So the question remains... if I install patch 14144{45}-09 (by a LU to
Solaris 10 upd 8) will that allow the filesystem (not an rpool) to free up
the space?- Robert On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Geoff Shipman <geoff.ship...@sun.com>wrote: > IDR's are fixes for troubles from the initial development state. The > patches noted are the official fixes. > > On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 11:03, Robert Loper wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > zfs-discuss mailing list > > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > -- > Geoff Shipman - (303) 223-6266 > Systems Technology Service Center - Operating System > Solaris and Network Technology Domain > Americas Systems Technology Service Center > > -- Robert Loper rlo...@gmail.com
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