Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool on sparse files

2010-03-08 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Greg, Sure lofiadm should work, but another underlying issue is that, currently, building pools on top of other pools can cause the system to deadlock or panic. This kind of configuration is just not supported or recommended at this time. Thanks, Cindy On 03/05/10 17:38, Gregory Durham

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool on sparse files

2010-03-08 Thread Gregory Durham
Cindy, Thank you very much for your input, what would you recommend as a way to backup zpools to tape? Thanks, Greg On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Cindy Swearingen cindy.swearin...@sun.com wrote: Greg, Sure lofiadm should work, but another underlying issue is that, currently, building pools

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool on sparse files

2010-03-06 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
You are running into this bug: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6929751 Currently, building a pool from files is not fully supported. I think Cindy and I interpreted the question differently. If you want the zpool inside a file to stay mounted while the system is

[zfs-discuss] zpool on sparse files

2010-03-05 Thread Gregory Durham
Hello all, I am using Opensolaris 2009.06 snv_129 I have a quick question. I have created a zpool on a sparse file, for instance: zpool create stage c10d0s0 mount it to /media/stage mkfile -n 500GB /media/stage/disks/disk.img zpool create zfsStage /media/stage/disks/disk.img I want to be able to

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool on sparse files

2010-03-05 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Greg, You are running into this bug: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6929751 Currently, building a pool from files is not fully supported. Thanks, Cindy On 03/05/10 16:15, Gregory Durham wrote: Hello all, I am using Opensolaris 2009.06 snv_129 I have a quick

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool on sparse files

2010-03-05 Thread Gregory Durham
Great...will using lofiadm still cause this issue? either by using mkfile or by using dd makeing a sparse file? Thanks for the heads up! On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Cindy Swearingen cindy.swearin...@sun.comwrote: Hi Greg, You are running into this bug: