Re: [zfs-discuss] Possible ZFS panic on Solaris 10 Update 6

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
Andreas Koppenhoefer wrote: Maybe this is the same as I've described in article http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=81613tstart=0 I've written a quickdirty shell script to reproduce a race condition which forces Update 34 to panic and leads Update 5 to hanging zfs commands.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Possible ZFS panic on Solaris 10 Update 6

2008-11-12 Thread Andreas Koppenhoefer
Maybe this is the same as I've described in article http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=81613tstart=0 I've written a quickdirty shell script to reproduce a race condition which forces Update 34 to panic and leads Update 5 to hanging zfs commands. - Andreas -- This message

Re: [zfs-discuss] Backup/Restore root pool : SPARC and x86/x64

2008-11-12 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Marlanne, Excellent question and thank you for asking... We have a set of instructions for creating root pool snapshots and root pool recovery, here: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Troubleshooting_Guide#ZFS_Root_Pool_Recovery The zfs send and recv options used in this

Re: [zfs-discuss] Resilvering is SLOW!. Not progressing at all

2008-11-12 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Hi, everybody. I started a resilvering with a 150 GB ZFS pool 16 hours ago. The resilvering is not progressing at all: [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# zpool status Try to run zpool status as a non-root user and see if the resilver shows any progress. Sometimes, zpool status as root seems to

Re: [zfs-discuss] Improving zfs send performance

2008-11-12 Thread Roch
Thomas, for long latency fat links, it should be quite beneficial to set the socket buffer on the receive side (instead of having users tune tcp_recv_hiwat). throughput of a tcp connnection is gated by receive socket buffer / round trip time. Could that be Ross' problem ? -r Ross Smith

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-12 Thread Scott Williamson
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Adam Leventhal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 11, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Bryan Cantrill wrote: Just to throw some ice-cold water on this: 1. It's highly unlikely that we will ever support the x4500 -- only the x4540 is a real possibility. And to warm

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread David Evans
What date format is that in? We who are used to OpenSolaris are internationalized to write dates in big endian style like -MM-DD, but I suppose this is in mixed up endian style MM/DD/, or? ;-) As you might have figured out it was in the format MM/DD/. or 20081112 - MMDD

Re: [zfs-discuss] Improving zfs send performance

2008-11-12 Thread Thomas Maier-Komor
Roch schrieb: Thomas, for long latency fat links, it should be quite beneficial to set the socket buffer on the receive side (instead of having users tune tcp_recv_hiwat). throughput of a tcp connnection is gated by receive socket buffer / round trip time. Could that be Ross' problem ?

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs, raidz, spare and jbod

2008-11-12 Thread Joe Crain
I had the same problem described by kometen with our Areca ARC-1680 controller on opensolaris 2008.05. We were using the controller in JBOD mode and allowing zpool to to use entire disks. Setting the drives in pass-through mode on the Areca controller manager solved the issue. Also worthy

Re: [zfs-discuss] unable to ludelete BE with ufs

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
On Thu 13/11/08 07:57 , Mark Horstman [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: I beg to differ. With what? Some context would help. # ludelete beA ERROR: cannot open 'pool00/zones/global/home': dataset does not exist ERROR: cannot mount mount point /.alt.tmp.b-QY.mnt/home device

[zfs-discuss] zfs filesystem corruption

2008-11-12 Thread Bill Shannon
I upgraded my machine to snv_101a_rc1 and now that machine is broken. I described my problem here http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=81928tstart=0 and here http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=80625tstart=0#304281 The problem seems to be some low level zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange zfs receive error

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
On Thu 13/11/08 08:38 , Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Ian Collins wrote: Richard Elling wrote: Ian Collins wrote: I've been replicating a number of filesystems from a Solaris 10 update 6 system to an update 5 one. All of the filesystems receive fine except for one,

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange zfs receive error

2008-11-12 Thread River Tarnell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ian Collins: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # zpool upgrade This system is currently running ZFS pool version 10. Update 6 introduced a new feature from Nevada: ZFS *filesystem* versions (as opposed to pool versions): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~#zpool upgrade This

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Vincent Fox
Ummm, could you name a specific patch number that would apply to a stock install? Or suggest a way to search? I poked at the 10_PatchReport from Nov 1st which has a handful but none of the ones I picked out were needed on a 10u6 OEM install. I kept seeing patches that applied to

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Sami Ketola
On 12 Nov 2008, at 20:15, Vincent Fox wrote: Just wondering if anyone knows of a patch released for 10u6? Yes. Many patches has been released since u6 was frozen. Sami ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] ZFS sens state

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
Does zfs send maintain an internal state or lock? I attempted to restart a send that was interrupted when the sending system rebooted and the send hangs. Here's the last few lines of the truss output: # zfs send -i tue live/[EMAIL PROTECTED] | ssh staging zfs receive -F -v tank/backup/[EMAIL

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Oscar del Rio
Vincent Fox wrote: Ummm, could you name a specific patch number that would apply to a stock install? Or suggest a way to search? (Google: pca solaris) On a freshly liveupgraded box: # pca -l missing Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Nov/11/08 Host: hostname (SunOS

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sun Storage 7000

2008-11-12 Thread Kees Nuyt
[Default] On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:22:40 +, Gordon Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Magda wrote: Took a bit of digging, but the VMware image is at: http://www.sun.com/storage/disk_systems/unified_storage/resources.jsp This is really great, I've had a play with it in VMWare Player

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-12 Thread Chris Greer
Do you have any info on this upgrade path? I can't seem to find anything about this... I would also like to throw in my $0.02 worth that I would like to see the software offered to existing sun X4540 (or upgraded X4500) customers. Chris G. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Oscar del Rio
I wrote: Vincent Fox wrote: Ummm, could you name a specific patch number that would apply to a stock install? Or suggest a way to search? # pca -l missing or, of course, smpatch analyze ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange zfs receive error

2008-11-12 Thread Richard Elling
Ian Collins wrote: Richard Elling wrote: Ian Collins wrote: I've been replicating a number of filesystems from a Solaris 10 update 6 system to an update 5 one. All of the filesystems receive fine except for one, which fails with cannot receive: invalid backup stream

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread Brian H. Nelson
Jonathan Loran wrote: David Evans wrote: For anyone looking for a cheap home ZFS server... Dell is having a sale on their PowerEdge SC440 for $199 (regular $598) through 11/12/2008. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_sc440?c=uscs=04l=ens=bsd Its got Dual Core

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread Rob Logan
I don't think the Pentium E2180 has the lanes to use ECC RAM. look at the north bridge, not the cpu.. the PowerEdge SC440 uses intel 3000 MCH which supports up to 8GB unbuffered ECC or non-ECC DDR2 667/533 SDRAM. its been replaced with the intel 32x0 that uses DDR2 800/667MHz unbuffered ECC /

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Mike Watkins
Will probably have a 10_recommended u6 patch bundle sometime in December... For now, to get to u6 (and ZFS) you must do LU (ie u5 to u6) Just FYI On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Johan Hartzenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Vincent Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-12 Thread Andy Lubel
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Greer Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:20 PM To: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI Do you have any info on this upgrade path? I can't seem to find anything

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread Jonathan Loran
David Evans wrote: For anyone looking for a cheap home ZFS server... Dell is having a sale on their PowerEdge SC440 for $199 (regular $598) through 11/12/2008. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_sc440?c=uscs=04l=ens=bsd Its got Dual Core IntelĀ® PentiumĀ®E2180,

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Johan Hartzenberg
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Vincent Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Just wondering if anyone knows of a patch released for 10u6? I realize this is OT but want to test my new ability with ZFS root to do lucreate, patch the alternate BE, and luactivate it. Send me an explorer and I will run

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-12 Thread Andy Lubel
The word Module makes it sound really easy :) Has anyone ever swapped this module out, and if so - was it painful? Since our 4500's went from the pallet to the offsite datacenter I never did really get a chance to look closely at it. I found a picture of one and it looks like you could take out

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-12 Thread Daryl Doami
There is no inbox/field upgrade available for the x4500 - x4540. The upgrades mentioned are in the form of discounted box swaps. Sorry about that. It would be nice though. Original Message Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI From: Andy Lubel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS send state

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
On Thu 13/11/08 09:10 , Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Does zfs send maintain an internal state or lock? I attempted to restart a send that was interrupted when the sending system rebooted and the send hangs. It looks like the problem is at the receiving end, I can send to a local

Re: [zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Vincent Fox
Never mind, I ran through the cluster_install for 10_Recommended and found patch 126868-02 is new so I used that one. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zfs-discuss] 10u6 any patches yet?

2008-11-12 Thread Vincent Fox
Just wondering if anyone knows of a patch released for 10u6? I realize this is OT but want to test my new ability with ZFS root to do lucreate, patch the alternate BE, and luactivate it. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Recover ZFS pool

2008-11-12 Thread Simon Gao
I am having problem with one ZFS pool and the raid controller was moved around. The OS is Solaris 10 8/07 X86. All the drives are found by the OS, but ZFS can't find two hot spare drives for some reason. And the pool is unavailable. Here is what zpool status -x shows: pool: scrpool

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recover ZFS pool

2008-11-12 Thread Sami Ketola
On 13 Nov 2008, at 00:20, Simon Gao wrote: I am having problem with one ZFS pool and the raid controller was moved around. The OS is Solaris 10 8/07 X86. All the drives are found by the OS, but ZFS can't find two hot spare drives for some reason. And the pool is unavailable. Here is

Re: [zfs-discuss] unable to ludelete BE with ufs

2008-11-12 Thread Mark Horstman
I beg to differ. # cat /etc/release Solaris 10 10/08 s10s_u6wos_07b SPARC Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Assembled 27 October 2008 # lustatus Boot

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recover ZFS pool

2008-11-12 Thread Simon Gao
I figured it out. Exporting and re-importing fixed the problem. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] ZFS boot panic

