[zfs-discuss] zfs create or normal directories

2008-06-07 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
/fssysstem I know this is related to personal taste, but -some- good advice might exist ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxde 01/08 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

[zfs-discuss] memory hog

2008-06-09 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
ZFS is called crap by FreeBSD people, because of the great memory hog and high CPU usage. I know it zfs uses more memory the a UFS system, but can somebody give some hints about how much the difference is? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxde 01/08

[zfs-discuss] zpool upgrade -v

2008-06-13 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
I have a disk on ZFS created by snv_79b (sxde4) and one on ZFS created by snv_90 (sxce). I wonder, how do I know a ZFS version has to be upgraded or not? I.e. are the ZFS versions of sxde and sxce the same? How do I verify that? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to identify zpool version

2008-06-14 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:46:28 PDT Peter Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I was wondering is there a way to determine the version of the pool that I am trying to import. Look at zpool get version poolName -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce

Re: [zfs-discuss] memory hog

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
machines are old. Not too old for ancient filesystems and lightweight desktops, but the -are- too old for modern software. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:10:14 +0100 Andrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zpool does not to create a pool on USB disk (formatted in FAT32). It's already been formatted. Try zpool create -f alpha c5t0d0p0 -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
) say? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
create alpha c5t1d0 Afaik the p0 is not needed. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:00:59 +0200 dick hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unmount it if neccessary (umount /dev/dsk/c5t0d0) Should be /dev/dsk/c5t1d0 -- -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:04:08 +0200 dick hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should be /dev/dsk/c5t1d0 -- Sh***t! No it should not. rmformat showed c5t0d0, didn't it? So be careful. A typo is quickly made (see my msgs) ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl

Re: [zfs-discuss] USB hard to ZFS

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:10:18 +0100 Andrius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk umount /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk should do the trick It's probably also mounted on /media depending on your solaris version. If so, umount /media/unnamed_rmdisk unmounts the disk too. -- Dick Hoogendijk

Re: [zfs-discuss] memory hog

2008-06-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
to play with the modern goodies like xVM / ZFS Given the fact that 2GB sales for about 30 euro, that's cheap. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] mirroring zfs slice

2008-06-17 Thread dick hoogendijk
this be done for a whole disk too? And it yes, do these disks have to be exactly the same size? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv90 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs mount failed at boot stops network services.

2008-06-29 Thread dick hoogendijk
stopped booting when a filesystem in /etc/vfstab could not be mounted, whatever the status for the system .. (i.e./export/home) I see no difference here. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv91 ++ ___ zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] is it possible to add a mirror device later?

2008-07-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:41:18 -0700 Richard Elling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Orvar Korvar wrote: Remember, you can not delete a device, so be careful what you add. You can detach disks from mirrors. So, a mirror of two disks becomes a system of two seperate disks? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP

[zfs-discuss] raid or mirror

2008-07-11 Thread dick hoogendijk
I'm still confused. What is a -SAFE- way with two drives if you prepare for hardware faulure? That is: one drive fails and the system does not go down because the other drive takes over. Do I need raid or mirror? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce

Re: [zfs-discuss] checksum errors on root pool after upgrade to snv_94

2008-07-20 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:26:16 -0700 Bill Sommerfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: once is accident. twice is coincidence. three times is enemy action :-) I have no access to b94 yet, but as it is, it probably is better to skip this one when it comes out then. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key

[zfs-discuss] ButterFS

2008-08-01 Thread dick hoogendijk
is not anywhere near primetime, and Garbee figures it will take at least three years to get it out the door. /quote I thought that ZFS was/is the way to the future, but reading this it seems there are compatitors out there ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS

[zfs-discuss] S10u6, zfs and zones

2008-08-04 Thread dick hoogendijk
are difficult. I hope to be able to change all FS to ZFS, including the space for the sparse zones. Does somebody have more information on this? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv94 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS hangs/freezes after disk failure,

2008-08-30 Thread dick hoogendijk
, but this is also why Apple doesn't sell OS X for whitebox junk. :) There's also a lot of whiteboxes that -do- run solaris very well. Some apples are rotten others are healthy. That quite normal. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv95

