[OpenIndiana-discuss] X apps in lx zone?
Is it possible to run X applications from within an lx zone? If so, would it work for the global zone to run the X server and the lx zone to provide plasma/KDE? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] First cluster after 20 years
I'm putting together a home lab / cluster for computational chemistry as a private individual. I'm thinking OpenIndiana on the head node (for a desktop) and OmniOS on the compute nodes. Are there any downsides to this that I should be mindful of? Thanks! ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Will mixing 4K drives and non 4K drives in a storage pool work properly?
http://wiki.illumos.org/display/illumos/ZFS+and+Advanced+Format+disks I had the same problem I could never get the sd.conf stuff to work out right for recognizing my 1.5tb seagates as 4k drives so what I did is backed up my entire pool. Destroyed my pool and remade the pool with my new 2gb drive in the pool thus setting the sector size for the pool to 4k . Moved all the data back. My old Seagate 1.5 gb drives preform fine at 4k I have noticed no performance issues. -Original Message- From: Robin Axelsson [mailto:gu99r...@student.chalmers.se] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 3:53 PM To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Will mixing 4K drives and non 4K drives in a storage pool work properly? I have a system with a bunch of 1.5TB drives running oi_151a5. One of the drives is failing and needs replacement. The problem is that new 1.5TB drives are no longer available on the market. Now, all drives are non-4K sector drives. The largest non-4K drives available are the 1TB drives which obviously are too small. So the only viable option for me is to go with 2TB drives which are 4K drives. Will such a replacement drive work together with the other non-4K drives without hiccups and performance issues? ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] forum creation
I would like to know will this project eventually get a discussion forum vs using mailing list. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] is this project still active
I am trying to decide if I should go with Omnios or OpenIndiana for my storage needs. So I would like to ask is this project still under active development? I do not see much activity on the website or any other medium such a twitter. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs oi server - linux clients
I've used linux (centos) nfs4 to OI servers for a few years with better results than nfs3. You do need to set the linux clients up carefully. These are my notes: NFS 4 setup Linux /etc/idmapd.conf [General] Verbosity = 0 Pipefs-Directory = /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs Domain = mydomain.local [Mapping] Nobody-User = nobody Nobody-Group = nobody [Translation] Method = nsswitch == OpenIndiana svcadm enable nfs/status svcadm enable nfs/server svcadm enable nfs/nlockmgr svcadm enable nfs/mapid sharectl set -p nfsmapid_domain=mydomain.local nfs Then set the appropriate nfs permissions on the zfs file system. (I'll need to find the details on this bit if you need it) Mark. On 17/09/2014 1:39 a.m., Gregory Youngblood wrote: I don't know if things have changed but a couple of years ago I had to force Linux to v3 or things would hang or otherwise not work reliably. Sadly I don't recall the details only the lesson to force v3 on Linux clients. Something about the Linux v4 implementation at the time only worked Linux to Linux but not Linux client to Solaris server. Hopefully I am out of date and that's been fixed by now. Greg -- Original message--From: Hugh McIntyreDate: Tue, Sep 16, 2014 1:29 AMTo: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org;Subject:Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs oi server - linux clientsYou don't even need NIS or LDAP. Plain /etc/passwd works fine, either by making sure the necessary user/uid mappings and passwd files are the same on all systems (if using NFS v2/v3) or not even bothering with the uid's matching if using NFSv4.(Non-matching uid's is kind of the point of the NFSv4 idmap complexity).Hugh.On 09/16/2014 12:11 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:> I used NIS when I was doing this, while I was beta testing Solaris 9 and> had a Linux client to work with, and that managed to work pretty well,> given I didn't have any connectivity issues between the hosts.>> I know that solution is kinda deprecated, but it's pretty complicated to> set up LDAP comparatively.>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the> first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied , chains us all> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG> episode "The Drumhead"> - Alex Smith> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Hugh McIntyre > wrote:>>>>> Hi Harry,>>>> It's possible you have somehow mounted the filesystem locally with noexec>> (unlikely, but you can check with "mount | grep /projects/dv" and make sure>> noexec is not in the options).>>>> But at a guess, it's more likely you may have the wrong username mapping>> since NFSv4 may need configuration for this.>>>> The easiest way to check the user mapping is:>>>> 1. Create a directory on the server with permissions 777 (wide open)>> 2. On the client, "touch somefile">> 3. Then check on both the server and client which user/group the file is>> created as. Do not proceed until the usernames match.>>> If you have a user/group mismatch, then the fix depends on which version>> of NFS you are running. In "traditional" NFS (v3 or v2), the client just>> sends the numeric uid/gid over the wire, and the assumption is that the>> server has the same passwd/group file mapping. In your case though you>> seem to be using nfs4, which works differently.>>>> In NFS v4 (the new default) the configuration is more complex. NFSv4 uses>> names instead of numbers (so you don't need the same UID on all boxes), but>> the complexity is that there's a "nfsmapid" service on Solaris that>> translates from NFS username to local uid/names. This relies on a>> nfsmapid_domain and if this is misconfigured, you get access problems.>> Similarly, rpc.idmapd.conf on Linux.>>>> For the Solaris/Illumos end, Oracle has some info at>> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1462/nfsmapid-1m.html but>> the summary for the Solaris end is:>>>> 1. You can specify the NFSMAPID_DOMAIN parameter in nfs(4) or using>> sharectl.>> 2. Or specify the _nfsv4idmapdomain DNS resource record. This is what I>> do since I have a local DNS server and then it works for all hosts.>> 3. Or if neither of these, Solaris will attempt to auto-determine the>> domain based on the domainname command, which may or may not giv
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target
I've added a switch, but that made things worse. I now see frequent link loss under any load similar to issues discussed here about a year ago. I'm going to flag fibre targets as a dead end, and explore smb or maybe iscsi on 10G ethernet instead. Thanks for the input. Mark. On 6/09/2014 5:55 a.m., Liam Slusser wrote: Mark - No I didn't change any of the HBA bios or QLT parameters. Are you going into a fibre channel switch? thanks, liam On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Mark wrote: Thanks Liam, no ssd's. Did you change any hba bios or qlt parameters ? Unfortuntely the only Emulex adapter I have is unsupported - an LPe1150. I tried a different "brand" of 4G QLogic adapter. After adding an alias for it to even be seen, the performance was the same. Around 200Mb/sec read and under 30 for write. I do have access to an 8Gb one I could try next. The luns will eventually be for Commvault storage, with a 64k block size. Trying different zfs block sizes hasn't made a significant difference to the Windows throughput. Mark. On 4/09/2014 9:31 p.m., Liam Slusser wrote: I have a few ZFS servers (OI and OmniOS) that are fibre Channel targets. I use the qLogic 2562 8g dualport FC HBA card in all of them with great success. One of my systems is similar to yours, with 2 x (12 x 4T SAS) attached via a LSI 9207-8e SAS HBA. I am able to saturate both 8gb fibre channel connections with a single host. My target is a Sun/Oracle T4 system running Oracle Solaris 10 also with a qLogic 2562. I generally use a small block size (8k) since I only use these servers for an Oracle RDBMS 12c database. I use the Oracle ASM filesystem on the target side. I've never tried to mount to a Windows server before with my setup. You didn't mention if you had a SSD for ZIL, but you might want to try disabling the ZIL and seeing if that helps your performance. You can also monitor what the ZIL is doing with a great little program written by Richard Elling. http://www.richardelling.com/Home/scripts-and-programs-1/zilstat With this you can monitor the ZIL writes - it should help to figure out if that is your problem or not. Good luck! thanks, liam On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Mark wrote: Does anyone have experience with Comstar as a Fibre Channel Target ? I build one some years ago, which ran really well, but my latest effort is disappointing. Throughput is abysmal, only reaching about 20 Mbytes/sec depending on block size. Zpool is raidz with 30 x 4Tb SAS disk attached to a 6G SAS IT controller. Local disk throughput reaches over 400 Mbytes/sec. The Initiator is Windows 2012 with Qlogic 8G adapter, and Qlogic 4G at the OI end, with straight cable. It works, no errors I can find, but performance just sucks. In desperation, I'm about to try swapping the Qlogic for an Emulex HBA. Can anyone offer suggestions on identifying possible causes ? Mark. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target
No switch, just a direct cable at present, so point to point. On 6/09/2014 5:55 a.m., Liam Slusser wrote: Mark - No I didn't change any of the HBA bios or QLT parameters. Are you going into a fibre channel switch? thanks, liam On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Mark wrote: Thanks Liam, no ssd's. Did you change any hba bios or qlt parameters ? Unfortuntely the only Emulex adapter I have is unsupported - an LPe1150. I tried a different "brand" of 4G QLogic adapter. After adding an alias for it to even be seen, the performance was the same. Around 200Mb/sec read and under 30 for write. I do have access to an 8Gb one I could try next. The luns will eventually be for Commvault storage, with a 64k block size. Trying different zfs block sizes hasn't made a significant difference to the Windows throughput. Mark. On 4/09/2014 9:31 p.m., Liam Slusser wrote: I have a few ZFS servers (OI and OmniOS) that are fibre Channel targets. I use the qLogic 2562 8g dualport FC HBA card in all of them with great success. One of my systems is similar to yours, with 2 x (12 x 4T SAS) attached via a LSI 9207-8e SAS HBA. I am able to saturate both 8gb fibre channel connections with a single host. My target is a Sun/Oracle T4 system running Oracle Solaris 10 also with a qLogic 2562. I generally use a small block size (8k) since I only use these servers for an Oracle RDBMS 12c database. I use the Oracle ASM filesystem on the target side. I've never tried to mount to a Windows server before with my setup. You didn't mention if you had a SSD for ZIL, but you might want to try disabling the ZIL and seeing if that helps your performance. You can also monitor what the ZIL is doing with a great little program written by Richard Elling. http://www.richardelling.com/Home/scripts-and-programs-1/zilstat With this you can monitor the ZIL writes - it should help to figure out if that is your problem or not. Good luck! thanks, liam On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Mark wrote: Does anyone have experience with Comstar as a Fibre Channel Target ? I build one some years ago, which ran really well, but my latest effort is disappointing. Throughput is abysmal, only reaching about 20 Mbytes/sec depending on block size. Zpool is raidz with 30 x 4Tb SAS disk attached to a 6G SAS IT controller. Local disk throughput reaches over 400 Mbytes/sec. The Initiator is Windows 2012 with Qlogic 8G adapter, and Qlogic 4G at the OI end, with straight cable. It works, no errors I can find, but performance just sucks. In desperation, I'm about to try swapping the Qlogic for an Emulex HBA. Can anyone offer suggestions on identifying possible causes ? Mark. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target
