Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs send/receive as backup - reliability?

2010-01-19 Thread Jerry K
+1 for zfsdump/zfsrestore Julian Regel wrote: When we brought it up last time, I think we found no one knows of a userland tool similar to 'ufsdump' that's capable of serializing a ZFS along with holes, large files, ``attribute'' forks, windows ACL's, and checksums of its own, and then

[zfs-discuss] zpool split

2010-01-06 Thread Jerry K
zpool split http://blogs.sun.com/mmusante/entry/seven_years_of_good_luck I came across this around noon today, originally on http://c0t0d0s0.org . More here: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=113685tstart=60 Too bad this probably won't make it to the final release of

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs root, jumpstart and flash archives

2009-07-08 Thread Jerry K
for U8 to be released.) I will update the CR with this information. Lori On 02/18/09 09:12, Jerry K wrote: Hello Lori, Any update to this issue, and can you speculate as to if it will be a patch to Solaris 10u6, or part of 10u7? Thanks again, Jerry Lori Alt wrote: This is in the process

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs root, jumpstart and flash archives

2009-02-18 Thread Jerry K
. In the meantime, you might try this: http://blogs.sun.com/scottdickson/entry/flashless_system_cloning_with_zfs - Lori On 01/09/09 12:28, Jerry K wrote: I understand that currently, at least under Solaris 10u6, it is not possible to jumpstart a new system with a zfs root using a flash archive

[zfs-discuss] ZFS encryption?? - [Fwd: [osol-announce] SXCE Build 105 available

2009-01-23 Thread Jerry K
It was rumored that Nevada build 105 would have ZFS encrypted file systems integrated into the main source. In reviewing the Change logs (URL's below) I did not see anything mentioned that this had come to pass. Its going to be another week before I have a chance to play with b105. Does

[zfs-discuss] ZFS encryption?? - [Fwd: [osol-announce] SXCE Build 105 available]

2009-01-09 Thread Jerry K
It was rumored that Nevada build 105 would have ZFS encrypted file systems integrated into the main source. In reviewing the Change logs (URL's below) I did not see anything mentioned that this had come to pass. Its going to be another week before I have a chance to play with b105. Does anyone

[zfs-discuss] zfs root, jumpstart and flash archives

2009-01-09 Thread Jerry K
I understand that currently, at least under Solaris 10u6, it is not possible to jumpstart a new system with a zfs root using a flash archive as a source. Can anyone comment as to whether this restriction will pass in the near term, or if this is a while out (6+ months) before this will be

[zfs-discuss] mbuffer WAS'zfs recv' is very slow

2008-11-14 Thread Jerry K
Hello Thomas, What is mbuffer? Where might I go to read more about it? Thanks, Jerry yesterday, I've release a new version of mbuffer, which also enlarges the default TCP buffer size. So everybody using mbuffer for network data transfer might want to update. For everybody unfamiliar

Re: [zfs-discuss] What is the correct procedure to replace a non failed disk for another?

2008-09-03 Thread Jerry K
How would this work for servers that support only (2) drives, or systems that are configured to have pools of (2) drives, i.e. mirrors, and there is no additional space to have a new disk, as shown in the sample below. I still support lots of V490's, which hold only (2) drives. Thanks,

Re: [zfs-discuss] What is the correct procedure to replace a non failed disk for another?

2008-09-03 Thread Jerry K
into this. Jerry K. Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, Jerry K wrote: How would this work for servers that support only (2) drives, or systems that are configured to have pools of (2) drives, i.e. mirrors, and there is no additional space to have a new disk, as shown in the sample

[zfs-discuss] current status of zfs boot partition on Sparc

2007-12-04 Thread Jerry K
I haven't seen anything about this recently, or I have missed it. Can anyone share what the current status of ZFS boot partition on Sparc is? Thanks, Jerry K ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman