Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Wed, 21 May 2008, Will Murnane wrote: >> So, my questions are: >> * Are there options I can set server- or client-side to make Solaris >> child mounts happen automatically (i.e., match the Linux behavior)? >> * Will this behave with automounts? What I'd like to do is li

[zfs-discuss] "Cannot copy...The operation completed successfully" / OpenSolaris 2008.05

Hi All, Another oddity I have noticed is this, and sounds close to what is described here after Googling: http://www.nexenta.com/corp/index.php?option=com_fireboard&func=view&id=202&catid=11 I have a share on Windows fileserver (server1) in the domain my OpenSolaris ZFS+CIFS box (server2) is

[zfs-discuss] Weirdly inflated files sizes in Mac OS 10.5.2 Finder / Opensolaris 2008.05

Hi All, I wonder if this is something that needs to be looked into further, or a quirk in my configuration or something. I have an Opensolaris 2008.05 box which I have configured as a CIFS member server in a Windows 2003 AD. CIFS is running in domain mode, Windows/Linux/MacOS clients can authen

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

Will Murnane wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Bob Friesenhahn > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Here is the answer you were looking for: >> >> In /etc/auto_home: >> # Home directory map for automounter >> # >> * server:/home/& >> >> This works on Solaris 9, Solaris 10, and OS-X Le

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ways to speed up 'zpool import'?

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 04:59:54PM -0400, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > [Eric Schrock:] > | Look at alternate cachefiles ('zpool set cachefile', 'zpool import -c > | ', etc). This avoids scanning all devices in the system > | and instead takes the config from the cachefile. > > This sounds great. >

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is the answer you were looking for: > > In /etc/auto_home: > # Home directory map for automounter > # > * server:/home/& > > This works on Solaris 9, Solaris 10, and OS-X Leopard. And Linux, too! Thank you for

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot mirror

It is also necessary to use either installboot (sparc) or installgrub (x86) to install the boot loader on the attached disk. It is a bug that this is not done automatically (6668666 - zpool command should put a bootblock on a disk added as a mirror of a root pool vdev) Lori [EMAIL PROTECTED] wr

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 02:43:26PM -0400, Will Murnane wrote: > So, my questions are: > * Are there options I can set server- or client-side to make Solaris > child mounts happen automatically (i.e., match the Linux behavior)? I think these are known as "mirror-mounts" in Solaris. They first inte

[zfs-discuss] Pause Solaris with ZFS compression busy by doing a cp?

Hardware: Supermicro server with Adaptec 5405 SAS controller, LSI expander -> 24 drives. Currently using 2x 1tb SAS drives striped and 1x750gb SATA as another pool. I don't think hardware is related though as if I turn off zfs compression it's fine - I seem to get same behavior on either pool. T

Re: [zfs-discuss] Ways to speed up 'zpool import'?

[Eric Schrock:] | Look at alternate cachefiles ('zpool set cachefile', 'zpool import -c | ', etc). This avoids scanning all devices in the system | and instead takes the config from the cachefile. This sounds great. Is there any information on when this change will make it to Solaris? (In parti

Re: [zfs-discuss] Corrupted pool repair attempt

And another thing we noticed: on test striped pools we've created, all the vdev labels hold the same txg number, even as vdevs are added later, while the labels on our primary pool (the dead one) are all different. This message posted from opensolaris.org _

[zfs-discuss] Corrupted pool repair attempt

OK, so this is another "my pool got eaten" problem. Our setup: Nevada 77 when it happened, now running 87. 9 iSCSI vdevs exported from Linux boxes off of hardware RAID (running Linux for drivers on the RAID controllers). The pool itself is simply striped. Our problem: Power got yanked to 8 of

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS boot mirror

Hi Tom, You need to use the zpool attach command, like this: # zpool attach pool-name disk1 disk2 Cindy Tom Buskey wrote: > I've always done a disksuite mirror of the boot disk. It's been easry to do > after the install in Solaris. WIth Linux I had do do it during the install. > > OpenSolar

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Will Murnane wrote: > > So, my questions are: > * Are there options I can set server- or client-side to make Solaris > child mounts happen automatically (i.e., match the Linux behavior)? > * Will this behave with automounts? What I'd like to do is list > /export/home in the au