Thanks Liam, no ssd's. Did you change any hba bios or qlt parameters ? Unfortuntely the only Emulex adapter I have is unsupported - an LPe1150. I tried a different "brand" of 4G QLogic adapter. After adding an alias for it to even be seen, the performance was the same. Around 200Mb/sec read and under 30 for write. I do have access to an 8Gb one I could try next. The luns will eventually be for Commvault storage, with a 64k block size. Trying different zfs block sizes hasn't made a significant difference to the Windows throughput. Mark. On 4/09/2014 9:31 p.m., Liam Slusser wrote: I have a few ZFS servers (OI and OmniOS) that are fibre Channel targets. I use the qLogic 2562 8g dualport FC HBA card in all of them with great success. One of my systems is similar to yours, with 2 x (12 x 4T SAS) attached via a LSI 9207-8e SAS HBA. I am able to saturate both 8gb fibre channel connections with a single host. My target is a Sun/Oracle T4 system running Oracle Solaris 10 also with a qLogic 2562. I generally use a small block size (8k) since I only use these servers for an Oracle RDBMS 12c database. I use the Oracle ASM filesystem on the target side. I've never tried to mount to a Windows server before with my setup. You didn't mention if you had a SSD for ZIL, but you might want to try disabling the ZIL and seeing if that helps your performance. You can also monitor what the ZIL is doing with a great little program written by Richard Elling. http://www.richardelling.com/Home/scripts-and-programs-1/zilstat With this you can monitor the ZIL writes - it should help to figure out if that is your problem or not. Good luck! thanks, liam On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Mark wrote: Does anyone have experience with Comstar as a Fibre Channel Target ? I build one some years ago, which ran really well, but my latest effort is disappointing. Throughput is abysmal, only reaching about 20 Mbytes/sec depending on block size. Zpool is raidz with 30 x 4Tb SAS disk attached to a 6G SAS IT controller. Local disk throughput reaches over 400 Mbytes/sec. The Initiator is Windows 2012 with Qlogic 8G adapter, and Qlogic 4G at the OI end, with straight cable. It works, no errors I can find, but performance just sucks. In desperation, I'm about to try swapping the Qlogic for an Emulex HBA. Can anyone offer suggestions on identifying possible causes ? Mark. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Comstar Fibre Channel Target
Does anyone have experience with Comstar as a Fibre Channel Target ? I build one some years ago, which ran really well, but my latest effort is disappointing. Throughput is abysmal, only reaching about 20 Mbytes/sec depending on block size. Zpool is raidz with 30 x 4Tb SAS disk attached to a 6G SAS IT controller. Local disk throughput reaches over 400 Mbytes/sec. The Initiator is Windows 2012 with Qlogic 8G adapter, and Qlogic 4G at the OI end, with straight cable. It works, no errors I can find, but performance just sucks. In desperation, I'm about to try swapping the Qlogic for an Emulex HBA. Can anyone offer suggestions on identifying possible causes ? Mark. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO
On 23/07/2014 5:38 a.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Mark writes: On 21/07/2014 7:11 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: Hardware: HP xw8600 2x Xeon (5470) 3.3 Ghz - 32 GB ram (goal was to get past whatever prevents oi iso from working when hdw is in default settings.) I've already posted a lament about not being able to boot this hardware from install ISO and instead being dropped into a maintenance mode where key commands such as `format' are not available. I didn't know enough to try to `fix' whatever was the problem from the maintenance mode. I resorted to diddling around with the HP xw8600 bios. I discovered that changing the sata emulation mode at (on the bios initial screen) Storage > Device configuration << NOT HERE >> storage options << under this heading>> [...] Sata emulation [...] That option offers three ways to setup the sata controller It is defaulted to `RAID+AHCI'. But on that setting or trusty ISO will not boot into a usable situation. Dropping instead into a lame maintenance mode. So, turning that option off by selecting either of the other two (below) [...] [Note: copy past from HP xw8600 manual -ed HP] , | SATA Emulation—Sets the SATA emulation mode with the following options: | |RAID + AHCI–both the RAID and AHCI OPROMs execute. This emulation |mode is the default and offers the best performance and most |functionality. | |Separate IDE Controller–offers standard SATA supports (four ports |only). | |Combined IDE Controller–makes the SATA controller look like an IDE |controller and offers best IDE compatibility (two ports only). ` [...] I have some misgivings about either of the other two but discovered that the installation ISO will boot normally under either. I've currently set it to `Separate IDE Controller' but could use some advice as to what is best to do here. You have done what most of us do, tried the available options in the appropriate area. I'll continue the install assuming, that bios setting can be changed if necessary without having to install all over again. Hopefully someone experienced with this server (HP xw8600) will be able to advise me about this item. This issue is seen if the dvd drive isn't working after the kernel is running. I have seen it many times. The boot loader gets the kernel and base drivers and part of the OS into memory, and that usually works. Then it needs the kernel and drivers to recognize the sata controller and drive to mount and access the rest of the system files, which is where it failed. The 'cure" is to try all bios settings affecting the dvd drive, which is what you have successfully done. I have in the past resorted to IDE drives, or booting from USB drives, which can be even more problematic to try to resolve the problem. So well done, you have made it a few rungs up the experience ladder. Hah... and so I have. But is there any reason to prefer one of the settings that work over the other. Either: Separate IDE Controller–offers standard SATA supports (four ports only). (The one I used) Or: Combined IDE Controller–makes the SATA controller look like an IDE controller and offers best IDE compatibility (two ports only). For example: Does the second one above leave more usable sata ports? I'd usually pick "native" sata over emulated, and use ide emulation only when required as a work-around if "native" has issues, not that the help explanation here makes it that clear In my experience, the "native" sata performance is usually better. So you have made the choice I would have. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] booting HP xw8600 from ISO
On 21/07/2014 7:11 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: Hardware: HP xw8600 2x Xeon (5470) 3.3 Ghz - 32 GB ram (goal was to get past whatever prevents oi iso from working when hdw is in default settings.) I've already posted a lament about not being able to boot this hardware from install ISO and instead being dropped into a maintenance mode where key commands such as `format' are not available. I didn't know enough to try to `fix' whatever was the problem from the maintenance mode. I resorted to diddling around with the HP xw8600 bios. I discovered that changing the sata emulation mode at (on the bios initial screen) Storage > Device configuration << NOT HERE >> storage options << under this heading>> [...] Sata emulation [...] That option offers three ways to setup the sata controller It is defaulted to `RAID+AHCI'. But on that setting or trusty ISO will not boot into a usable situation. Dropping instead into a lame maintenance mode. So, turning that option off by selecting either of the other two (below) [...] [Note: copy past from HP xw8600 manual -ed HP] , | SATA Emulation—Sets the SATA emulation mode with the following options: | |RAID + AHCI–both the RAID and AHCI OPROMs execute. This emulation |mode is the default and offers the best performance and most |functionality. | |Separate IDE Controller–offers standard SATA supports (four ports |only). | |Combined IDE Controller–makes the SATA controller look like an IDE |controller and offers best IDE compatibility (two ports only). ` [...] I have some misgivings about either of the other two but discovered that the installation ISO will boot normally under either. I've currently set it to `Separate IDE Controller' but could use some advice as to what is best to do here. You have done what most of us do, tried the available options in the appropriate area. I'll continue the install assuming, that bios setting can be changed if necessary without having to install all over again. Hopefully someone experienced with this server (HP xw8600) will be able to advise me about this item. This issue is seen if the dvd drive isn't working after the kernel is running. I have seen it many times. The boot loader gets the kernel and base drivers and part of the OS into memory, and that usually works. Then it needs the kernel and drivers to recognize the sata controller and drive to mount and access the rest of the system files, which is where it failed. The 'cure" is to try all bios settings affecting the dvd drive, which is what you have successfully done. I have in the past resorted to IDE drives, or booting from USB drives, which can be even more problematic to try to resolve the problem. So well done, you have made it a few rungs up the experience ladder. Mark. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] No boot from iso on HP xw8600
It could be that once booted, it didn't find the dvd drive again. On 20/07/2014 5:35 p.m., Harry Putnam wrote: Setup: Server and Desktop ISO, attempting to boot an HP xw8600 A 2x Xeon (5470) with 32 GB ram and 2 1tb hdd. I've attempted booting an HP xw8600 from both server and desktop (freshly downloaded and burned) isos. In either case I come to one of those offers to drop me into maintenance mode and requests uid and passwd, or press Control + d. Pressing the `Control + d' option results in this message: Requesting System maintenance mode (see /lib/svc/share/README for more information) Console login service[s] cannot run And back comes the offer to enter a uid and passwd or press Control + d for maintenance mode. Using the stock uid - passwd, root - openindiana, gets me into maintenance mode with these messages: July 20 00:46:40 su, `su root' succeeded for root on /dev/console -bash /usr/sbin/quota - no such file or directory openindiana (powered by illumos) SunOS 5.11 oi 151_a8 July 2013 -bash /bin/mail - no such file or directory -bash /usr/bin/hostname - no such file or directory root # If I run `ls -al' I see a listing of /root (.bashrc and .profile) followed by /usr/bin/hostname - no such file or directory... Other basic commands seem to work, such as pwd etc. But trying something like `format' fails miserably with: -bash - format command not found. -bash - /usr/bin/hostname - no such file or directory. Where is the `format' command usually hiding. /bin/, /usr/bin, /sbin, /usr/sbin, all seem to be present and accounted for... but no `format'. `format' is present at /usr/sbin/format on an oi vm I have running, but apparently is not included on this `Live CD' ISO. Is there something I can do here to help the boot. Or, is it likely to be something else causing the trouble? PS - both ISO's work fine when tried on another host and installing into a vm. So at least any thoughts of corruption or the like should be laid to rest. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] power off not working.
Wanted to update this thread because I find this mailing list is a great reference. I did a lot of research kept coming back to About adding psradm to /usr/lib/hal/sunos/hal-system-power-shutdown-sunos Reference to: http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2012-April/007732.html I could not get this work reliably at all in fact honestly I question whether its ever even called from that file. What I did to resolve this was add the line to /etc/rc5 as shown below [ -f /etc/.dynamic_routing ] && /usr/bin/rm -f /etc/.dynamic_routing pfexec /usr/sbin/psradm -f 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 trap "" 15 But instead of using the -f -a A = all processors I chose to just shutdown processors 1-7 and leave 0 so if you wanted to try this just adjust it to the amount of processors you have. pfexec /usr/sbin/psradm -f 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I have shut my system down at least 30 times in the past 3 days and haven't had any hangs at syncing file systems . done Now the keyboard lights blink and the system powers off right after displaying syncing file systems . done Hope this helps someone in the future. -Original Message- From: Mark Walmsley [mailto:mark.walms...@rocketmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:13 PM To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] power off not working. Hi, For some reason I can't power off my PC running openindiana build 151a9 Shutdown -i5 -g0 -y Just sits at Syncing file systems . done Same with init 5 or poweroff Init 0 press any key to reboot works. Pressing the power button also leaves me syncing file systems . done Shutdown -i6 -g0 -y does successfully reboot. I've never had a problem with solaris hanging after syncing file systems is done and not really sure how to troubleshoot any help would be appreciated. System information. Gigabyte: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) IntelR X58 + ICH10R Chipset Intel i7 i930 12 gb ram Amd 5770 video card Western digital 750gb sata drive Bios latest. In fact have tried third party modified bios with Intel AHCI ROM 1.20E still no luck Thanks. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] power off not working.
