OMG, no safety feature?!
Sorry, even on ZFS turf,
if you use HyperV, and the HyperV VSS Writer, it could be a lot safer
-- if you don't know how to do a block-level Super thing...

best,
zStorageAnalyst

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason J. W. Williams" <jasonjwwilli...@gmail.com>
To: "Mr Stephen Yum" <sosu...@yahoo.com>
Cc: <zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org>; <storage-disc...@opensolaris.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] [storage-discuss] ZFS iscsi snapshot - 
VSScompatible?


> Since iSCSI is block-level, I don't think the iSCSI intelligence at
> the file level you're asking for is feasible. VSS is used at the
> file-system level on either NTFS partitions or over CIFS.
>
> -J
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Mr Stephen Yum <sosu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> If I want to make a snapshot of an iscsi volume while there's a transfer 
>> going on, is there a way to detect this and either 1) not include the 
>> file being transferred, or 2) wait until the transfer is finished before 
>> making the snapshot?
>>
>> If I understand correctly, this is what Microsoft's VSS is supposed to 
>> do. Am I right?
>>
>> Right now, when there is a transfer going on while making the snapshot, I 
>> always end up with a corrupt file (understandably so, since the file 
>> transfer is unfinished).
>>
>> S
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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