[zfs-discuss] ZFS boot mirror

I've always done a disksuite mirror of the boot disk. It's been easry to do after the install in Solaris. WIth Linux I had do do it during the install. OpenSolaris 2008.05 didn't give me an option. How do I add my 2nd drive to the boot zpool to make it a mirror? This message posted from op

Re: [zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > I can't speak from a Mac-centric view, but for my purposes NFS in > Leopard works well. The automounter in Leopard is a perfect clone of > the Solaris automounter, and may be based on OpenSolaris code. It is based on osol code. The implementor worked a long time at Su

Re: [zfs-discuss] [nfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

Spencer Shepler wrote: > On May 21, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Will Murnane wrote: > > >> Okay, all is well. Try the same thing on a Solaris client, though, >> and it doesn't work: >> # mount -o vers=4 ds3:/export/local-space/test /mnt/ >> # cd mnt >> # ls >> foo >> # ls foo >> >> > > This behavio

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

On May 21, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Will Murnane wrote: > I'm looking at implementing home directories on ZFS. This will be > about 400 users, each with a quota. The ZFS way of doing this AIUI is > create one filesystem per user, assign them a quota and/or > reservation, and set sharenfs=on. So I tri

[zfs-discuss] NFS4-sharing-ZFS issues

I'm looking at implementing home directories on ZFS. This will be about 400 users, each with a quota. The ZFS way of doing this AIUI is create one filesystem per user, assign them a quota and/or reservation, and set sharenfs=on. So I tried it: # zfs create local-space/test # zfs set sharenfs=on

Re: [zfs-discuss] What is a vdev?

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Orvar Korvar wrote: > Ive heard that for the Thumper which uses 48 drives, you should not > make them all into one zpool. Instead you should make them into several > vdevs. And then you combine all vdevs into one zpool? Is it so? Why do Right. A vdev is the smallest storage

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace, restart, gone - HELP!

On May 21, 2008, at 02:53, Christopher Gibbs wrote: > I got to thinking about how my data was fine before the replace so I > popped the cable off of the new disk and walla! The spare showed back > up and the pool imported in a degraded state. Good news. I'll be curious to hear if you ultimately

Re: [zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Bill McGonigle wrote: > > What permissions do you have on /home/.DS_Store? I assume the clients fail > quietly on their write attempts? The actual permissions do not seem to matter. The directory does not need to be writeable. As long as the path can be mounted, the probl

[zfs-discuss] What is a vdev?

Ive never understood it. Ive heard that for the Thumper which uses 48 drives, you should not make them all into one zpool. Instead you should make them into several vdevs. And then you combine all vdevs into one zpool? Is it so? Why do you do that? Why not several zpools? This message poste

Re: [zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

On May 21, 2008, at 11:15, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > The simple solution was to simply create a "/home/.DS_Store" directory > on the server so that the mount request would succeed. What permissions do you have on /home/.DS_Store? I assume the clients fail quietly on their write attempts? Does

Re: [zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Andy Lubel wrote: >> The simple solution was to simply create a "/home/.DS_Store" directory >> on the server so that the mount request would succeed. > > Did you try this? > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1629 No, I decided not to use that since it has negative impact on OS-X

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Krutibas Biswal wrote: >> > Thanks. Can somebody point me to some documentation on this ? > I wanted to see 24 drives so that I can use load sharing between > two controllers (C1Disk1, C2Disk2, C1Disk3, C2Disk4...) for > performance. > > If I enable multipathing, would the dri

Re: [zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/21/2008 10:38:10 AM: > > On May 21, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > > I encountered an issue that people using OS-X systems as NFS clients > > need to be aware of. While not strictly a ZFS issue, it may be > > encounted most often by ZFS users since ZFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

On May 21, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > I encountered an issue that people using OS-X systems as NFS clients > need to be aware of. While not strictly a ZFS issue, it may be > encounted most often by ZFS users since ZFS makes it easy to support > and export per-user filesystems.