Hi, For some reason I can't power off my PC running openindiana build 151a9 Shutdown -i5 -g0 -y Just sits at Syncing file systems . done Same with init 5 or poweroff Init 0 press any key to reboot works. Pressing the power button also leaves me syncing file systems . done Shutdown -i6 -g0 -y does successfully reboot. I've never had a problem with solaris hanging after syncing file systems is done and not really sure how to troubleshoot any help would be appreciated. System information. Gigabyte: GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) IntelR X58 + ICH10R Chipset Intel i7 i930 12 gb ram Amd 5770 video card Western digital 750gb sata drive Bios latest. In fact have tried third party modified bios with Intel AHCI ROM 1.20E still no luck Thanks. ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] grub is gone
Hi If windows 7 is using the old fashioned boot loader just dd off the first 512 bytes of a *nix disk, place the file in the root of the windows partition and put an entry pointing to it in the boot.ini file, then you can use the windows boot loader to boot into a different os. I know this is not much use to you but I find it a useful backup for when you have to reinstall windows on a multi boot machine. Cheers Mark *** This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its content. *** *** This email has been checked for known viruses. *** ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [zfs] problem on my zpool
One suggestion for the future for better reliability. Avoid using WDC WD20EARS, they aren't great, and hopeless on SAS controllers. Avoid mixing disk brands or models in a zpool. The different behaviour can trigger issues. On 23/10/2013 7:46 p.m., Clement BRIZARD wrote: I cleared the "degraded" disk. we will see what happens in 131hours pool: nas state: ONLINE status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will continue to function, possibly in a degraded state. action: Wait for the resilver to complete. scan: resilver in progress since Wed Oct 23 08:25:56 2013 2.23G scanned out of 22.2T at 48.6M/s, 133h22m to go 6.10M resilvered, 0.01% done config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM CAPProduct nas ONLINE 0 0 0 raidz1-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50024E9004993E6Ed0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI c8t50024E92062E7524d0ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI c8t50024E900495BE84d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI c8t50014EE25A5EEC23d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB WDC WD20EARS-00M c8t50024E9003F03980d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI c8t50014EE2B0D3EFC8d0ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB WDC WD20EARX-00P c8t50014EE6561DDB4Cd0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB WDC WD20EARS-00M c8t50024E9003F03A09d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI raidz1-1 ONLINE 0 0 0 c50t8d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) 2 TB ST2000DL004 HD20 c2d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) 2 TB c1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) 2 TB c50t11d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI c50t10d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) 2 TB SAMSUNG HD204UI Le 23/10/2013 08:43, Clement BRIZARD a écrit : I woke up this morning and so you're messages, unfortunately I had to reboot, the server completely froze. Now I have that : pool: nas state: DEGRADED status: One or more devices is currently being resilvered. The pool will continue to function, possibly in a degraded state. action: Wait for the resilver to complete. scan: resilver in progress since Wed Oct 23 08:19:42 2013 5.81G scanned out of 22.2T at 49.2M/s, 131h43m to go 15.6M resilvered, 0.03% done config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM nas DEGRADED 0 0 0 raidz1-0 DEGRADED 0 0 0 c8t50024E9004993E6Ed0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50024E92062E7524d0ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50024E900495BE84d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50014EE25A5EEC23d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50024E9003F03980d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50014EE2B0D3EFC8d0ONLINE 0 0 0 c8t50014EE6561DDB4Cd0p0 DEGRADED 0 0 0 too many errors c8t50024E9003F03A09d0p0 ONLINE 0 0 0 raidz1-1 ONLINE 0 0 0 c50t8d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) c2d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) c1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) c50t11d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c50t10d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 (resilvering) Le 23/10/2013 08:00, Jason Matthews a écrit : first, dont reboot. if you do you might not be able remount the pool. the data you see is from the disks that are functioning. listing the files and copying complete files are two different things. if you dont have a backup you may need to copy whatever partial data you can from the broken pool. now let's start by getting the disks back in good shape. clear the degraded disk zpool clear c8t50014EE6561DDB4Cd0p0 reseat the missing disks in the hopes they come back then clear them check cfgadm -al and make sure they are connected and configured when you reseat them check the messages (or dmesg) to see if the system notices the re-insertion. if it does see the disk installed clear the disks in the pool in effort to bring the pool back to an operational state. Sent from Jasons' hand held On Oct 22, 2013, at 5:04 PM, Clement BRIZARD wrote: Hello everybody, I have a problem with my pool, I had some slowdowns lately on my nfs share of my zfs pool. A weekly scrub began and is still running but it worries me, it currently returne that pool: nas state: UNAVAI
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Good enterprise hardware
For whatever it's worth, I've been buying SM servers for the last couple years. I had a motherboard failure and they had a replacement to me next morning. I didn't have to ship anything except the defective board once I replaced it. Mark On Saturday, October 19, 2013, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Sat, 19 Oct 2013, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) wrote: > > I'm planning to build a ZFS storage server in the datacenter. Mission >> critical storage for virtualization, requiring hardware support, 24/7, 4hr, >> sameday onsite. >> >> I thought I was going with silicon mechanics, and just learned, that >> their 24/7 4hr sameday service is pointless - because they don't get parts >> to you. You have to buy spare parts including memory and whatever else, >> but if something like a motherboard or CPU dies, you still have to ship it >> back to the depot. >> >> My next thought is, obviously I can get some good hardware with good >> support from oracle. But I'd like to know what other alternatives there >> are. >> >> Recommendations? >> > > Using a whole hot-standby system (or at least a well-tested and burned in > standby system) may be best. If you purchase from the right vendor you can > likely get a reasonable price since the big-brand vendor likely charges 2X > or 3X the amount for the same thing. > > Spare parts is likely second best, although they may charge more for the > spare parts than a whole system. The problem with spare parts is that they > may not work and the warranty expires while the parts are in your care. > > A support contract from Oracle may be reasonable but sometimes system > hardware does not fail cleanly and they may waste considerable time trying > to remotely diagnose the problem while your system is misbehaving. > > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/** > users/bfriesen/ <http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/> > GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > __**_ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/openindiana-**discuss<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Gradually expanding zpool size
I'm considering putting together a storage server running OI and I'm wondering about whether I should have to fill all the slots from the start if I don't need that much storage yet. For example, if I have 8 1TB drives and 4 empty slots to start with, and I configure the zpool as RAIDZ2, and then later if I need the other 4 drives, can I add them to the same zpool without having to rebuild from scratch? Thanks -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Status of compilers in use for OI
On 13/07/2013 9:13 a.m., Jim Klimov wrote: On 2013-07-12 21:52, Bryan N Iotti wrote: Thank you all for helping make this clearer. So, in order to compile something using the same tools that are used to build /stable, I would use pkg:/developer/sunstudio12u1 while for hipster I'd use GCC 4.6.3? Unfortunately, no. There was a specific post-release patched version of Sun Studio which is not redistributable, so basically only those who have downloaded it sometime back in 2010 can still use it. It is not available from Oracle website (unlike the base SS12 or SS12u1 which are not it), as well as the OI-bundled package is not it. The package in the OI does provide some other tools needed for the build, but not the specific known-to-work-unlike-others version of the compiler. Would this be a file called sunstudio12-patched-ii-2009Sep-sol-x86.tar.bz2 ? //Jim ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Error in send/receive in moving a zone
Hi, I'm attempting to move a zone to another server using the same steps I came up with the other day, which has been working until now: 1. Halt the source zone 2. Snapshot the source zone: zfs snapshot -r datastore/zones/db163@migrate 3. zfs send -R datastore/zones/db163@migrate | ssh dest-server zfs receive -d datastore The send/receive begins. One the destination server, I can see datastore/zones/db163 and datastore/zones/db163/ROOT created. A few moments later, I get the following error on the source server: cannot receive: local origin for clone datastore/zones/db163/ROOT/zbe-3@zfs-auto-snap_monthly-2012-01-10-14h35does not exist I guess it's saying there is a dependency on that old snapshot that must not exist anymore, so it can't build the zone properly on the destination server. How do I resolve this? Am I missing a switch in my command somewhere? Thanks! -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cannot move a zone to another server successfully
/etc/hostname.adaptername looked fine. I went ahead and ran sys-unconfig, and whatever it needed, that took care of the issue. Thank you so much for taking the time to offer help. Best regards mc On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com < dormitionsk...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Oh yeah. If you are using "ip-type: exclusive", does "# dladm show-vnic" > show your vnic for the zone you are moving? > > > > On May 20, 2013, at 2:31 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > Oops. Typo. > > > > /etc.hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME > > > > should be > > > > /etc/hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME > > > > > > > > On May 20, 2013, at 2:27 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > >> Well, the socially *un*acceptable way is to do a "sys-unconfig". This > will preserve your zone itself, but wipe out all the network configuration. > (Including your /etc/hosts file, so if you need that, be sure to back it > up to a different name). When you reboot the zone, it will make you go > through the whole configuration process just like it was a new zone. > >> > >> Before you try that, though, I suggest editing your > /etc.hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME file. Put in it the ip address you want > it to have, followed by "netmask" followed by your netmask. Like: > >> > >> 192.168.2.52 netmask 255.255.255.0 > >> > >> It wouldn't hurt to look at your other networking files -- I'm sorry I > can't tell you what they are offhand, but if you open "gnome-search-tool" > in your global zone, you could use it to search for part of your ip address > range (like 192.168) in your non-global zone, and that should find them all. > >> > >> Sorry, but I'm not much of a networker. > >> > >> In any case, changing your /etc/hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME file, and > making sure the info in your /etc/hosts file are correct, and probably your > /etc/nodename file -- then rebooting, should probably get you up and > running. > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> > >> On May 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > >> > >>> Well, sort of. It definitely got me thinking in a different direction, > I > >>> found my mistake(s) and now I am able to finally attach and boot the > zone. > >>> So thank you very much for that pointer > >>> > >>> The last thing (I think) I still am having trouble with is networking > in > >>> the zone. I had created a vnic on the new server, and made sure it was > >>> named correctly in the zone config. I can ping the IP of the zone > itself, > >>> but nothing else. Not the gateway, not other machines in the same > subnet. > >>> The /etc/defaultrouter is correct, as is /etc/netmasks. I've tried > halting > >>> the zone, zonecfg -> remove net, then re-adding it again. The zonecfg > >>> configuration is exactly like the one on the old server, the physical > >>> interface is the same name e1000g0. The vnic shows up correctly in the > >>> global zone with dladm show-vnic. Probably the best thing is to just > delete > >>> networking on the zone and set it up from scratch, but I must be doing > that > >>> wrong because that still didn't work. > >>> > >>> How do I configure and enable networking on a zone that has just been > moved > >>> to a new server? (btw, the zone is halted and detached on the original > >>> server) > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:48 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com < > >>> dormitionsk...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On May 19, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I've been trying for weeks to get a zone off old hardware onto new. > Both > >>>>> servers are running exactly the same OI release, 151a7. I have not > been > >>>>> able to find a document that I can follow and get successful results. > >>>> I've > >>>>> tried both an Oracle doc on performing the procedure on Solaris 11, > and > >>>>> another one here: http://unixhowto.filodownunder.com/?p=10. Neither > work > >>>>> for me. > >>>>> > >>>>> The error I'm getting is: ERROR: no active dataset > >>>>> > >>>>> I found an article Alistair wrote
