Re: [zfs-discuss] Deletion of file from ZFS Disk and Snapshots
Thanks for the info folks, it's what I expected but I just wanted to verify that this is not possible. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Deletion of file from ZFS Disk and Snapshots
See, that's the problem. I don't want to delete the entire snapshot, I just want to remove a particular file from the snapshot. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] HOWTO: Backup a Storage Pool
What's the preferred method for easily backing up a storage pool? I know about send/recieve/etc, but I'm asking are people using another Solaris box, Tapes, CDs/DVDs, External Drives? Basically, I want an off-site backup so that if my place burns down and the OpenSolaris box I have goes with it, I can simply build a new OpenSolaris box and then restore my ZFS storage pool from backup. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
[zfs-discuss] Deletion of file from ZFS Disk and Snapshots
This is a common problem that we run into and perhaps there's a good explanation of why it can't be done. Often, there will be a large set of data, say 200GB or so that gets written to a ZFS share, snapshotted and then deleted a few days later. As I'm sure you know, none of the space is returned to the pool since the bits on disk are still being referenced by the snapshot. Is there any way to delete a large set of data both from the disk and from any snapshots that may reference this large data set? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Administration
I would think that as an administrator of a ZFS storage pool, part of your administration would consist of setting up snapshots at various intervals for the different file systems. This functionality seems like something that should be added to the web-based admin tool. Again, I'm comparing ZFS to what NetApp currently offers, and they do indeed offer a web-based tool to configure the frequency of automatic snapshotting on volumes. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Administration
Thanks for the info, it looks like this is exactly what I need. However, I'm curious as to why the guys at Sun that are working on this aren't building the ZFS GUI Administration into the existing, web-based ZFS Administration tool? It seems that they're developing a GUI for the GNOME desktop. Anyone know why this is? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Administration
Oh, one more thing - a tool to schedule the deletion of snapshots (Keep the past 14 Daily, 4 Weekly, 6 Monthly, etc.) This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Simple monitoring of ZFS pools, email alerts?
Come on, there's got to be a simple way to do this... This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
