFE/BUG and the pause/resume requirement got lost. I'll see about reinstating it. -- Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Can't import pool due to missing log device

2010-04-18 Thread Andrew Kener
this or something similar before. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Andrew Kener ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can't import pool due to missing log device

2010-04-18 Thread Andrew Kener
3 - community edition Andrew On Apr 18, 2010, at 11:15 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > Nexenta version 2 or 3? > -- richard > > On Apr 18, 2010, at 7:13 PM, Andrew Kener wrote: > >> Hullo All: >> >> I'm having a problem importing a ZFS pool. When I first

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X clients with ZFS server

2010-04-25 Thread Andrew Kener
The correct URL is: http://code.google.com/p/maczfs/ -Original Message- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Rich Teer Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 7:11 PM To: Alex Blewitt Cc: ZFS discuss Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] Mac OS X c

[zfs-discuss] How to clear invisible, partially received snapshots?

2010-04-29 Thread Andrew Daugherity
900', but it still said the dataset did not exist. Finally I exported the pool, and after importing it, the snapshot was gone, and I could receive the snapshot normally. Is there a way to clear a "partial" snapshot without an export/import cycle? Thanks, Andrew [1] http://mail.o

[zfs-discuss] Does Opensolaris support thin reclamation?

2010-05-05 Thread Andrew Chace
Support for thin reclamation depends on the SCSI "WRITE SAME" command; see this draft of a document from T10: http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/document.05/05-270r0.pdf. I spent some time searching the source code for support for "WRITE SAME", but I wasn't able to find much. I assume that if it

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs question

2010-05-20 Thread Andrew Gabriel
up on the ARC (memory) anyway. If you don't have enough RAM for this to help, then you could add more memory, and/or an SSD as a L2ARC device ("cache" device in zpool command line terms). -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] [ZIL device brainstorm] intel x25-M G2 has ram cache?

2010-05-24 Thread Andrew Gabriel
if NV ZIL. Trouble is that no other operating systems or filesystems work this well with such relatively tiny amounts of NV storage, so such a hardware solution is very ZFS-specific. -- Andrew Gabriel | Solaris Systems Architect Email: andrew.gabr...@oracle.com Mobile: +44 7720 598213 Oracl

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS no longer working with FC devices.

2010-05-24 Thread Andrew Daugherity
etween 30 minutes and 4 hours into a scrub, and with it scrubs run successfully. -Andrew >>> Demian Phillips 5/23/2010 8:01 AM >>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010, Demian Phillips wrote: > >> For years I have been run

Re: [zfs-discuss] unsetting the bootfs property possible? imported a FreeBSD pool

2010-05-25 Thread Andrew Gabriel
few lines above, another test (for a valid bootfs name) does get bypassed in the case of clearing the property. Don't know if that alone would fix it. -- Andrew Gabriel | Solaris Systems Architect Email: andrew.gabr...@oracle.com Mobile: +44 7720 598213 Oracle Pre-Sales Guillemont Park | M

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is it possible to disable MPxIO during OpenSolaris installation?

2010-06-02 Thread Andrew Gabriel
for disks. (Actually, vanity naming for disks should probably be brought out into a separate RFE.) -- Andrew Gabriel | Solaris Systems Architect Email: andrew.gabr...@oracle.com Mobile: +44 7720 598213 Oracle Pre-Sales Guillemont Park | Minley Road | Camberley | GU17 9QG | United Kingdom ORACLE Corporat

Re: [zfs-discuss] ls says: /tank/ws/fubar: Operation not applicable

2010-06-22 Thread Andrew Gabriel
evious installs). It's an amd64 box. Both OS versions show the same problem. Do I need to run a scrub? (will take days...) Other ideas? It might be interesting to run it under truss, to see which syscall is returning that error. -- Andrew Gabriel ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Jones
Now at 36 hours since zdb process start and: PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU PROCESS/NLWP 827 root 4936M 4931M sleep 590 0:50:47 0.2% zdb/209 Idling at 0.2% processor for nearly the past 24 hours... feels very stuck. Thoughts on how to determine where and

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Jones
Update: have given up on the zdb write mode repair effort, as least for now. Hoping for any guidance / direction anyone's willing to offer... Re-running 'zpool import -F -f tank' with some stack trace debug, as suggested in similar threads elsewhere. Note that this appears hung at near idle. f

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Jones
Dedup had been turned on in the past for some of the volumes, but I had turned it off altogether before entering production due to performance issues. GZIP compression was turned on for the volume I was trying to delete. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Jones
Malachi, Thanks for the reply. There were no snapshots for the CSV1 volume that I recall... very few snapshots on the any volume in the tank. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Jones
Just re-ran 'zdb -e tank' to confirm the CSV1 volume is still exhibiting error 16: Could not open tank/CSV1, error 16 Considering my attempt to delete the CSV1 volume lead to the failure in the first place, I have to think that if I can either 1) complete the deletion of this volume or 2) ro

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Jones
Thanks Victor. I will give it another 24 hrs or so and will let you know how it goes... You are right, a large 2TB volume (CSV1) was not in the process of being deleted, as described above. It is showing error 16 on 'zdb -e' -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-29 Thread Andrew Jones
anything in the logs? Earlier I ran 'zdb -e -bcsvL tank' in write mode for 36 hours and gave up to try something different. Now the zpool import has hung the box. Should I try zdb again? Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew -- This message po

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-29 Thread Andrew Jones
> > On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:30 PM, Andrew Jones wrote: > > > Victor, > > > > The 'zpool import -f -F tank' failed at some point > last night. The box was completely hung this morning; > no core dump, no ability to SSH into the box to > diagnose the

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-06-30 Thread Andrew Jones
Victor, I've reproduced the crash and have vmdump.0 and dump device files. How do I query the stack on crash for your analysis? What other analysis should I provide? Thanks -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-07-01 Thread Andrew Jones
Victor, A little more info on the crash, from the messages file is attached here. I have also decompressed the dump with savecore to generate unix.0, vmcore.0, and vmdump.0. Jun 30 19:39:10 HL-SAN unix: [ID 836849 kern.notice] Jun 30 19:39:10 HL-SAN ^Mpanic[cpu3]/thread=ff0017909c60: Jun

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-07-02 Thread Andrew Jones
> Andrew, > > Looks like the zpool is telling you the devices are > still doing work of > some kind, or that there are locks still held. > Agreed; it appears the CSV1 volume is in a fundamentally inconsistent state following the aborted zfs destroy attempt. See later in

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-07-03 Thread Andrew Jones
e, because the features and functionality in zfs are otherwise absolutely second to none. /Andrew[i][/i][i][/i][i][/i][i][/i][i][/i] -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opens

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-07-04 Thread Andrew Jones
> > - Original Message - > > Victor, > > > > The zpool import succeeded on the next attempt > following the crash > > that I reported to you by private e-mail! > > > > For completeness, this is the final status of the > pool: > > > > > > pool: tank > > state: ONLINE > > scan: resilvere

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs indefinitely (retry post in parts; too long?)

2010-07-06 Thread Andrew Jones
> > Good. Run 'zpool scrub' to make sure there are no > other errors. > > regards > victor > Yes, scrubbed successfully with no errors. Thanks again for all of your generous assistance. /AJ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discus

[zfs-discuss] Lost ZIL Device

2010-07-06 Thread Andrew Kener
esn't get recognized. Probably because it was never part of the original zpool. I also symlinked the new ZIL file into /dev/dsk but that didn't make any difference either. Any suggestions? Andrew Kener ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zf

Re: [zfs-discuss] Lost ZIL Device

2010-07-07 Thread Andrew Kener
from a backup source. On Jul 6, 2010, at 11:48 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Kener >> >> the OS hard drive crashed [and log device] > > Here'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Lost ZIL Device - FIXED

2010-07-08 Thread Andrew Kener
27;t happen again (I have learned my lesson this time) I have ordered two small SSD drives to put in a mirrored config for the log device. Thanks again to everyone and now I will get some worry-free sleep :) Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-dis

Re: [zfs-discuss] Legality and the future of zfs...