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Cannot move a zone to another server successfully
Well, sort of. It definitely got me thinking in a different direction, I found my mistake(s) and now I am able to finally attach and boot the zone. So thank you very much for that pointer The last thing (I think) I still am having trouble with is networking in the zone. I had created a vnic on the new server, and made sure it was named correctly in the zone config. I can ping the IP of the zone itself, but nothing else. Not the gateway, not other machines in the same subnet. The /etc/defaultrouter is correct, as is /etc/netmasks. I've tried halting the zone, zonecfg -> remove net, then re-adding it again. The zonecfg configuration is exactly like the one on the old server, the physical interface is the same name e1000g0. The vnic shows up correctly in the global zone with dladm show-vnic. Probably the best thing is to just delete networking on the zone and set it up from scratch, but I must be doing that wrong because that still didn't work. How do I configure and enable networking on a zone that has just been moved to a new server? (btw, the zone is halted and detached on the original server) Thanks On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:48 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com < dormitionsk...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On May 19, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > > > I've been trying for weeks to get a zone off old hardware onto new. Both > > servers are running exactly the same OI release, 151a7. I have not been > > able to find a document that I can follow and get successful results. > I've > > tried both an Oracle doc on performing the procedure on Solaris 11, and > > another one here: http://unixhowto.filodownunder.com/?p=10. Neither work > > for me. > > > > The error I'm getting is: ERROR: no active dataset > > > > I found an article Alistair wrote here: > > > http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/10/fixing-no-active-dataset-on-zone-attach/and > > I tried the script in the article, but that returns: > > Invalid dataset name. It's looking for the parent of ROOT but I > apparently > > do not have that path so it fails, which is probably the root of the > whole > > issue. > > > > In a nutshell here's what I did in case anyone can see what the problem > is: > > > > 1. On the source server, I export the zone manifest and copy it to the > > destination server in /var/tmp > > 2. I halt and detach the zone on the source > > 3. I tar/gzip the zone, copy it to the destination server, and untar it > > there so that it resides in /datastore/zones/zonename just as it does on > > the source > > 4. I create a zonecfg, and edit it so the network vnic is correct for the > > new machine > > 5. I attempt to attach it on the new server, which fails. > > > > Maybe is someone can just tell me what they do to accomplish this, or > point > > me to a different how-to. I haven't been able to find anything else. > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Mark > > Look in the "Troubleshooting" and the "Create a zfs filesystem as a > container for build-zones" sections of this page. > > http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+in+zones > > Does this help? > > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Cannot move a zone to another server successfully
I've been trying for weeks to get a zone off old hardware onto new. Both servers are running exactly the same OI release, 151a7. I have not been able to find a document that I can follow and get successful results. I've tried both an Oracle doc on performing the procedure on Solaris 11, and another one here: http://unixhowto.filodownunder.com/?p=10. Neither work for me. The error I'm getting is: ERROR: no active dataset I found an article Alistair wrote here: http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/10/fixing-no-active-dataset-on-zone-attach/and I tried the script in the article, but that returns: Invalid dataset name. It's looking for the parent of ROOT but I apparently do not have that path so it fails, which is probably the root of the whole issue. In a nutshell here's what I did in case anyone can see what the problem is: 1. On the source server, I export the zone manifest and copy it to the destination server in /var/tmp 2. I halt and detach the zone on the source 3. I tar/gzip the zone, copy it to the destination server, and untar it there so that it resides in /datastore/zones/zonename just as it does on the source 4. I create a zonecfg, and edit it so the network vnic is correct for the new machine 5. I attempt to attach it on the new server, which fails. Maybe is someone can just tell me what they do to accomplish this, or point me to a different how-to. I haven't been able to find anything else. Thanks -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sata Port Multiplier
I have been trying to get the si3124 driver working with port multipliers using the si3826 chipset. The driver source suggests port multipliers are supported. The card's are seen, driver loads, but no disks. The controller ports with multipliers connected show as failed. The server is the Backblaze Pod 3.0 system using Syba PCI Express SATA II 4-Port RAID Controller Card SY-PEX40008 and AC-SAN-5PMBP 5 Bay Port Multiplier Backplane (Sil 3826 Chipset). No issues when I tried running Nas4Free, but FreeBSD doesn't support the application I want to use for the storage. I did try turning on debugging, but as a beginner at driver debugging I'm not sure I achived the desired result and got no useful info from it. Anyone have experience with Sata Port Multipliers and can share a few pointers ? Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Copying zone from one machine to another.
For whatever it's worth once you get the networking sorted, every time I've used the procedure listed here: http://blog.davekoelmeyer.co.nz/2011/06/05/migrating-an-openindiana-zone-from-one-system-to-another/ it has worked perfectly. Might be useful for you. Mark On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:23 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com < dormitionsk...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Mr. Javoršek - I thank you very much for your help. Unfortunately, I've > run into much bigger problems than this, so I haven't had time to work with > this further. > > I've lost all networking to my zones... > > I had it. I installed software in them. But now it's gone. > > I'm not asking for help at this point. I mostly just wanted to > acknowledge your help with copying zones, and thank you for it. I just > haven't been able to look into that further because I have to deal with > this, first. > > Thank you again! > > fp > > > On Mar 13, 2013, at 1:50 AM, Andrej Javoršek wrote: > > > Hello! > > My normal procedure includes recursive snapshot/send/receive of whole > zone > > dataset. Problems may arise if the zone is not installed from scratch but > > cloned instead or if there are some time-slider snapshots behind it. > > To get back to your question: zone (zfs) dataset needs zoned flag and > flag > > that marks corresponding boot environment of global zone eg. > > > > #zfs get zoned,org.opensolaris.libbe:parentbe > nag_log/zones/na_lg/ROOT/zbe-7 > > NAMEPROPERTYVALUE > > SOURCE > > nag_log/zones/na_lg/ROOT/zbe-7 zoned on > > inherited from nag_log/zones/na_lg/ROOT > > nag_log/zones/na_lg/ROOT/zbe-7 org.opensolaris.libbe:parentbe > > f2a01237-bbe0-486e-ea0a-976d794761e0 local > > > > while the global zone has: > > #zfs get org.opensolaris.libbe:uuid rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-15 > > NAME PROPERTYVALUE > > SOURCE > > rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-15 org.opensolaris.libbe:uuid > > f2a01237-bbe0-486e-ea0a-976d794761e0 local > > > > So in your case you must set them manually (for every local zone). > > Hope that helps > > Andrej > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:25 PM, dormitionsk...@hotmail.com < > > dormitionsk...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> What is the proper procedure for copying a zone from one machine to > >> another? > >> > >> I have several zones that I've set up on one machine. I'd like to copy > >> them to another machine, change the networking, and use them. > >> > >> So, I took one of these zones. I halted it, detached it, tar'ed it up, > >> and copied it to the other machine. > >> > >> I realize I could probably have used "zfs send" to do that, but I > figured > >> that I probably would have to have somehow mounted the dataset on the > >> target machine, or exported it somehow, and I didn't know how to do any > of > >> that. I'd like to know, though, but that's not the main question. > >> > >> So, I have this tar'd up zone on the target machine. I've untared it. > I > >> thought that, theoretically, I should be able to attach the zone, and > then > >> clone it so cloning process will set it in a state that I can zonecfg to > >> change the network card (set physical=newcard.vnic), and when I boot it, > >> that it will make me reconfigure the networking. > >> > >> I'm running into a problem attaching the zone, though. > >> > >> I try (fake names because I'm writing this from a different machine): > >> > >> zonecfg - myzone > >> create -a /zones/myzone > >> info -- shows everything fine. > >> exit > >> > >> > >> zoneadm -z myzone attach -- fails, saying it has to be a mounted > >> dataset. No matter what I try, I can't get it to attach. > >> > >> > >> I was halfway thinking of just creating a zone with the same name, > >> installing it, booting it, configuring it, halting it, and then copying > the > >> original zone on top of it, and seeing if that would allow me to clone > it > >> -- but I'd really like to know the *right* way to do this. > >> > >> If somebody would give me another hand with this, I'd really appreciat
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Extremely slow throughput
I'm trying to scp some files between a couple oi_151a5 machines. One is physical, the other is a VM running on VMware. Both show 1000 Mbit links, but scp is only copying at about 8 Mbps (megabits, not bytes). Any ideas what I should look at to see where the bottleneck is? -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] rack server recommendation
I like the SuperMicro-based servers that Silicon Mechanics sells. Not because there's anything different about them from a supermicro server you can buy elsewhere, but because the support (pre and post-sale) at Silicon Mechanics is outstanding. All I have had to do is ask them to spec a server for me that will work with Solaris/Illumos operating systems and their engineers knew exactly how to set it up. Otherwise, you just have to research what storage controllers will work properly in JBOD mode (I use LSI), along with the other pertinent drivers. On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Achim Wolpers wrote: > Hi Folks, > > we bought a Dell PowerEdge R420 as an OI Box. Even though it is listed in > der HCL in the OI wiki, neither the broadcom network interface nor the hba > is supported by OI drivers. So we had to attach a new network interface and > have to boot from an external jbod box, since the internal hdd slots are > not accessible. > > Because I don't feel like testing all kinds of servers I am asking for a > couple of recommendations for 1 hu rack servers that work out of the box > with OI. > > Thanx in advance! > > Achim > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] RAID Controler.
Ricardo, I apologize - I have a RocketRAID but it in fact is not the same model as you have. So my reply may not apply. Sorry I tried to rely on memory without verifying. Best regards, Mark On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Pepe Komatsu wrote: > Hi everybody. > > Someone have experience with HighPoint RocketRAID 2710 4-Port PCI-Express > 2.0 x8 SAS/SATA RAID Controller > > Thanks > -- > Ricardo Komatsu > Consultor de TI > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] RAID Controler.
