[zfs-discuss] ZFS and EFI labels

2006-11-30 Thread Douglas Denny
In reading the list archives, am I right to conclude that disks larger than 1 TB need to support EFI? I one of my projects the SAN does not support EFI labels under Solaris. Does this mean I would have to create a pool with disks 1 TB? TIA. -Doug ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and EFI labels

2006-11-30 Thread Darren Dunham
In reading the list archives, am I right to conclude that disks larger than 1 TB need to support EFI? I one of my projects the SAN does not support EFI labels under Solaris. Does this mean I would have to create a pool with disks 1 TB? I would assume so. The Solaris VTOC label (likely your

[zfs-discuss] Managed to corrupt my pool

2006-11-30 Thread Jim Hranicky
Platform: - old dell workstation with an Andataco gigaraid enclosure plugged into an Adaptec 39160 - Nevada b51 Current zpool config: - one two-disk mirror with two hot spares In my ferocious pounding of ZFS I've managed to corrupt my data pool. This is what I've been doing to test

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz DEGRADED state

2006-11-30 Thread Tim Foster
Hi Krzys, On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 12:09 -0500, Krzys wrote: my drive did go bad on me, how do I replace it? You should be able to do this using zpool replace. There's output below from me simulating your situation with file-based pools. This is documented in Chapters 7 and 10 of the ZFS admin

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and EFI labels

2006-11-30 Thread Torrey McMahon
Douglas Denny wrote: In reading the list archives, am I right to conclude that disks larger than 1 TB need to support EFI? I one of my projects the SAN does not support EFI labels under Solaris. Does this mean I would have to create a pool with disks 1 TB? Out of curiosity ... what array is

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz DEGRADED state

2006-11-30 Thread Bart Smaalders
Krzys wrote: my drive did go bad on me, how do I replace it? I am sunning solaris 10 U2 (by the way, I thought U3 would be out in November, will it be out soon? does anyone know? [11:35:14] server11: /export/home/me zpool status -x pool: mypool2 state: DEGRADED status: One or more

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: system wont boot after zfs

2006-11-30 Thread Jonathan Edwards
Dave which BIOS manufacturers and revisions? that seems to be more of the problem as choices are typically limited across vendors .. and I take it you're running 6/06 u2 Jonathan On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:46, David Elefante wrote: Just as background: I attempted this process on the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Convert Zpool RAID Types

2006-11-30 Thread Richard Elling
Hi Jason, It seems to me that there is some detailed information which would be needed for a full analysis. So, to keep the ball rolling, I'll respond generally. Jason J. W. Williams wrote: Hi Richard, Been watching the stats on the array and the cache hits are 3% on these volumes. We're

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz DEGRADED state

2006-11-30 Thread Krzys
Great, thank you, it certainly helped, I did not want to loose data on that disk therefore wanted to be sure than sorry thanks for help. Chris On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Bart Smaalders wrote: Krzys wrote: my drive did go bad on me, how do I replace it? I am sunning solaris 10 U2 (by the

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz DEGRADED state

2006-11-30 Thread Krzys
Ah, did not see your follow up. Thanks. Chris On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Sorry, Bart, is correct: If new_device is not specified, it defaults to old_device. This form of replacement is useful after an existing disk has failed and

[zfs-discuss] How do I obtain zfs with spare implementation?

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Barto
I would like to update some of our Solaris 10 OS systems to the new zfs file system that supports spares. The Solaris 6/06 version does have zfs but does not have this feature. What is the best way to upgrade to this functionality? Also we have a 3/05 version of Solaris and the Sun Express

Re: [zfs-discuss] How do I obtain zfs with spare implementation?

2006-11-30 Thread Dick Davies
On 30/11/06, Michael Barto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to update some of our Solaris 10 OS systems to the new zfs file system that supports spares. The Solaris 6/06 version does have zfs but does not have this feature. What is the best way to upgrade to this functionality? Hot

Re: [zfs-discuss] raidz DEGRADED state

2006-11-30 Thread Thomas Garner
In the same vein... I currently have a 400GB disk that is full of data on a linux system. If I buy 2 more disks and put them into a raid-z'ed zfs under solaris, is there a generally accepted way to build an degraded array with the 2 disks, copy the data to the new filesystem, and then move the

[zfs-discuss] Re: What happens when adding a mirror, or put a mirror offline/online

2006-11-30 Thread Pierre Chatelier
I finally found the answer myself. By re-reading the doc, I re-discovered the term resilvering, that I did not understand properly the first time. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org