[zfs-discuss] c1t0d0 to c3t1d0

2008-09-30 Thread dick hoogendijk
I have a ZFS disk (c1t0d0) in a eSATA/USB2 enclosure. If I would build this drive in the machine (internal SATA) it would become c3t1do. When I did it (for testing) zpool status did not see it. What do I have to do to be able to switch this drive? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D

[zfs-discuss] restore from snapshot

2008-10-11 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
I overlooked something in the manual, I'm sure.. But I have a question: when I create a snapshot of a zfs filesystem and want to -return- to the state before that snapshot was taken, how do I do that? Thanks for any pointers. -Dick ___ zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-12 Thread dick hoogendijk
? I wouldn't mind a reinstall, but I really want to save the data in my home directories. I can't understand why the grub boot menu does not find the rpool/ROOT anymore. It should be mounted on (legacy) .alt.tmp.b-yh.mnt/ Is this problem solvable? I -do- hope so! -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG

Re: [zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-12 Thread dick hoogendijk
michael schuster wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: After an error I had to press the reset button on my ZFS root filesystem based sxce.b99 The system did not come up again! please elaborate - what does the system do precisely? The system hangs (forever) on the first screen with the SunOS

Re: [zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-13 Thread dick hoogendijk
James C. McPherson wrote: Lots of things. We can't channel A nice way for a smiley.. Thanks for the mail so far. I'm in Holland and at work right now (13.45h) but I'll check out your suggestions as soon as I get home. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl

Re: [zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-13 Thread dick hoogendijk
I can see the pool. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u5 05/08 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-13 Thread dick hoogendijk
usedbydataset 10.8G usedbychildren 0 usedbyrefreservation 0 -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u5 05/08 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-13 Thread dick hoogendijk
Lori Alt wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: Lori Alt wrote: Since I don't fully understand the problem, I can't be sure this will work, but I'm pretty sure it won't hurt: try setting the mountpoint of the dataset to /: zfs set mountpoint=/ rpool/ROOT/snv99 Then reboot and see if your

Re: [zfs-discuss] Enable compression on ZFS root

2008-10-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
Vincent Fox wrote: Or perhaps compression should be the default. No way please! Things taking even more memory should never be the default. An installation switch would be nice though. Freedom of coice ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u5 05/08

Re: [zfs-discuss] am I screwed?

2008-10-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
nevada.b99 system with all other datasets restored. A little more worried about ZFS than I was before, but I still use it. It is -SO- easy once used to it ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv99 ++ ___ zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] Boot from mirror

2008-10-26 Thread dick hoogendijk
Is it or isn't it possible to boot off two mirrored ZFS disks and if yes, can this be done in the upcoming solaris 10 10/08 too? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D ++ http://nagual.nl/ + SunOS sxce snv99 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

[zfs-discuss] ufsrestore to ZFS

2008-11-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
As I understand ufsrestore is independent of the FS it writes to. So, I wonder, is it possible to do a pipe from a UFS to a ZFS destination like: # ufsdump 0f - /dev/rdsk/c0d0s4 | (cd /dest; ufsrestore xf -) [ufs-source - zfs destination] -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http

[zfs-discuss] zones/zonerootA,B,C

2008-11-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
/zones and create directories into it for every zone, instead of seperate ZFS filesystems? What are the (dis)advantages? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] ufsrestore to ZFS

2008-11-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:47:52 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: As I understand ufsrestore is independent of the FS it writes to. So, I wonder, is it possible to do a pipe from a UFS to a ZFS destination like

Re: [zfs-discuss] zones/zonerootA,B,C

2008-11-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:16:29 +1300 Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: SUN advices to create a seperate zfs filesystem for every zone. # zfs create -o canmount=noauto rpool/ROOT/s10BE/zones # zfs mount rpool/ROOT/s10BE/zones # zfs create -o canmount=noauto rpool

Re: [zfs-discuss] zones/zonerootA,B,C

2008-11-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:53:39 +1300 Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon 03/11/08 08:11 , dick hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:16:29 +1300 Ian Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] .com wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: SUN advices to create a seperate zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] zones/zonerootA,B,C