2010-07-12 Thread Andrew Gabriel
FS, amongst other Solaris features. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended RAM for ZFS on various platforms

2010-07-16 Thread Andrew Gabriel
I find my home data growth is slightly less than the rate of disk capacity increase, so every 18 months or so, I simply swap out the disks for higher capacity ones. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.

Re: [zfs-discuss] 1tb SATA drives

2010-07-16 Thread Andrew Gabriel
takes nearly 19 hours now, and hammers the heads quite hard. I keep meaning to reduce the scrub frequency now it's getting to take so long, but haven't got around to it. What I really want is pause/resume scrub, and the ability to trigger the pause/resume from the screensaver (or

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send to remote any ideas for a faster way than ssh?

2010-07-19 Thread Andrew Gabriel
between the machines due to the CPU limiting on the scp and gunzip processes. Also, if you have multiple datasets to send, might be worth seeing if sending them in parallel helps. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list z

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send to remote any ideas for a faster way than ssh?

2010-07-19 Thread Andrew Gabriel
tcat. I haven't figured out where to get netcat nor the syntax for using it yet. I used a buffering program of my own, but I presume mbuffer would work too. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS performance?

2010-07-23 Thread Andrew Gabriel
dea for some other applications though (although Linux ran this way for many years, seemingly without many complaints). Note that there's no increased risk of the zpool going bad - it's just that after the reboot, filesystems with sync=disabled will look like they were rewo

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS performance?

2010-07-23 Thread Andrew Gabriel
ential implications before embarking on this route. (As I said before, the zpool itself is not at any additional risk of corruption, it's just that you might find the zfs filesystems with sync=disabled appear to have been rewound by up to 30 seconds.) If you're unsure, then adding SSD no

[zfs-discuss] zvol recordsize for backing a zpool over iSCSI

2010-07-30 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Just wondering if anyone has experimented with working out the best zvol recordsize for a zvol which is backing a zpool over iSCSI? -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Maximum zfs send/receive throughput

2010-08-06 Thread Andrew Gabriel
use for one which is stopped. However, you haven't given anything like enough detail here of your situation and what's happening for me to make any worthwhile guesses. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolari

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS SCRUB

2010-08-09 Thread Andrew Gabriel
e you do a planned reduction of the pool redundancy (e.g. if you're going to detach a mirror side in order to attach a larger disk), most particularly if you are reducing the redundancy to nothing. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] RAID Z stripes

2010-08-10 Thread Andrew Gabriel
ped out drives, this works well, and avoids ending up with sprawling lower capacity drives as your pool grows in size. This is what I do at home. The freed-up drives get used in other systems and for off-site backups. Over the last 4 years, I've upgraded from 1/4TB, to 1/2TB, and now on 1TB dri

Re: [zfs-discuss] Global Spare for 2 pools

2010-08-10 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Tony MacDoodle wrote: I have 2 ZFS pools all using the same drive type and size. The question is can I have 1 global hot spare for both of those pools? Yes. A hot spare disk can be added to more than one pool at the same time. -- Andrew Gabriel

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS automatic rollback and data rescue.

2010-08-14 Thread Andrew Gabriel
o see output of: zfs list -t all -r zpool/filesystem There is a trouble - snapshot is too old, and ,consequently, there is a questions -- Can I browse pre-rollbacked corrupted branch of FS ? And, if I can, how ? -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discu

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS automatic rollback and data rescue.

2010-08-14 Thread Andrew Gabriel
undancy on flaky storage is not a good place to be. -- Andrew Gabriel ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Unusual latency issues

2009-09-28 Thread Andrew Gabriel
different nics (bge and e1000).   Unless you have some specific reason for thinking this is a zfs issue, you probably want to ask on the crossbow-discuss mailing list. -- Andrew ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

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