Nick Smith wrote: > Dear all, > > Background: > > I have a ZFS volume with the incorrect volume blocksize for the filesystem > (NTFS) that it is supporting. > > This volume contains important data that is proving impossible to copy using > Windows XP Xen HVM that "owns" the data. > > The disparity in volume blocksize (current set to 512bytes!!) is causing > significant performance problems. > > Question : > > Is there a way to change the volume blocksize say via 'zfs snapshot > send/receive'? > > As I see things, this isn't possible as the target volume (including property > values) gets overwritten by 'zfs receive'. >
By default, properties are not received. To pass properties, you need to use the -R flag. For examples, see the ZFS Administration Guide, http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs/zfsadmin.pdf -- richard > Many Thanks for any help. > > Nick Smith > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