2008-11-03 Thread dick hoogendijk
Ian Collins wrote: On Mon 03/11/08 08:11 , dick hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Live Upgrade does -NOT- do this on my system. Did you follow the instructions at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/ggpdm?a=view I read the instructions again, but to no avail. never mind though

[zfs-discuss] does disksize matter for a zfs mirror

2008-11-04 Thread dick hoogendijk
250Mb. Is this a problem? If not I'll attach the disk asap. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u6 10/08 ++ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs

[zfs-discuss] Fwd: Re: FYI: s10u6 LU issues

2008-11-04 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris From: Dick Hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FYI: s10u6 LU issues quoting cindy (Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:01:07 -0800 (PST)): Besides the release notes, I'm collecting many issues here as well: http://www.solarisinternals.com/wiki/index.php

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Fit-PC Slim?

2008-11-06 Thread dick hoogendijk
Mattias Pantzare wrote: I even have a 256Mb debian in virtualbox on my server with 1Gb RAM. Just turn X11 off. (/usr/dt/bin/dtconfig -d) And how would that make VirtualBox run? Does it not need X? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u6 10/08

Re: [zfs-discuss] Still more questions WRT selecting a mobo for small ZFS RAID

2008-11-15 Thread dick hoogendijk
That is the question. I guess the answer is how valuable is your data? I disagree. The answer is: go for the 16G and make backups. The 16G system will work far more easy and I may be lucky but in the past years I did not have ZFS issues with my non-ECC ram ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D

Re: [zfs-discuss] Still more questions WRT selecting a mobo for small ZFS RAID

2008-11-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
The P45 based boards are a no-brainer Intel MoBo's are a no-go when you want ECC ram -and- want it a little cheap. So, what -is- a really good MB that supports ECC ram (min.8MB) and what processor is recommended? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mirror and RaidZ on only 3 disks

2008-11-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
controllers without any problems too. That's one of the real benefits of ZFS for me, although it's not something I've had to put into practice yet. One minor issue: zfs works best on whole disks. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101 ++ + All

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best practice for swap and root pool

2008-11-26 Thread dick hoogendijk
slice? ALL parts are created within the one rpool. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best practice for swap and root pool

2008-11-26 Thread dick hoogendijk
- 38909 298.04GB 1 unassignedwm 00 2 backupwu 0 - 38909 298.07GB -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best practice for swap and root pool

2008-11-26 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:37:21 + Darren J Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: I've never seen a ZFS system on seperate slices. Slices are things from the past ;-) Unfortunately not the case for ZFS pools that are to be booted from. This is because we can't boot

Re: [zfs-discuss] cpio silently not copying files 2GB -- seriously!?

2008-11-28 Thread dick hoogendijk
would be the correct pax syntax? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv103 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] [install-discuss] differences.. why?

2008-12-02 Thread dick hoogendijk
Lori Alt wrote: On 12/02/08 03:21, jan damborsky wrote: Hi Dick, I am redirecting your question to zfs-discuss mailing list, where people are more knowledgeable about this problem and your question could be better answered. Best regards, Jan dick hoogendijk wrote: I have s10u6

Re: [zfs-discuss] Changing casesensitivity for existing filesystems?

2008-12-10 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:13:21 PST Jay Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, that's why I'm planning to upgrade to OpenSolaris. And do you think it really is stable/secure enough for a production server replacing S10? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a basic new filesystem?

2008-12-21 Thread dick hoogendijk
, 8 and 9 as they are and you'll be fine. ZFS will use s0. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv104 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] How to create a basic new filesystem?

2008-12-21 Thread dick hoogendijk
up the whole disk. On some there is a s2 on some there isn't. Also, SUN itself mentions s0 in explaining zfs root as bootable. There is no mention of s2. As far as I'm concerned bootable ZFS is on s0; non-bootable drives have an EFI label ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http

Re: [zfs-discuss] Using zfs mirror as a simple backup mechanism for time-slider.

2008-12-28 Thread dick hoogendijk
on a multiuser running server system? Will this slowdown the services on the server much? Can the zfs receiving end be transformed into a normal file.bz2 or has it always have to be a zfs system as a result? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv104

[zfs-discuss] snapshot before patching..

2008-12-30 Thread dick hoogendijk
What kind of snapshot do I need to be on the safe side patching a S10u6 system? rpool? rpool/ROOT? rpool/ROOT/BE? And how/what do I do to reverse to the non-patched system in case something goes terribly wrong? ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE +http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u6 10

Re: [zfs-discuss] SDXC and the future of ZFS

2009-01-11 Thread dick hoogendijk
wants it in linux ;-) I for one would like this to happen. GPL sucks. At least, that's my opinion. GPL dominion sucks even bigger. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv104 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] replace same sized disk fails with too small error

2009-01-18 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:18:35 PST Antonius antoni...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe the other disk has an EFI label? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv105 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] JZ spammer

2009-01-22 Thread dick hoogendijk
fredrick phol wrote: seconded Guess I missed something about JZ because I created a sieve rule for him and never saw something from him again. Is he going to be blocked in some way? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE +http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u6 10/08 ZFS

Re: [zfs-discuss] destroy means destroy, right?

2009-01-29 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:16:37 -0500 Christine Tran christine.t...@gmail.com wrote: Everybody respects rm -f *. +1 -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv105 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS: unreliable for professional usage?

2009-02-10 Thread dick hoogendijk
gets you into trouble. Soi. Maybe zpool export/import does what you want? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv105 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS: unreliable for professional usage?

2009-02-10 Thread dick hoogendijk
. If you're not, then read the advice you've been given more carefully. Otherwise, you're just wasting peoples time and energy. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv107 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS: unreliable for professional usage?

2009-02-11 Thread dick hoogendijk
this. I -DID- experience a dead UFS formatted (usb) drive once when I unplugged it without unmounting it first. (Shit can happen).. the filesystem was beyond repair. I had to reformat the drive. Never complaiend though. It -was- my fault ;-) With ZFS I mirror all my drives. -- Dick Hoogendijk

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS: unreliable for professional usage?

2009-02-13 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
caches when requested. Can someone please name a specific piece of bad hardware? Or better still, name a few -GOOD- ones. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv107++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

[zfs-discuss] scrub on snv-b107

2009-02-17 Thread dick hoogendijk
scrub completed after 1h9m with 0 errors on Tue Feb 17 12:09:31 2009 This is about twice as slow as the same srub on a solaris 10 box with a mirrored zfs root pool. Has scrub become that much slower? And if so, why? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce

Re: [zfs-discuss] scrub on snv-b107

2009-02-17 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:41:13 -0500 Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have more data on the 107 pool than on the sol10 pool? 80G on the fast one and 85G on the slow one. Furthermore, on the fast one the total amount is 100G more than on the slow one. So, I don't get it ;-) -- Dick

[zfs-discuss] luactive question

2009-02-27 Thread dick hoogendijk
After a liveupgrade and luactivate I can login to the -new- BE. My question is: do I have to luactive the -old- BE again if I want to chose that one from the grub menu or can I just run it if I want to. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv107

Re: [zfs-discuss] luactive question

2009-02-27 Thread dick hoogendijk
(using init 6) prior to wanting to boot from them. Thanks. I already had the feeling it had to be this way, but now I can rest assured. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv107 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] [on-discuss] Reliability at power failure?

2009-04-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
- software was placed where it was supposed to. And after some 4 days without any CKSUM error, how can yanking the power cord mess boot-stuff? Maybe because on the fifth day some hardware failure occurred? ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada

Re: [zfs-discuss] [on-discuss] Reliability at power failure?

2009-04-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
not professional and even for home users it's not wise. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / opensolaris + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] [on-discuss] Reliability at power failure?

2009-04-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
and you don't get that on a single drive. A sound use of ZFS needs it. Otherwise the system is crippled before you start using it. The only place I run ZFS on singles drives is in a xVM ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / opensolaris + All that's really

Re: [zfs-discuss] [on-discuss] Reliability at power failure?