I have one of those. I've never been able to get OI to work with it. Just doesn't recognize the drives. Maybe things have changed in recent releases though. I haven't tried for a while on that box. Now I don't use anything but LSI when I'm building for OI (or SmartOS). No problems then. On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Pepe Komatsu wrote: > Hi everybody. > > Someone have experience with HighPoint RocketRAID 2710 4-Port PCI-Express > 2.0 x8 SAS/SATA RAID Controller > > Thanks > -- > Ricardo Komatsu > Consultor de TI > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] dumb SMF questions
Boris, logs for these services are located in /var/svc/log. The manifest contains the other information you might be looking for, under the tags. Manifests are typically under /var/svc/manifest and then dig down from there -Mark On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates, > > I am starting to master SMF and running into some difficulties. Hence the > following questions. > > 1) When a service that is to be started by the SMF would not start - is > there any log I should look into for error messages? > > 2) How do I find out which services the SMF is supposed to start? I.e., how > do I get a listing of things SMF is supposed to start under its auspices? > > Thanks. > > Boris. > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with pkg image-update
Just to finish up with this issue, after a while I looked again, and now oi151a5 was shown "NR" in beadm list. So I went ahead with the reboot, took it back to before the upgrade to oi151a6, and now I can access my zones again. Guess I won't be updating this server again any time soon...definitely cannot risk not being able to start those zones Mark On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Yuri Pankov wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:21:30 -0400, Mark Creamer wrote: > >> My server is currently at oi151a5, and it's been about a month, so I ran >> pkg image-update to check on available updates. As expected, the packages >> from oi151a6 were available, so I let it run. When the installation was >> complete, I noticed it said that pkg could not activate the new BE. I ran >> beadm list, and saw all of the BEs listed, with the one I'm in now marked >> N, and the new one marked R. The new one shows a mount point under >> /tmp/. >> >> Because I saw that it said it could not activate the new BE, I decided not >> to reboot because I wasn't sure what would happen to my old BE. I then >> attempted beadm activate opensolaris-6 which is my current running BE, the >> one marked N in beadm list. It said it could not promote the BE. >> >> I'm leaving it be until I can get some advice on what to do. For example, >> should I destroy the latest BE that was just created but could not be >> activated? >> > > Not really related to your question, but try setting BE_PRINT_ERR > environment variable to "true" to check why beadm is unable to activate new > BE. > > __**_ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@**openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/openindiana-**discuss<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with pkg image-update
My server is currently at oi151a5, and it's been about a month, so I ran pkg image-update to check on available updates. As expected, the packages from oi151a6 were available, so I let it run. When the installation was complete, I noticed it said that pkg could not activate the new BE. I ran beadm list, and saw all of the BEs listed, with the one I'm in now marked N, and the new one marked R. The new one shows a mount point under /tmp/. Because I saw that it said it could not activate the new BE, I decided not to reboot because I wasn't sure what would happen to my old BE. I then attempted beadm activate opensolaris-6 which is my current running BE, the one marked N in beadm list. It said it could not promote the BE. I'm leaving it be until I can get some advice on what to do. For example, should I destroy the latest BE that was just created but could not be activated? Thanks -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Create zone from older snapshot (not rollback)
I need to use an existing snapshot of a zone from a few weeks ago, and use it to create a new zone so I can boot it and get to the file system. I can't rollback the existing "production" zone so I have to use this older snapshot to create a new one, I think. Am I thinking this through correctly? I know how to clone existing zones, but not sure how to do it from a snapshot. Thanks -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Current ZFS Backup projects
A recent thread caused me to look for open source projects that leverage ZFS to backup systems. I found a couple, such as OmniTI's Zetaback<http://labs.omniti.com/labs/zetaback>, but that one appears to be dead - at least the links don't work and the Git page shows no recent activity. Nexenta's commercial product for Windows, "Delorean", also appears to have been killed (unfortunately without first being released to the community as far as I can tell). Wondering if anyone knows of any other projects that use scripts or some other method to manage system backups with zfs. I'm hoping to build on the ideas of someone more knowledgeable to automate my snapshot and recovery efforts. -- Mark Creamer ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Roll back a zone update
Hi, I attempted to update a zone this morning using the following method: 1. Shutdown the zone 2. Ran pkg -R /zones/myzone/root image-update -v the zone update completed, but when I started the zone back up, it reports that svc:/system/filesystem/local:default failed to start. It is currently in maintenance mode. I then ran beadm list to see if I can just go back to the previous boot environment for that zone, but it gives me a segmentation fault, presumably because of the above service not having started. Is there an easy way to roll back those changes to before the image-update for that zone? Thanks, -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple Windows servers and a OI NAS, how to get there
Re: b) Not much point in deleting the thumbs.db files. They are there so Explorer can show thumbnail previews. You can choose not to display thumbnails at all, or you can use the default view where hidden files like thumbs.db remain hidden, thereby not confusing users. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Robert Soubie wrote: > Le 04/09/2012 23:13, Natxo Asenjo a écrit : > > You have, I think, two solutions. The first one is only available for >> newer windows servers, I think. The second is a nice hack that will >> probably never be supported if you run into trouble but I have used it and >> it works :-) >> 1. use mklink >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**NTFS_symbolic_link<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS_symbolic_link>) >> to create a symbolink link anywhere on the local drives to the share. >> mklink /d d:\mylink \\server\share You have to create the link on every >> windows server, obviously. I used the d: drive, use whatever you like/can >> :-) >> 2. run net use letter: \\server\share during computer startup (using >> group policy). This way it will run as windows user SYSTEM and the drive >> letter will be available to everybody. >> > > Excellent ! So far, in my context (a ZFS home server with multiple > non-server Win 7 clients), I used solution #2. I now find that solution #1 > brings two advantages, and one disadvantage : > > a) When using the Windows Explorer function "copy or move a file or > directory to some target place", Explorer does not forget any more the last > target place used. > > b) I can now delete from any Windows box the server thumbs.db files that > Windows Explorer creates. I do not know why those files cannot be deleted, > Windows users having full control of the SMB share. > > c) With solution #1, I lose access to snapshots. However, both solutions > seem to be compatible, so... > > -- > Éditions de l'Âge d'Or — Stanley G. Weinbaum > http://www.lulu.com/robert_**soubie <http://www.lulu.com/robert_soubie> > http://www.smashwords.com/**profile/view/StanleyGWeinbaum<http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/StanleyGWeinbaum> > > > __**_ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@**openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/openindiana-**discuss<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] [discuss] SPARC and Illumos
One last thing: I bought a Dual 1.5GHz USIV Uniboard for V490 which is located in Phoenix, but the seller strictly refuses to ship overseas. Could smb. please help me and have it forwarded to Berlin? This would be cool. But let's first get the DVD out. I guess the seller can wait 2 more days. Later later ... I just bought a V890 for NZD 72.00 !! but that is for another task. Glad I didn't have to ship it !! But I do have a V440 waiting patiently for an OI install. (4 x CPU, 8Gb mem 4 x 72Gb Hdd) It can be made available for remote testing. Mark. tnx. %martin ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple Windows servers and a OI NAS, how to get there
I have a OI based storage server that hosts a number of CIFS shares used by all of my windows servers and clients. If your primary consumer of the shares will be Windows, that seems like the natural choice. mc On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Open Indiana wrote: > I have multiple Windows 2008 servers that need to write to a shared storage > somewhere in the network. > One of the servers will gather and process all files on that drive. > > We thought we were good with iSCSI but that doesn't seem to work, because > multiple Windows machines cannot share a NTFS partition. > > I tried to create a networkshare to the networkdrive on every server, but > that gives a lot of problems with the services since they cannot find the > share when the original user has logged off. > > Is there anyone who has successfully created a stable NAS solution in OI > that can be used and written by Multiple Windows clients? > > > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] DELL R320
All of my servers have Broadcom onboard NICs, although I don't have any R320s. The PERCs are kludgy with OI because with the correct drivers, you will still end up having to configure each individual drive as standalone RAID0 in order for the controller to present them to OI for use in a ZFS file system. Instead, I installed LSI SAS cards that work properly with OI which sees them as simple JBOD as we would want. Hopefully this is relevant - as I said, I don't have R320s but this has been my experience with other Dells On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) < openindi...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > > From: Open Indiana [mailto:openindi...@out-side.nl] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 6:11 AM > > > > I made a small (read huge) mistake by ordering a DELL R320 that I want to > > use as a Openindiana host. > > > > I discovered that I can't install Openindiana because it lacks drivers > for > > the following parts: > > 1. PERC H710 Integrated RAID Controller, 512MB NV Cache > > 2. Broadcom network cards > > > > Is there anyone who knows how to get Openindiana running on such a > > server? > > I've made the same mistake in the past. Contact dell support, talk to the > linux group, (the "linux" group is what the operators call any non-windows > OS). Ask them for drivers to install opensolaris on the perc. It may not > be available anymore, but 2 years ago, this was successful for me. > > If you get the drivers and have difficulty installing, post here again. > Also look for my thread about the 3ware hba, where I documented in > excruciating detail, how to install the drivers for a 3ware card. > > The dell perc should be compatible (was at one time) with an LSI Megaraid. > Perhaps you can try going directly to LSI support and see what happens. > > Don't buy new NICs yet; wait until you know your disks are going to work. > And then buy the Intel Server NIC. (Disable the broadcom in BIOS). > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing TrueType Fonts
Finally figured it out. No idea if each of these steps is required, but it worked: 1. Copy the ttf files to /usr/share/fonts 2. pkg install font-utilities (if not already installed) 3. Run mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts 4. Run mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts 5. Run fc-cache /usr/share/fonts On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: > > > I was able to download the webfonts.tar.gz package, un-tar/gunzip it, > which > > leaves me with a group of Microsoft executables, one for each font. I > then > > used cabextract running on a Linux box to extract all the TTFs from the > > Microsoft exe. I then copied the fonts into /etc/fonts on the OI box, and > > ran fc-cache /etc/fonts. That finishes without giving me an error, but > the > > developer of the report tells me the font is still not working. > > > > First of all cabextract is available in binary form for Solars, > > please have a look at http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ > > Second, just create a new folder in /usr/share/fonts/ and > call it, say, MoreTrueType and copy there all your TrueType > fonts. BTW, you can do the same with OpenType fonts. Then you > can run fc-cache. For example, I have installed using this > "technique" a number of OpenType fonts that I can used in > OpenOffice and other applications: > > > A.S. > > > -- > Apostolos Syropoulos > Xanthi, Greece > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Installing TrueType Fonts
I managed to figure this out once in the past, but unfortunately did not make my usual copious notes and now I can't seem to get it to work on a new server. The issue is that I want to install true-type fonts, as available from the links on this page http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ so my Jasper reporting application that's running on OI 151_a4 can use them. I was able to download the webfonts.tar.gz package, un-tar/gunzip it, which leaves me with a group of Microsoft executables, one for each font. I then used cabextract running on a Linux box to extract all the TTFs from the Microsoft exe. I then copied the fonts into /etc/fonts on the OI box, and ran fc-cache /etc/fonts. That finishes without giving me an error, but the developer of the report tells me the font is still not working. If anyone has done this before, can you give me a tip on what I might be missing? Then I can document it this time :-) Thanks! -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS Snapshot question
Excellent information. Thanks again all On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Jan Owoc wrote: > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Kees Nuyt wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Aug 2012 14:59:13 -0600, you wrote: > >>Having said that, I believe they need to be mounted in empty > >>directories, so you'd have to do: > >># mv datastore/vmimages/server1 datastore/vmimages/server1.bak > >># zfs create -o [options here] datastore/vmimages/server1 > >># cp -a datastore/vmimages/server1.bak/* datastore/vmimages/server1 > >># rm -r datastore/vmimages/server1.bak > > > > Another procedure would be to > > - take all VM's down > > - zfs rename datastore/vmimages to datastore/oldimages > > - zfs create datastore/vmimages > > - zfs create datastore/vmimages/server1 > > - mv /datastore/oldimages/server1/* /datastore/vmimages/server1/ > > - zfs create datastore/vmimages/server2 > > - mv /datastore/oldimages/server2/* /datastore/vmimages/server2/ > > Actually, Kees' procedure is better. I didn't remember off the top of > my head whether one can do an "mv" command between different > filesystems (some OSes don't like it; OI seems to handle it ok, and > does it even across pools). > > While you're recreating the filesystems anyway, I suggest you do a > quick read through the possible options for creating a new filesystem > - some can only be specified on creation. Ones I like to set include > atime (off), casesensitivity (mixed, for SMB sharing), nbmand (on), > utf8only (on), normalization (formD, for cross-OS compatibility), > checksum (sha256), snapdir (visible - I like to see the .zfs). > > Jan > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS Snapshot question
Thanks Jan, that sounds easy enough. I'll try it with a non-critical one that I use for testing but your explanation looks like it will be more straightforward than I expected. I appreciate the help. On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Jan Owoc wrote: > Hi Mark, > > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > > What I should have done (I think) is set up the zfs file system for each > VM > > at the level below ../vmimages, that is: "zfs create > > datastore/vmimages/server1". That way, auto-snapshot would be creating > > snapshots for each VM, rather than for the entire ../vmimages file system > > each time. > > > > So, is there an easy way to make a separate zfs file system for each of > the > > existing directories below ../vmimages? I am able to take the VM guests > > down to do this as needed. > > Yes, zfs filesystems can be nested as many times as you like. On a > single pool, you could have "/", then "/home", then "/home/mark", and > then even create subfilesystems for different kinds of data > (compressible data, data that needs copies=2, etc.). > > Having said that, I believe they need to be mounted in empty > directories, so you'd have to do: > # mv datastore/vmimages/server1 datastore/vmimages/server1.bak > # zfs create -o [options here] datastore/vmimages/server1 > # cp -a datastore/vmimages/server1.bak/* datastore/vmimages/server1 > # rm -r datastore/vmimages/server1.bak > > Jan > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS Snapshot question
I'd like to see if I can easily go back and fix a design error I made. I have a zpool called datastore, and under that a filesystem called vmimages. I'm auto-snapshotting at that level, and that's all working fine. However, there are twenty or so sub-directories under datastore/vmimages, each of which has the files for a VMware guest. Example, datastore/vmimages/server1 has all the files for VM Guest server1, etc. What I should have done (I think) is set up the zfs file system for each VM at the level below ../vmimages, that is: "zfs create datastore/vmimages/server1". That way, auto-snapshot would be creating snapshots for each VM, rather than for the entire ../vmimages file system each time. So, is there an easy way to make a separate zfs file system for each of the existing directories below ../vmimages? I am able to take the VM guests down to do this as needed. Thanks, -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Good Solaris-friendly system vendor
Silicon Mechanics On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > So I'm constantly searching the interwebs for a good hardware vendor who > ships well supported Solaris/Illumos-compatible kit. I know of the > offerings by all the big names in the field (HP, IBM, Dell) and while > their hardware is generally good, their Solaris support is often times a > story of extensive searching and checking of compatibility lists. Even > simple operations, such as getting a proper pure HBA instead of their > craptalistic hardware RAID often times turns into an uphill battle. And > no need to recommend Oracle, I used to be a big fan of Sun kit, but ever > since Oracle turned them evil, I want to have nothing to do with them > (e.g. I'll never forgive them for killing off the Sun Fire X4540). > > At the moment I use Dell hardware, but seeing as their new line of > internal HBAs (H310/H710) lack Illumos support, I'll probably be forced > to go somewhere else. Do you guys know of somebody who ships servers and > storage similar to the big-names and has a similar level of support? > (e.g. call to repair, 6-hour response, etc.) > > Cheers, > -- > Saso > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Which DELL controler voor Openindiana
You might give Silicon Mechanics a call. Their engineers are excellent for helping design a server that works with Solaris and derivatives. www.siliconmechanics.com (no financial interest, just a happy customer) Mark On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Open Indiana wrote: > Hi, > > I need some NAS in our network (effectively 4TB) and already received a > quote from DELL for a R320 with a Perc H310. > This seems to be a branded LSI LSISAS2008 but it needs modification before > I > can use it with OpenIndiana. > > Has anyone some suggestions (apart from do not use Dell) on the best > controller? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] What happens when a ZIL drive dies?
