[zfs-discuss] zfs dynamic lun expansion

2007-07-04 Thread ganesh
Hi, I had 2 luns in a zfs mirrored config. I increased the size of both the luns by x gig and offlined/online the individual luns in the zpool, also tried an export/import of the zpool, but i am unable to see the increased sizewhat would i need to do to see the increased size?...or is it

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: ZFS consistency guarantee

2007-06-09 Thread ganesh
Thanks Darren, but the snapshot taken at 4 would be the snapshot on the storage and not on the host so the storage system wouldnt really have to bother about flushing the host FS or about consistency...which would be more a function of the host FS or app?. This message posted from

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Re: ZFS consistency guarantee

2007-06-08 Thread ganesh
Thanks Darren, so a sync should do the job for me in that case. How about locking the FS so that i dont miss any new writes further on?. Anything similar to lockfs?. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list

[zfs-discuss] Re: ZFS with expanding LUNs

2007-06-08 Thread ganesh
Did we ever get a reply to this?, As somebody mentioned, the generic answer was use ZFS, but i never got to know how. I havent tried it myself but i was curious to know since i will be implementing ZFS shortly. This message posted from opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] Re: Resizing lun.

2007-06-08 Thread ganesh
Hi Eric, Is zfs dynamic lun expansion possible now?. thanks! Ganes This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Re: ZFS consistency guarantee

2007-06-07 Thread ganesh
Thanks Darren. let me try to put this in points - 1. ZFS atomic operation that commits data. 2. Writes come into the app. 3. The db put in hotbackup mode. 4. Snapshot taken on storage. 5. ZFS atomic operation that commits data. So if i do a snap restore, ZFS might revert to point1, but from the

[zfs-discuss] ZFS consistency guarantee

2007-05-31 Thread ganesh
Hi Folks, how can i guarantee consistency for the ZFS snapshots?. If i am running a db or any other app on my ZFS and want to take a snapshot is there is any filesystem equivalent command to quiesce the ZFS before taking a snapshot or do i have to rely on the app itself?. Can i do something like