2009-04-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:56:54 -0400 David Magda dma...@ee.ryerson.ca wrote: On Apr 19, 2009, at 12:52, dick hoogendijk wrote: You need redundancy and you don't get that on a single drive. A sound use of ZFS needs it. Not quite the same, but... zfs set copies=2 myzfsfs ? Like you say

[zfs-discuss] zfs send/receive

2009-05-16 Thread dick hoogendijk
If I wanted to backup a server with non-global zones (all on zfs filesystems) with zfs send I guess I don't have to halt the zones first, because I create snapshots to send from. Is that right? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / opensolaris sharing

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zfs and b114 version

2009-05-18 Thread dick hoogendijk
Sean Sprague wrote: There appears to be a minor glitch in /etc/driver_aliases where a spurious line for qlc has appeared in /etc/driver_aliases, but I have it installed and running. What's a spurious line (I'm dutch) and how did you solve it? Delete the (qlc) line? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP

Re: [zfs-discuss] eon or nexentacore or opensolaris

2009-05-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sun, 24 May 2009 18:24:35 +0900 Bogdan M. Maryniuk bogdan.maryn...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone add StormOS to the distrowatch, please? If so, than you may add OSUNIX too. It seems like a nice new project, not BeneLix has joined the community -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http

[zfs-discuss] zfs send/rcv between nevada and solaris10

2009-06-07 Thread dick hoogendijk
v10 and Opensolaris is on v14. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2009.06 release + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

[zfs-discuss] ata - sata quustion

2009-06-10 Thread dick hoogendijk
? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2009.06 release + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http

Re: [zfs-discuss] ata - sata quustion

2009-06-10 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:52:37 +0200 casper@sun.com wrote: make sure you make the appropriate Solaris FDISK partition and don't use an EFI label (can't boot those). Thank you Casper (and James too). This EFI label is a nice reminder. Installing grub is second nature ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk

Re: [zfs-discuss] ata - sata quustion

2009-06-12 Thread dick hoogendijk
disks. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE +http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u7 05/09 ZFS+ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] compression at zfs filesystem creation

2009-06-15 Thread dick hoogendijk
, it uses more CPU (and probably memory). IF at all, it certainly should not be the DEFAULT. Compression is a choice, nothing more. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2009.06 release + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mobo SATA migration to AOC-SAT2-MV8 SATA card

2009-06-20 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:42:43 -0700 Jeff Bonwick jeff.bonw...@sun.com wrote: Yep, right again. That is, if the boot drives are not one of those.. ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2009.06 release + All that's really worth doing is what

Re: [zfs-discuss] how to destroy a pool by id?

2009-06-21 Thread dick hoogendijk
of requests saying: a) I just destroyed my pool with -really_dead - how can I get my data back??! b) I was able to recover my data from -really_dead - can we have -ultra-nuke please? Following your logic there shouldn't have existed a rm -f * option too. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-21 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:35:50 PDT Simon Breden no-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: If anyone can throw some light on these topics, I would be pleased to hear from you. Thanks a lot. I follow this thread with much interest. Curious to see what'll come out of it. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 8 SATA drives ?

2009-06-21 Thread dick hoogendijk
Simon Breden no-re...@opensolaris.org wrote: If anyone can throw some light on these topics, I would be pleased to hear from you. Thanks a lot. I follow this thread with much interest. Curious to see what'll come out of it. Does the change occur again? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key

Re: [zfs-discuss] Turn off the time slider on some zpools

2009-06-22 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:38:18 -0500 Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com wrote: How to turn off the timeslider snapshots on certain file systems? http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSolarisInfo/How+to+Manage+the+Automatic+ZFS+Snapshot+Service -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http

Re: [zfs-discuss] recovering fs's

2009-06-22 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:42:23 +0100 Matt Harrison iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com wrote: She's now desperate to get it back as she's realised there some important work stuff hidden away in there. Without snapshots you're lost. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl

Re: [zfs-discuss] Increase size of ZFS mirror

2009-06-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
just did the same last week ;-) -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2009.06 release + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why is Solaris 10 ZFS performance so terrible?