You might supplement the advice you get here with this post from Constantin Gonzales on his blog. I found it very helpful when I was setting up my Solaris storage server. http://constantin.glez.de/blog/2010/07/solaris-zfs-synchronous-writes-and-zil-explained -Mark On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Nick Hall wrote: > I'm considering buying a separate SSD drive for my ZIL as I do quite a bit > over NFS and would like the latency to improve. But first I'm trying to > understand exactly how the ZIL works and what happens in case of a problem. > I'll list my understanding here, and I'm hoping someone can correct me if > I'm understanding this incorrectly: > > - In normal operation, the ZIL drive would just be written to but never > read from. > > - In the case of a power failure, the ZIL will probably contain 5-10 > seconds (maybe up to 30 seconds) worth of writes that didn't make it onto > the main hard drives. The next time the system boots, ZFS will use what's > in the ZIL to bring the main hard drives up to date. > > - I'm running ZFS version 28 -- in this version, if the ZIL drive were to > die while the system were running, the system would switch back to using > the main pool hard drives to store the ZIL, just as it currently does since > I have no separate ZIL drive right now. > > > So, now I have a couple of questions: > > - If the ZIL drive were to die while the system were running, I'm assuming > no data would be lost? In order for this to work, the system would need to > cache everything in the ZIL in RAM, so if the ZIL were to die, it would > write the transactions that were on the ZIL from RAM to the main pool > drives. Applications would not notice anything from their perspective. Is > this what happens? > > - So far, assuming I'm understanding this correctly, none of the above > scenarios involve any data loss. The scenario I can think of that would > involve data loss is if there's a power failure and the ZIL drive at the > same time. It seems likely that this scenario would be caused by > a catastrophic hardware failure, and the main system drives would also die, > but let's pretend that only the ZIL drive is affected. So any transactions > stored in the ZIL are lost. I'm thinking that the system would boot up, > note that the ZIL drive is dead and switch the ZIL back to the main pool > drives, and the last 5-30 seconds or writes would be lost forever. But > would the system be in a consistent state, that is, things would be the > same as if you went back in time 30 seconds before the system died and just > pulled the plug? So there's no corruption, just the loss of those seconds > of data? > > - Are there any other scenarios I'm not thinking, specifically any other > scenarios that would cause corruption or loss of data? My use is for a home > server -- I would like higher NFS write performance, but not by making it > more likely I have corrupted or majorly lost data, but for my use, if I > only lost the last few seconds or writes and things were in a consistent > state, it would be of little consequence. I understand that for a > commercial server that would be huge issue, though, as banking transactions > lost or something would be a major problem. Thanks. > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Cron best practice
I'm looking for a bit of best practice advice. On Windows systems I usually create a job runner account with the correct permissions to run batch scripts when they need to be scheduled, so the jobs aren't tied to specific users whose passwords will change. So in OI, I have a similar need, to run a job nightly that will pull data from a neighboring server using a scp command run in a cron job. My thought is to create a user account and set up passwordless scp to facilitate scripting the scp task. Would it then be best to run the job in root's cron? Or from the shell of the user running the scp? Thanks for any advice. -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] pkg: No image found.
Having the same issue after updating global and non-global zones to oi_151a4. Cant install anything new on the non-global zones. - Mark On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Milan Jurik wrote: > Hi, > > after update to prestable3, all my local zones are reporting "pkg: No image > found." for all pkg operations. > > Update of zones was done by usual detach/attach -u, this works. Also if I > run pkg -R from global zone, it works. But not in zone > itself. > > Am I alone? > > Best regards, > > Milan > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Question about halting a zone
I was reading about how to update non-global zones, and found a Solaris document which says the following: 1. Update the Global Zone 2. Reboot 3. Halt the non-global zone (zoneadm -z myzone halt) 4. Detach the zone (zoneadm -z myzone detach) 5. Re-attach the zone with -u (zoneadm -z myzone attach -u) In my testing, this seems to go fine. My question is, what happens when you halt a zone - for example, if MySQL is running on that non-global zone, should you stop it first before halting the zone to avoid the risk of corrupting data? Or is a halt safe without stopping any running services first? Thanks -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hitachi 4 TB disks + HP Microserver + OI 151 + ZFS
On 3/05/2012 7:07 a.m., Gordon Ross wrote: On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Richard Elling wrote: On May 2, 2012, at 12:25 AM, Mark wrote: There are two issues. The first is correct partition alignment, the second ashift value. In "theory", I haven't tested this yet, manually creating the slices with a start position to sector 64 and using slices instead of whole disks for the zpool devices, and creating with an ashift of 12 may produce the desired outcome. Default starting offset for slice 0 is sector 256 for 512-byte sector disks. You shouldn't have to manually touch these unless you are running an ancient (circa 2006-2007) version of Solaris where the default offset was 34. Yes, but be warned: the format command will try to make fdisk partitions that are aligned on "cyninder" boundaries, which are usually odd numbers of sectors. I have a fix for that here: http://yalms.org/cr/zfs-blksize/ (the first three files. ignore the zfs part for now) Gordon One day this low level disk stuff will get into this millenium. I see my CDC Wren IV 94171-327 museum exhibit still rates a mention :) Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] aspire D270
I believe Magnus is offering that it will run with 1 GB (albeit not as a desktop). But the D270 is a netbook, so whether it will work specifically on that hardware is questionable. Why don't you load up a live CD and let us know? On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:51 AM, mattias wrote: > so it work? cool > Magnus skrev 2012-05-02 14:49: > >> I have an Intel Atom box with 1GB of RAM. It runs several flavors of >> Illumos with no problems other than being a little slow. Don't plan on >> running it as a desktop. >> >> On May 2, 2012, at 8:27 AM, mattias wrote: >> >>> i reed the aspire D270 work with openindiana >>> but will it work on 1 gb ram? >>> cool! >>> >>> ___ >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >>> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >> >> ___ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Hitachi 4 TB disks + HP Microserver + OI 151 + ZFS
There are two issues. The first is correct partition alignment, the second ashift value. In "theory", I haven't tested this yet, manually creating the slices with a start position to sector 64 and using slices instead of whole disks for the zpool devices, and creating with an ashift of 12 may produce the desired outcome. I have used 4k disks (wd20ears) in 3 and 4 disk raidz pools, but they are used for archiving, so just have data dumped to them. Few issues on Sata ports, but dodgy on SAS. Mark On 1/05/2012 8:23 a.m., Peter Wood wrote: I'm building a storage server with Dell MD1000 DAS and I just bought 30 drives with 4K sectors. One of the reasons I selected the "new" 4K sector is so I can easily find replacement drives 2-3 years from now when they start failing. Looks like this was a huge mistake. I'm fine if the drives report 512B sectors and work in slower legacy mode as long as they work reliable but seems that this may not be the case. On top of that my internal drives that make the rpool have 512B sectors so I'm not sure how workarounds will effect this pool. Is it fair to say that if one uses 4K drives he will run into alignment issue sooner or later? I'm really puzzled what to do here. Should I try to replace the drives with 512B ones before the storage goes life? Any thoughts? Thank you Peter On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Richard Elling< richard.ell...@richardelling.com> wrote: On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Gordon Ross wrote: On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Richard Elling wrote: On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:45 AM, George Wilson wrote: [...] Speaking of 4K sectors, I've taken a slightly different approach that fixes this outside of ZFS. The idea is to allow sd to override the physical-block-size which ZFS will pick up. The way this works is you can specify the Vendor/Product id in sd.conf. Here's an example: sd-config-list = "NETAPP LUN, "physical-block-size:4096"; This is the preferred solution and there are several implementations running around in various stages of test/release/acceptance. I look forward to getting this upstream :-) -- richard Providing a work-around in "sd" is great. We should do that, at least. But is it sufficient? What happens if I replace a mirrored drive with 512 byte sectors with one having 4k sectors? What if I want to plan ahead for that? Maybe in only some of my ZFS pools but not all? It would seem that a pool-level override for "ashift" might also be useful. ashift is set for the top-level vdev at creation time. So you have to override prior to creation of the mirror. -- richard -- ZFS Performance and Training richard.ell...@richardelling.com +1-760-896-4422 ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] no external connectivity on link
And don't forget to configure or disable the firewall. That's what my last issue with lack of connectivity turned out to be. It may be on and blocking by default. On 2/05/2012 6:13 p.m., Richard Elling wrote: On May 1, 2012, at 8:41 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: hello list I have attempted to enable link aggregation on my oi 151 box using the command dladm create-aggr -d e1000g0 -d e1000g1 1 then I plumbed it with an address of 192.168.1.200 and echoed 192.168.1.1> defaultrouter I noticed that my /etc directory did not have the traditional solaris hostname.e1000g0 and hostname.e1000g1 files representing my links that you would typically expect. But I created a file with the command echo 192.168.1.200> hostname.aggr1 ifconfig -a shows the aggregated link as well and all indications are that it's fine dladm show-aggr shows the link aggregation and I can ping it..however I cannot ping anything else on or off the network (like 192.168.1.1 or yahoo.com) can someone offer a tip on what I'm doing wrong and how to resolve the issue? Typical error is an incorrect netmask. Default netmask for a class-B network is 255.255.0.0. once I get this working I plan to enable link trunking on my switch to take advantage of the faster speeds possible with this setup. Are you prepared for no-improvement? Ethernet link aggregation often disappoints people looking for more performance using IP. -- richard ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] disconnected drives, how to avoid in the future?