2008-11-12 Thread Gopal Patel
I have a system running OpenSolaris 2008.05 upgraded to snv_90. Trying to boot after a hard power cut was failing with a panic. I booted off the latest 2008.11 livecd (snv 101 I believe) and managed to eventually import the pool, successfully scrub it, and export again. Since then however,

[zfs-discuss] continuous replication

2008-11-12 Thread River Tarnell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 hi, are there any RFEs or plans to create a 'continuous' replication mode for ZFS? i envisage it working something like this: a 'zfs send' on the sending host monitors the pool/filesystem for changes, and immediately sends them to the receiving host,

[zfs-discuss] zfs boot - U6 kernel patch breaks sparc boot

2008-11-12 Thread Jens Elkner
Hi, in preparation to try zfs boot on sparc I installed all recent patches incl. feature patches comming from s10s_u3wos_10 and after reboot finally 137137-09 (still having everything on UFS). Now it doesn't boot at anymore: ### Sun Fire V240, No Keyboard Copyright

Re: [zfs-discuss] continuous replication

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
On Thu 13/11/08 12:04 , River Tarnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: are there any RFEs or plans to create a 'continuous' replication mode for ZFS?i envisage it working something like this: a 'zfs send' on the sending hostmonitors the pool/filesystem for changes, and immediately sends them to

[zfs-discuss] zvol snapshot at size 100G

2008-11-12 Thread Paul
Hi, Can ZFS snapshot be performed at zvol size of 100GB ? I have no problem with the zvol snapshot at size of 1GB or 10GB. Thanks, Paul -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] zvol snapshot at size 100G

2008-11-12 Thread Glaser, David
Are you asking if zvol size is 100GB can you do a snapshot of it, or can the snapshot grow to over 100GB? I have a x4500 with nightly snapshots being done on a 7 terabyte filesystem (each nightly snapshot is about 20GB). I don't believe there is a functional limit to the size of the snapshot

Re: [zfs-discuss] OpenStorage GUI

2008-11-12 Thread Andy Lubel
Afaik, the drives are pretty much the same, its the chipset that changed, which also meant a change of cpu and memory. -Andy From: Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:24 PM To: Andy Lubel Cc: Chris Greer;

Re: [zfs-discuss] unable to ludelete BE with ufs

2008-11-12 Thread Marion Hakanson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: # ludelete beA ERROR: cannot open 'pool00/zones/global/home': dataset does not exist ERROR: cannot mount mount point /.alt.tmp.b-QY.mnt/home device pool00/zones/global/home ERROR: failed to mount file system pool00/zones/global/home on /.alt.tmp.b-QY.mnt/home

Re: [zfs-discuss] continuous replication

2008-11-12 Thread Daryl Doami
As an aside, replication has been implemented as part of the new Storage 7000 family. Here's a link to a blog discussing using the 7000 Simulator running in two separate VMs and replicating w/ each other: http://blogs.sun.com/pgdh/entry/fun_with_replicating_the_sun I'm not sure of the

Re: [zfs-discuss] continuous replication

2008-11-12 Thread River Tarnell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brent Jones: It sounds like you need either a true clustering file system or to draw back your plans to see changes read-only instantly on the secondary node. well, the idea is to have two separate copies of the data, for backup / DR. being able to

Re: [zfs-discuss] continuous replication

2008-11-12 Thread River Tarnell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daryl Doami: As an aside, replication has been implemented as part of the new Storage 7000 family. Here's a link to a blog discussing using the 7000 Simulator running in two separate VMs and replicating w/ each other: that's interesting,

Re: [zfs-discuss] Race condition yields to kernel panic (u3, u4) or hanging zfs commands (u5)

2008-11-12 Thread Ian Collins
Matthew Ahrens wrote: Andreas Koppenhoefer wrote: Hello, occasionally we got some solaris 10 server to panic in zfs code while doing zfs send -i [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ssh remote zfs receive poolname. The race condition(s) get triggered by a broken data transmission or

Re: [zfs-discuss] unable to ludelete BE with ufs

2008-11-12 Thread Mark Horstman
Ya. That's what I ended up doing. Re-creating my UFS soft-partition boot meta devices and all the zfs filesystems (even though they were all empty). Then I was able to ludelete beA. There ought to be an option to '-f' or '--force' the ludelete so you can ignore the errors and just delete the

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs filesystem corruption

2008-11-12 Thread Bill Shannon
Running zdb on my broken system, one of the things I see is the hostname. I'm not sure why zfs needs to know about the hostname of the system it's on, but... The thing I did that started all my problems was I changed the hostname of my system. Do I need to do something with zfs to tell it the

Re: [zfs-discuss] continuous replication

2008-11-12 Thread Brent Jones
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 5:58 PM, River Tarnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daryl Doami: As an aside, replication has been implemented as part of the new Storage 7000 family. Here's a link to a blog discussing using the 7000 Simulator running in

[zfs-discuss] ZFS

2008-11-12 Thread Anthony Ladd
Spoke with customer, David Radden they have applied update 06. Now they are having an issue with ZFS. Customer is attempting to clone a zone. Normally when source and target are in the same pool ZFS uses snapshop. Now its using CPIO to copy instead of snapshot. Any suggestions?