2009-07-04 Thread dick hoogendijk
on Solaris 10 bugs today. Blunt. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2009.06 release + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Another user looses his pool (10TB) in this case and 40 days work

2009-07-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
with unknown support for any of the above products? Running this kind of setup absolutely can give you NO garanties at all. Virtualisation, OSOL/zfs on WinXP. It's nice to play with and see it working but would I TRUST precious data to it? No way! -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D

Re: [zfs-discuss] Another user looses his pool (10TB) in this case and 40 days work

2009-07-19 Thread dick hoogendijk
work quite reliably on that hardware. (i.e. non ECC memory should work fine!) / mirroring is a -must- ! -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Root Pool Recovery (from the FAQ)

2009-07-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
...@0906 arwen# /net/192.168.11.22/store/snaps/rpool.0906 zsh: permission denied: /net/192.168.11.22/store/snaps/rpool.0906 arwen# -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Root Pool Recovery (from the FAQ)

2009-07-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:55:02 +0200 dick hoogendijk d...@nagual.nl wrote: [share to local system] westmark# zfs set sharenfs=on store/snaps I left out the options and changed the /store/snaps directory permissions to 777. Now the snapshot can be send from the host but it gets u:g permssions

Re: [zfs-discuss] The importance of ECC RAM for ZFS

2009-07-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
in Holland and it is not easy to find motherboards that (a) truly support ECC ram and (b) are (Open)Solaris compatible. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] The importance of ECC RAM for ZFS

2009-07-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
was: [quote] My question is: is there any technical reason, in ZFS's design, that makes it particularly important for ZFS to require ECC RAM? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth doing is what we do

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Root Pool Recovery (from the FAQ)

2009-07-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
I appreciate your help. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Root Pool Recovery (from the FAQ)

2009-07-24 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:36:52 +0200 dick hoogendijk d...@nagual.nl wrote: Thank you for your support 'till now. One final question:.. Alas, it's not a final qustion. It still does not work. I have no idea what else I could have forgotten. This is what I have on arwen (local) and westmark (remote

[zfs-discuss] sharenfs question

2009-07-25 Thread dick hoogendijk
misread the manual of share_nfs? What can be wrong is the line zfs set sharenfs='rw=arwen,root=arwen' store/snaps -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | nevada / OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Root Pool Recovery (from the FAQ)

2009-07-26 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:14:03 -0400 Oscar del Rio del...@mie.utoronto.ca wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: r...@westmark:/# share -...@store/snaps /store/snaps sec=sys,rw=arwen,root=arwen arwen# zfs send -Rv rp...@0906 arwen# /net/westmark/store/snaps/rpool.0906 zsh

Re: [zfs-discuss] sharenfs question

2009-07-27 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:26:06 -0600 Mark Shellenbaum mark.shellenb...@sun.com wrote: I would suggest you open a bug on this. http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/ Done. Bugzilla – Bug 10294 Submitted -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u7 05/09

[zfs-discuss] USF drive on S10u7

2009-07-28 Thread dick hoogendijk
What is the best way to attach an USB harddisk to Solaris 10u7? I know some program is running to auto detect such a device (have forgotten the name, because I do almost all work on OSOL (hal). do I use that program or disable it an manualy attach the drive to the system? -- Dick Hoogendijk

Re: [zfs-discuss] USF drive on S10u7

2009-07-28 Thread dick hoogendijk
volfs. I then did a rmformat to learn the device name, followed by a zpool create archive /dev/rdsk/devicename All running nicely. Thanks for the advice. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u7 05/09 | OpenSolaris 2010.02 B118 + All that's really worth

Re: [zfs-discuss] feature proposal

2009-07-31 Thread dick hoogendijk
you explain to me why the above would be better (nice to have) then zfs create whate...@now? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u7 5/09 | OpenSolaris 2009.06 rel + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

Re: [zfs-discuss] feature proposal

2009-07-31 Thread dick hoogendijk
a zfs snapshot rpool/export/home/dick, but what is the exact syntax for the same snapshot using this other method? -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS 10u7 5/09 | OpenSolaris 2009.06 rel + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol

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