On 13/04/2012 9:42 a.m., Rich wrote: Those patches aren't yet in OI/IL mainline, as of when I looked today. Regarding when they'll be usable, either in mainline or by fetching them yourself... 17:33< PMT> ping Triskelios - I don't suppose you have your pending patches to mpt_sas (per http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/05/adjusting-drive-timeouts-with-mdb-on-solaris-or-openindiana/) laying around somewhere easily grabbable? 17:34<@Triskelios> not at the moment, should land on our public repo on bitbucket sometime soon - Rich Just a word of caution to other hackers like me. I was experimenting with shorter drive time-outs and destroyed the zpool while testing different time-outs on some sata disks (on 8 port Marvel controller). The drives in the pool (20) all dropped like flies when the io usage increased, and I had to redo it from scratch. In my experience, drive issues are often a bad block, seen by a jump in iostat errors, and that can occasionally impact performance well before the disk actually fails. I now check iostat regularly, and spare out a disk with issues before the failure becomes permanent, although it does not always avoid a big impact as some drives can fail during the re-silver process. Running a full read/write using format is usually enough to fix the bad block permanently. If not, then it's RMA'd. Mark. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Karl Rossing wrote: I'm running into this issue with disconnected drives on snv_134. Would upgrading to oi_151a2 have the updated mpt_sas drive as noted on http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/05/adjusting-drive-timeouts-with-mdb-on-solaris-or-openindiana/ "Update (New): These timeouts don’t do squat because mpt_sas doesn’t honour the timeouts. This was recently uncovered by Nexenta and a patch to fix it is about to hit Illumos shortly. I’ll post when it does. Another patch is in progress which will further improve how mpt_sas handles failed drives. Thanks to Albert Lee for his work on them - you, sir, rock!" Karl On 01/10/2012 10:48 AM, Martin Frost wrote: >From: Jason Matthews >Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:26:08 -0800 > > >you can adjust the disk timeouts in solaris. Here's an article on how to do that, although it ends with the author adding this comment "However in testing with failing harddrives (on mpt_sas anyway), we see that the sd timeouts are completely ignored so my entire post above is moot!" http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/05/adjusting-drive-timeouts-with-mdb-on-solaris-or-openindiana/ I haven't tested this, so does it work or not (in OpenIndiana)? Martin >there are two schools of thought here: > >1) accomodate the extremely long timeouts of cinsumer drives and >let the drive decide whether to report an error back (fail itself >out) > >2) set the time outs very narrowly and be aggressive in letting zfs >fail out disks. > >i generally go with option 2. > >Sent from Jasons' hand held > >On Jan 10, 2012, at 7:13 AM, Maurilio Longo wrote: > >>Geoff, >> >>I've hit this problem several times in the past, with OpenSolaris >>and then with OpenIndiana. >> >>There are, to my knowledge, no available solutions, it is so by >>design! >> >>If a disk stops responding the pool waits until after it responds >>again (sometimes pulling it out of its slot and then reinserting >>the disk causes a reset of the link and it starts working again). >> >>I was not able to assess what happens if I set failmode to continue. >> >>I think it could be no better since you still cannot write to the pool. >> >>This is IMHO the biggest problem of ZFS, in that I cannot >>instruct it to stop using a failed device if it has some level of >>redundancy still available. >> >>Wait is OK only if an entire vdev stops responding, not if a disk >>in a vdev with redundancy has problems either fatal or >>transitory. >> >>Best regards. >> >>Maurilio. >> >> >>PS. Using server grade disks (those with TLER) makes it possibile >>to overcome this problem for transitory errors. >> >> >>Geoff Nordli wrote: >> >>>Part of my concern is why one disk would have completely brought >>>down the system. I have seen this come up on the list before, >
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI BIND server
Yes that wasn't really thinking it through was it :-) Thanks for the advice James. As a noob, I really appreciate the people on this list willing to help out. All is well now -Mark On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:05 PM, James Carlson wrote: > Mark Creamer wrote: >> Thanks Dave and Gary for the input. Once I understood where the system >> messages were going I was able to figure out that I had an issue with >> the permissions on the named.conf file I was using. I changed two >> things: >> >> 1. chown root:sys /etc/named.conf (It was root:root) >> 2. chmod 755 /etc/named.conf >> >> Now it starts properly. Can anyone confirm for me that the permissions >> are correct though? I just want to make sure it's secure and I think >> 755 might not be restrictive enough?? > > There's probably not much sense in making a configuration file be > executable, right? > > I'd make it root:root and mode 0640. /usr/sbin/named normally runs as > UID root, GID root, but if it's different on your system, you might need > to adjust. You could check by doing something like this: > > ps -o uid,gid,comm -p `pgrep -d, named` > > -- > James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI BIND server
Thanks Dave and Gary for the input. Once I understood where the system
messages were going I was able to figure out that I had an issue with
the permissions on the named.conf file I was using. I changed two
things:
1. chown root:sys /etc/named.conf (It was root:root)
2. chmod 755 /etc/named.conf
Now it starts properly. Can anyone confirm for me that the permissions
are correct though? I just want to make sure it's secure and I think
755 might not be restrictive enough??
Thanks again,
Mark
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Gary Mills wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 06:36:52PM -0400, Mark Creamer wrote:
>>
>> Next I read /var/svc/log/network-dns-server\:default.log. It says:
>>
>> [ Apr 11 18:06:21 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/dns-server
>> start default"). ]
>> dns-server: Executing: /usr/sbin/named
>> dns-server : start failed! Check syslog for further information.
>> [ Apr 11 18:06:22 Method "start" exited with status 1. ]
>>
>> So I go to /var/log/syslog, but there is nothing there referencing the
>> problem. Nothing about the service at all, just the "mail" service.
>
> /var/adm/messages is the system log on OI.
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[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI BIND server
I've been trying to get BIND working on a server running oi_151a.
Never done this before, so I'm reading everywhere I can about how to
do this, although I can't find any tutorial that is OI-specific. I'm
following examples in "DNS and BIND Cookbook" (O'Reilly)
Anyway, it appears to be installed by default
(network/dns/server:default), but the service shows "disabled". After
creating the necessary files (named.conf and a zone file which is
specified in named.conf), I tried to start the service but it goes
into maintenance state.
Next I read /var/svc/log/network-dns-server\:default.log. It says:
[ Apr 11 18:06:21 Executing start method ("/lib/svc/method/dns-server
start default"). ]
dns-server: Executing: /usr/sbin/named
dns-server : start failed! Check syslog for further information.
[ Apr 11 18:06:22 Method "start" exited with status 1. ]
So I go to /var/log/syslog, but there is nothing there referencing the
problem. Nothing about the service at all, just the "mail" service.
I'm just looking for some help on where the problem might be logged,
since I can't find anything in the above 2 log files.
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)
On 8/04/2012 3:26 p.m., Sergei wrote: Rich acm.jhu.edu> writes: ...what FW modifications did they make? - Rich They definitely made some as you can't flash Dell drive with Seagate/WD firmware. Or get support from Seagate/WD for Dell-branded drive. That is specific to the firmware protection settings, and is "standard" for most OEM'd drives. You probably can flash a Seagate with Dell firmware though. Specifically in this case drive reports support for this power management command but fails to respond correctly when Solaris sends such command. I'm pretty sure I was told that Seagate OEM drive works fine while we were having these power issues with identical drive purchased from Dell. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Some SNMP settings
Here is some of my SNMP monitoring that someone may find useful.
Monitoring OI with SNMP
Fault Management
echo 'dlmod sunFM /usr/lib/fm/amd64/libfmd_snmp.so.1' >>
/etc/net-snmp/snmp/snmpd.conf
snmp oid: iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.sun.prod.195.1.4.0
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.195.1.4.0 )
Logs
(oid here is for the first logmatch entry)
snmpd.conf setting
echo 'logmatch dmesg /var/adm/dmesg 600 WARNING ERROR' >>
/etc/net-snmp/snmp/snmpd.conf
snmp oid:
iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.ucdavis.logMatch.logMatchTable.logMatchEntry.logMatchGlobalCounter.1
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.16.2.1.5.1 )
Custom scripts
monitor zpool space to work around snmp disk size limit.
This returns text based on use, but can be altered to suit your
requirements. One entry per zpool.
The actual oid will depend on the number of extended options in use.
snmpd.conf setting
echo 'extend datapool /usr/bin/bash /usr/bin/zpools.shdatapool' \
>> /etc/net-snmp/snmp/snmpd.conf
snmp oid:
iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.netSnmp.netSnmpObjects.nsExtensions.nsExtendObjects.nsExtendOutput2Table.nsExtendOutput2Entry.nsExtendOutLine.8.100.114.103.118.97.117.108.116.1
(
1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.1.3.2.4.1.2.8.100.114.103.118.97.117.108.116.1 )
-
#!/bin/bash
#zpools.sh
#
export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib
diskused=`zpool list -H -o capacity ${1} | sed -e 's/%//g' `
#echo $diskused
if [ $diskused -ge 84 ]
then echo "WARNING"
exit 1
fi
if [ $diskused -gt 90 ]
then echo "CRITICAL"
exit 1
fi
if [ $diskused -lt 84 ]
then echo "OK"
fi
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Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Install / Partition Help
I was thinking mirror for os raidz1 for data; it's a dell pe with 3 sas drives.
Sent from my iPhone
On 2 Mar 2012, at 16:07, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
> Wallbank, Mark wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am trying to install openindiana (x86) and would like to customise the
>> partitions/slices. I would like to have a solaris2 fdisk for the whole of
>> the disk but when it comes to the format partitions I would like to have
>> about 10 to 30 Gig at the start of the disk for the os; then setup another
>> slice for the data to be shared, however the installer only lets me set one
>> value. I have tried setting up the partitions first by hand but there
>> doesn't appear to be an option to leave the fs intact and point it at a
>> slice (format partition). Hope this makes sense. Any ideas..?
