Ian Collins wrote: > David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >> I thought I'd get the option of doing a ZFS root when I did a clean install >> of nv build 76, but nothing about ZFS was mentioned anytime during the >> install. What's the deal? >> >> >> > The installer isn't ZFS root aware yet. >
Ah, must have misread stuff in the list. I thought we'd reached the point where it was easy. >> Also, before I get too deeply into that, how does ZFS root interact with >> liveupgrade? >> >> >> > It doesn't! You can't use Live Upgrade with ZFS root. > Glad I asked. >> I've got two hot-swap drives available for the system disks (plus 6 more for >> data; the data part is working fine, the new install recognized the existing >> ZFS pool on those drives). I'm trying to set up a system for good >> reliability (I haven't invested in dual power supplies, but I've got >> hot-swap drive bays, and I've allocated two physical drives for boot/root, >> and I want to use ZFS for more than just the data if possible). What's the >> best way to use my two boot/root drives to give me reliability and clean >> upgrades? I've never used liveupgrade before, but the concept seems simple >> and desirable; having the installation of the new system not require taking >> down the old system for most of the time is a clear-cut win. >> >> >> > Use UFS and SVM to mirror the drives. LU works happily with SVM mirrors. > > Never done SVM, either, but it must be in the books. Just for sanity check -- having installed on a slice on disk 0 and booted from it, can I in fact now use SVM to mirror that slice to a similarly-sized slice on disk 1? "Slices" burn my brain out, they're not real disk partitions and they confuse the heck out of me. -- David Dyer-Bennet, [EMAIL PROTECTED]; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
