stuart anderson writes: > > > > 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. > > > > I have tried that, and while it works for properties > > like compression, I have not found a way to preserve > > a non-default volblocksize across zfs send | zfs > > receive. the zvol created on the receive side is > > always defaulting to 8k. Is there a way to do this? > > > > I spoke too soon. More particularly, during the zfs send/recv > processes the receiving side reports 8k, but once the receive is done > the volblocksize is reporting the expected value as sent with -R. > > Hopefully, this is just a reporting bug during an active receive. > > Note, this was observed with s10u7 (x86). >
Sounds like so. I would be very surprised if one would be able to change the volblocksize of a zvol through send/receive (with or without -R). It's an immutable property of the zvol. -r > Thanks. > -- > 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
