Can you clarify what this "IDR" is? I do not have Sun Support on this specific server.
- Robert Loper On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Francois Napoleoni < francois.napole...@sun.com> wrote: > From my experience with customer hitting this bug, installing the now > obsolete IDR and rebooting was enoug hto get ride of these sparse file bug. > > F. > > > Geoff Shipman wrote: > >> The Solaris 10 Update 8 has the fix for 6792701 included. This is part >> of kernel patches 141444-09 (sparc), 141445-09 (x86). For OpenSolaris >> build 118 or later contains the fix so in the development builds. >> This avoids future problems with the CR but if your currently effected >> by the problem the fix doesn't clear the troubles. >> >> I believe a backup of the data, then destroy of the file system, then >> recreating it and restoring is method to clear the space. With the >> later kernel the problem is avoided in the future. >> >> Geoff >> >> On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 10:14, Francois Napoleoni wrote: >> >>> If you have a valid Solaris Support contract you can ask for the >>> corresponding IDR to fix this issue. >>> >>> (Hi to Richard E. ... who must be boiling right now :) ) >>> >>> F. >>> >>> Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >>> >>>> I don?t know the answer to your question, but I am running the same >>>> version of OS you are, and this bug could affect us. Do you have >>>> >>> any >>> >>>> link to any documentation about this bug? I?d like to forward >>>> >>> something >>> >>>> to inform the other admins at work. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:* zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto: >>>> zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] *On Behalf Of *Robert >>>> >>> Loper >>> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:09 PM >>>> *To:* zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>>> *Subject:* [zfs-discuss] Any way to fix ZFS "sparse file bug" >>>> >>> #6792701 >>> >>>> >>>> I have a Solaris x86 server running update 6 (Solaris 10 10/08 >>>> s10x_u6wos_07b X86). I recently hit this "sparse file bug" when I deleted >>>> a >>>> 512GB sparse file from a 1.2TB filesystem and the space >>>> >>> was >>> >>>> never freed up. What I am asking is would there be any way to >>>> >>> recover >>> >>>> the space in the filesystem without having to destroy and recreate >>>> >>> it? >>> >>>> I am assuming before trying anything I would need to update the >>>> >>> server >>> >>>> to U8. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Loper >>>> rlo...@gmail.com <mailto:rlo...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>>> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >>>> >>> -- >>> Francois Napoleoni / Sun Support Engineer >>> mail : francois.napole...@sun.com >>> phone : +33 (0)1 3403 1707 >>> fax : +33 (0)1 3403 1114 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >>> >> > -- > Francois Napoleoni / Sun Support Engineer > mail : francois.napole...@sun.com > phone : +33 (0)1 3403 1707 > fax : +33 (0)1 3403 1114 > > -- Robert Loper rlo...@gmail.com
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