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS as a shared file system

Mertol Ozyoney wrote: > > Hi All ; > > > > Do anyone know the status of supporting ZFS on active active clusters ? > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/faq/#zfsother (which was just recently updated, thanks Cindy!) -- richard ___ zfs-discus

[zfs-discuss] Per-user home filesystems and OS-X Leopard anomaly

I encountered an issue that people using OS-X systems as NFS clients need to be aware of. While not strictly a ZFS issue, it may be encounted most often by ZFS users since ZFS makes it easy to support and export per-user filesystems. The problem I encountered was when using ZFS to create expo

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

Krutibas > On x64 Solaris 10, the default setting of mpxio was : > > mpxio-disable="no"; > > I changed it to > > mpxio-disable="yes"; > > and rebooted the machine and it detected 24 drives. > ...you have just *disabled* Solairs scsi_vhci(7d) multi-pathing. You should go back to 'mpxio-disable="

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Krutibas Biswal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Milkowski wrote: >> Originally you wanted to get it multipathed which was the case by >> default. Now you have disabled it (well, you still have to paths but >> no automatic failover). >> > Thanks. Can somebody po

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

Robert Milkowski wrote: > Hello Krutibas, > > Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 10:43:03 AM, you wrote: > > KB> On x64 Solaris 10, the default setting of mpxio was : > > KB> mpxio-disable="no"; > > KB> I changed it to > > KB> mpxio-disable="yes"; > > KB> and rebooted the machine and it detected 24 d

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs raidz2 configuration mistake

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Claus Guttesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> zpool add -f external c12t0d0p0 >>> zpool add -f external c13t0d0p0 (it wouldn't work without -f, and I believe >>> that's because the fs was online) >> >> No, it had nothing to do with the pool being online. It was bec

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs raidz2 configuration mistake

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Claus Guttesen wrote: > Aren't one supposed to be able to add more disks to an existing raidz(2) > pool and have the data spread all disks in the pool automagically? Alas, that is not yet possible. See Adam's blog for details: http://blogs.sun.com/ahl/entry/expand_o_matic_

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs raidz2 configuration mistake

>> zpool add -f external c12t0d0p0 >> zpool add -f external c13t0d0p0 (it wouldn't work without -f, and I believe >> that's because the fs was online) > > No, it had nothing to do with the pool being online. It was because a > single disk was being added to a pool with raidz2. The error message t

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs raidz2 configuration mistake

On Wed, 21 May 2008, Justin Vassallo wrote: > zpool add -f external c12t0d0p0 > zpool add -f external c13t0d0p0 (it wouldn't work without -f, and I believe > that's because the fs was online) No, it had nothing to do with the pool being online. It was because a single disk was being added to a

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs raidz2 configuration mistake

> 1) Am I right in my reasoning? yes > 2) Can I remove the new disks from the pool, and re-add them under the > raidz2 pool copy the data off the pool, destroy and remake the pool, and copy back > 3) How can I check how much zfs data is written on the actual disk (say > c12)

[zfs-discuss] zfs raidz2 configuration mistake

Hello, I had a 3-disk raidz2 pool. I wanted to increase throughput and available storage so I added in another 2 disks into the pool with: zpool add -f external c12t0d0p0 zpool add -f external c13t0d0p0 (it wouldn't work without -f, and I believe that's because the fs was online) I now

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

Hello Krutibas, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 10:43:03 AM, you wrote: KB> On x64 Solaris 10, the default setting of mpxio was : KB> mpxio-disable="no"; KB> I changed it to KB> mpxio-disable="yes"; KB> and rebooted the machine and it detected 24 drives. Originally you wanted to get it multipathed

[zfs-discuss] ZFS as a shared file system

Hi All ; Do anyone know the status of supporting ZFS on active active clusters ? Best regards Mertol http://www.sun.com/emrkt/sigs/6g_top.gif Mertol Ozyoney Storage Practice - Sales Manager Sun Microsystems, TR Istanbul TR Phone +902123352200 Mobile +905

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

On x64 Solaris 10, the default setting of mpxio was : mpxio-disable="no"; I changed it to mpxio-disable="yes"; and rebooted the machine and it detected 24 drives. Thanks, Krutibas Peter Tribble wrote: > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Krutibas Biswal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am tryin

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Krutibas Biswal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to bringup a 3510 JBOD on Solaris 10 and would like to enable > multipathing. I have connected both ports on a dual-port HBA to two loops > (FC0 and FC5). This is a X4100 running Solaris 10. When I run the for

Re: [zfs-discuss] 3510 JBOD with multipath

I am trying to bringup a 3510 JBOD on Solaris 10 and would like to enable multipathing. I have connected both ports on a dual-port HBA to two loops (FC0 and FC5). This is a X4100 running Solaris 10. When I run the format command I only see 12 drives - I was expecting that when 3510 FC JBOD array i