Re: [zfs-discuss] System hangs during zfs send

2010-08-25 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
What does ::zio_state show? Dave On 08/25/10 07:41, Bryan Leaman wrote: Hi, I've been following these forums for a long time but this is my first post. I'm looking for some advice on debugging an issue. I've been looking at all the bug reports and updates though b146 but I can't find a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intermittent ZFS hang

2010-08-30 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Charles, Is it just ZFS hanging (or what it appears to be is slowing down or blocking) or does the whole system hang? A couple of questions What does iostat show during the time period of the slowdown? What does mpstat show during the time of the slowdown? You can look at the metadata

Re: [zfs-discuss] Intermittent ZFS hang

2010-08-31 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Charles, Just like UNIX, there are several ways to drill down on the problem. I would probably start with a live crash dump (savecore -L) when you see the problem. Another method would be to grap multiple stats commands during the problem to see where you can drill down later. I would

Re: [zfs-discuss] Kernel panic on ZFS import - how do I recover?

2010-09-23 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Have you tried setting zfs_recover aok in /etc/system or setting it with the mdb? Read how to set via /etc/system http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=114906 mdb debugger

Re: [zfs-discuss] Data transfer taking a longer time than expected (Possibly dedup related)

2010-09-24 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
How do you know it is dedup causing the problem? You can check to see how much is by looking at the threads (look for ddt) mdb -k ::threadlist -v or dtrace it. fbt:zfs:ddt*:entry You can disable dedup. I believe current dedup data stays until it gets over written. I'm not sure what send

Re: [zfs-discuss] My filesystem turned from a directory into a special character device

2010-09-29 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Interesting thread. So how would you go about fixing this? I suspect you have to track down the vnode, znode_t and eventually modify one kernel buffers for znode_phys_t. If your left with the decision to completely rebuild then repairing this might be the only choice some people may have.

[zfs-discuss] Is there a way to limit ZFS File Data but maintain room for the ARC to cache metadata

2010-10-01 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
I'm working on this scenario in which file system activity appears to cause the arc cache to evict meta data. I would like to have a preference to keep the metadata in cache over ZFS File Data What I've notice on import of a zpool the arc_meta_used goes up significantly. ZFS meta data

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there a way to limit ZFS File Data but maintain room for the ARC to cache metadata

2010-10-06 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Good idea. Provides options, but it would be nice to be able to set a low water mark on what can be taken away from the arc metadata cache without having to have something like an SSD. Dave On 10/01/10 14:02, Freddie Cash wrote: On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:46 AM, David Blasingame Oracle

Re: [zfs-discuss] Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8i

2010-10-12 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
You might want to check this post. http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=122156 Dave On 10/12/10 07:30, Alexander Lesle wrote: Hello guys, I want to built a new NAS and I am searching for a controller. At supermicro I found this new one with the LSI 2008 controller.

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs diff cannot stat shares

2010-10-14 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
a diff to list the file differences between snapshots http://arc.opensolaris.org/caselog/PSARC/2010/105/mail Dave On 10/13/10 15:48, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of dirk schelfhout Wanted to test

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import panics

2010-11-11 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
The vmdump.0 is a compressed crash dump. You will need to convert it to a format that can be read. # savecore -f ./vmdump.0 ./ This will create a couple of files, but the ones you will need next is unix.0 vmcore.0. Use mdb to print out the stack. # mdb unix.0 vmcore.0 run the

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import panics

2010-11-11 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
16:17, schrieb David Blasingame Oracle: The vmdump.0 is a compressed crash dump. You will need to convert it to a format that can be read. # savecore -f ./vmdump.0 ./ This will create a couple of files, but the ones you will need next is unix.0 vmcore.0. Use mdb to print out the stack

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Write Performance Issues

2011-02-03 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Can you clarify what you mean by ZFS Write Performance Issues? A single kstat isn't very helpful, at least not to me. Maybe a few over a couple of seconds when you are hitting the write performance issue might be beneficial. A zpool iostat 1 may also be beneficial. As far as the kstat data

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Performance

2011-02-25 Thread David Blasingame Oracle
Hi All, In reading the ZFS Best practices, I'm curious if this statement is still true about 80% utilization. from : http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php/ZFS_Best_Practices_Guide