Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Eric Sproul wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Matt Harrison >> wrote: >> > Hi list, >> > >> > I've got a pool thats got a single raidz1 vdev. I've just some more >> disks in >> > and I want to repla

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk
> Since you can't mix vdev types in a single pool, you'll have to create > a new pool. But you can use zfs send/recv to move the datasets, so > your mountpoints and other properties will be preserved. Last I checked, mixing different VDEV types in a pool was possible, but not really recommended.

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Eric Sproul wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Matt Harrison > wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I've got a pool thats got a single raidz1 vdev. I've just some more disks > in > > and I want to replace that raidz1 with a three-way mirror. I was thinking > > I'd j

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Paul Kraus
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > On 01/06/2011 20:52, Eric Sproul wrote: >> What files would those be?  Usually the pool name (and therefore the >> dataset names) doesn't matter-- only mountpoints matter to most things >> on the system, but maybe you have a more interesting

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Tomas Ögren
On 01 June, 2011 - Eric Sproul sent me these 0,8K bytes: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Matt Harrison > wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > I've got a pool thats got a single raidz1 vdev. I've just some more disks in > > and I want to replace that raidz1 with a three-way mirror. I was thinking > > I'd

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Matt Harrison
On 01/06/2011 20:53, Cindy Swearingen wrote: Hi Matt, You have several options in terms of migrating the data but I think the best approach is to do something like I have described below. Thanks, Cindy 1. Create snapshots of the file systems to be migrated. If you want to capture the file sys

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Matt Harrison
On 01/06/2011 20:52, Eric Sproul wrote: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: Thanks Eric, however seeing as I can't have two pools named 'tank', I'll have to name the new one something else. I believe I will be able to rename it afterwards, but I just wanted to check first. I'd

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Matt, You have several options in terms of migrating the data but I think the best approach is to do something like I have described below. Thanks, Cindy 1. Create snapshots of the file systems to be migrated. If you want to capture the file system properties, then see the zfs.1m man page f

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Eric Sproul
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > Thanks Eric, however seeing as I can't have two pools named 'tank', I'll > have to name the new one something else. I believe I will be able to rename > it afterwards, but I just wanted to check first. I'd have to have to spend > hours changin

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Matt Harrison
On 01/06/2011 20:45, Eric Sproul wrote: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: Hi list, I've got a pool thats got a single raidz1 vdev. I've just some more disks in and I want to replace that raidz1 with a three-way mirror. I was thinking I'd just make a new pool and copy everyt

Re: [zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Eric Sproul
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Matt Harrison wrote: > Hi list, > > I've got a pool thats got a single raidz1 vdev. I've just some more disks in > and I want to replace that raidz1 with a three-way mirror. I was thinking > I'd just make a new pool and copy everything across, but then of course I'v

[zfs-discuss] changing vdev types

2011-06-01 Thread Matt Harrison
Hi list, I've got a pool thats got a single raidz1 vdev. I've just some more disks in and I want to replace that raidz1 with a three-way mirror. I was thinking I'd just make a new pool and copy everything across, but then of course I've got to deal with the name change. Basically, what is th