>>
>
> I think the installer will use all of the Solaris2 primary fdisk
> partition for the rpool, without going you any ability to configure that.
>
> What you can do (at least in the Oracle installer, which I suspect will
> be the same in the OI installer) is to create additional primary fdisk
> partitions, and these can be used directly for additional zpools, or
> swap devices, or dump devices, etc. (which you'll have to create after
> installation). You should not have more than one primary fdisk partition
> of the same type on a disk, so choose any partition type which Solaris
> and all other software on the system isn't going to treat specially
> ("other" is OK, but if you want more than one extra, you may have to
> pick another one too). When specifying the device nodes, the four
> primary fdisk partition device names are *p[1-4] (with *p0 being the
> whole disk irrespective of any partitioning - don't use that by mistake,
> and don't use the Solaris2 one which has the VToC slices in it (normally
> *p1)).
>
> There's a separate discussion to be had about how sensible it is (or
> isn't) to have more than one zpool on a disk, and it certainly defeats
> some of the aims of ZFS.
>
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[OpenIndiana-discuss] Install / Partition Help
Hi I am trying to install openindiana (x86) and would like to customise the partitions/slices. I would like to have a solaris2 fdisk for the whole of the disk but when it comes to the format partitions I would like to have about 10 to 30 Gig at the start of the disk for the os; then setup another slice for the data to be shared, however the installer only lets me set one value. I have tried setting up the partitions first by hand but there doesn't appear to be an option to leave the fs intact and point it at a slice (format partition). Hope this makes sense. Any ideas..? Cheers Mark *** This e-mail is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its content. *** *** This email has been checked for known viruses. *** ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Configuring external monitor
Thank you for your assistance. The part I wasn't understanding was that there was not already an xorg.conf file and I just needed to copy the one I created through the tool to that file and restart X. Now works just fine. Thanks again. On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Bryan N Iotti wrote: > Right, forgot about that. > > Bryan > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from WIND > > -Original Message- > From: "Thorsten Heit" > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:23:13 > To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana > Reply-To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana < > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Configuring external monitor > > Hi, > > > It might not be very useful for a laptop, because when it says "save to > > file", you really are supposed to save it to Xorg.conf and then move it > > to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot. > > Why reboot? It's enough to simply move/copy the saved file to > /etc/X11/xorg.conf, logout and let the X server restart itself to present > you the login window again, but now using the new configuration... > > > Regards > > Thorsten > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Configuring external monitor
I have a Thinkpad T510 on which almost everything seems to be working properly (oi_151a with all current updates). The only issue I can't seem to get resolved is making the external monitor to work. If I open the NVidia configuration tool, I can see the monitor, but it shows "disabled." If I enable it by choosing separate X screen, and click Apply, the screen refreshes, but nothing shows up on the external monitor. I then restart the PC, and it's back to disabled again. I also tried "save to X configuration file" and saved it to a file, but the changes didn't seem to apply after rebooting. I'm probably just misunderstanding how to use the configuration tool, not sure. Thanks for any advice. -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Boot failure - degraded boot pool
If you have a mirrored set for your OS (rpool) you can configure it so the failure of either one of those two drives will cause the system to boot automatically from the other. Google mirrored rpool. I think I found my instructions on Constantin Gonzales' site IIRC On Friday, February 10, 2012, Matt Connolly wrote: > Well the machine is back up and running. > > It seems that one of the drives was in a faulted state - probably a separate issue from the power outage. But that drive was configured by the bios to be the boot drive, and the system refused to boot off a faulted drive. Instantly restarted, repeat. > > So a few things seem less than desirable: > > * Live DVD not able to boot correctly because of an existing pool in a faulted state - resulting in no useful tools for diagnostics. > > * If the system drive is mirrored, and the drive which is configured by BIOS to boot from is a faulted drive, is there any way for the system to get back up and running without a person at the console to change the BIOS setting? > > This particular machine is my home backup server, so I'm not too worried about it. But if I'm going to roll out a machine in a data centre or remote office this could be a real problem. > > Thoughts? > > Matt. > > > On 10/02/2012, at 12:23 PM, Gordon Ross wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Matt Connolly >> wrote: >>> Dear list, >>> >>> I had a power outage at my house recently and my OpenIndiana backup server has failed to reboot. >> [...] >>> Does anyone have any ideas on how to do more diagnostics / repairs?? >> >> You might try: >> zpool import -F $pool >> >> ___ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 11/11 Opensource part1 and part2
On 2/02/2012 9:45 p.m., Open Indiana wrote: "their pricing is just way out through the stratosphere..." I could Licence Windows Server 2008 R2 X64 on my OI box for around $700 p/a (2 processor) Oracle want $1488 for EACH cpu, but since it isn't certified, won't offer support. definitely off this planet. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Timekeeping in OI zones
OK excellent. Thanks for your reply Jeppe On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Jeppe Toustrup wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 16:30, Mark Creamer wrote: > > I'm trying to get a definitive answer on keeping the time accurate in my > > non-global zones. Is it only necessary to maintain the accuracy of the > > global zone using ntp and the non-global zones will all be correct? Or > do I > > need to configure something within the individual zones as well? > > You only need to have NTP running in the global zone. The non-global > zones use the global zones clock for their time keeping. > Besides, in the default configuration, a non-global zone don't have > access to modify the global zones clock, which is required if you want > to run NTP in the non-global zone. > > -- > Venlig hilsen / Kind regards > Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer) > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Timekeeping in OI zones
I'm trying to get a definitive answer on keeping the time accurate in my non-global zones. Is it only necessary to maintain the accuracy of the global zone using ntp and the non-global zones will all be correct? Or do I need to configure something within the individual zones as well? Thanks, -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS Encryption for MySQL data store
OK, sorry about that guys. I was assuming it was an available feature and was obviously incorrect. Thanks for the clarification. -Mark On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:11 AM, LinuxBSDos.com wrote: > > I'd like to get a better understanding (or have someone correct me where > > I'm wrong) about using ZFS encryption for a particular zfs filesystem. > > > > The idea is to create a zfs file system for a MySQL database to use to > > store its datafiles since the database contains potentially sensitive > > information. The server we would do this on already has several zfs > > filesystems used for other purposes. > > > > So if I create a new filesystem, and set encryption to on, these are the > > caveats as I understand them: > > > > 1. I can snapshot and zfs send | zfs receive to a separate physical > backup > > server for archival storage, and as long as the receiving file system is > > also set to encryption=on, the replicated data would remain encrypted > with > > the same passphrase > > 2. In order for the server to mount this filesystem on boot, someone > would > > need to be available to enter the passphrase - otherwise the file system > > would remain unmounted, meaning MySQL could not use it > > > > Are these two things correct? If so, is there a better solution for Item > > #2, such that remotely rebooting the server would allow MySQL to start > and > > be able to use the file system? > > > > I don't know the answer to your question, but ZFS on OI does not yet have > support for encryption, unless your question is about Oracle Solaris 11. > > > -- > Fini D. > > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS Encryption for MySQL data store
I'd like to get a better understanding (or have someone correct me where I'm wrong) about using ZFS encryption for a particular zfs filesystem. The idea is to create a zfs file system for a MySQL database to use to store its datafiles since the database contains potentially sensitive information. The server we would do this on already has several zfs filesystems used for other purposes. So if I create a new filesystem, and set encryption to on, these are the caveats as I understand them: 1. I can snapshot and zfs send | zfs receive to a separate physical backup server for archival storage, and as long as the receiving file system is also set to encryption=on, the replicated data would remain encrypted with the same passphrase 2. In order for the server to mount this filesystem on boot, someone would need to be available to enter the passphrase - otherwise the file system would remain unmounted, meaning MySQL could not use it Are these two things correct? If so, is there a better solution for Item #2, such that remotely rebooting the server would allow MySQL to start and be able to use the file system? -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] PS2 keyboard problems
On 9/01/2012 6:08 a.m., Open Indiana wrote: Whta do you mean? If you disconnect a PS2 device on a running server it will never reconnect without booting. That is at least what I found out more than once on all kind of servers (windows2003/2008/solaris etc) No, I mean the keyboard works perfectly up until the OS boots, and from then on it ceases to work. This is the case on my current TYAN S2915, Supermicro X7DWN+ and the same issue has been encountered on other motherboards as well. The keyboard used makes no difference. Mark. -Original Message- From: Mark [mailto:mark0...@gmail.com] Sent: zondag 8 januari 2012 8:07 To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] PS2 keyboard problems Does anyone else have constant problems getting a ps2 keyboard to work ? I have struck it on at least 4 different servers from as many vendors, and not one has a working ps2 keyboard once OI (or any other flavoured Solaris) has booted. All my OI servers now run ps2 to usb adapters. I finally have found time to make a working build environment, so it may be time to dig deeper. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] PS2 keyboard problems
Does anyone else have constant problems getting a ps2 keyboard to work ? I have struck it on at least 4 different servers from as many vendors, and not one has a working ps2 keyboard once OI (or any other flavoured Solaris) has booted. All my OI servers now run ps2 to usb adapters. I finally have found time to make a working build environment, so it may be time to dig deeper. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] How will this change affect any future source from Oracle ?
This looks to be a major change to how ON/net is being built. http://blogs.oracle.com/ali/entry/much_ado_about_nothing_stub Will this be a show stopper when integrating any future source released by Oracle ? Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] TrueType Fonts
Alan thank you very much and happy holidays Mark On Thursday, December 22, 2011, Alan Coopersmith < alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 12/22/11 10:08, Mark Creamer wrote: >> >> Makes sense about the licensing. Thank you for that explanation. I see that the >> fonts available at the link you supplied are packaged for Windows. How do I >> place them on the OI system? Thanks again > > There's several guides to installing on Linux - OpenIndiana/Solaris > installation should be pretty much the same thing, since the same > open source software is used (fontconfig, freetype, Xorg, etc.). > > A quick google search turned up http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/ > which has the cabextract software needed to get .ttf's out of the > Microsoft .exe's. Though that site still refers to older font tools, > for instance, ttmkfdir is now built into mkfontdir instead of being > a separate utility, and few people use the xfs font server these days. > > Debian does provide a package that provides an installer for them, but > does not install them, due to the "may not be distributed for profit either > on a standalone basis or included as part of your own product" terms of the > license which would conflict with those selling things such as Debian CD's or > systems with the software preinstalled. OI would have to determine it's own > policy for handling things like this for packaging. > > http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/ttf-mscorefonts-installer > > -- >-Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com > Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System > > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] TrueType Fonts
Makes sense about the licensing. Thank you for that explanation. I see that the fonts available at the link you supplied are packaged for Windows. How do I place them on the OI system? Thanks again On Thursday, December 22, 2011, Alan Coopersmith < alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> wrote: > On 12/21/11 20:47, Mark Creamer wrote: >> >> One of our servers we're trying to move off of Linux and on to OI runs >> Tomcat and Jasper Reports. Jasper is complaining that it needs Arial font. >> I remember once that I was able to install a truetype fonts package from >> the OpenSolaris extras repo, but now that it is gone, is there any way to >> get these fonts installed on OI? Im running 151a. > > Arial was in the extras repo because it was commercially licensed and not > freely redistributable, so OpenIndiana can't provide that version/package. > > An older version of Arial is freely available from the old Microsoft WebFonts > pack though: http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/webfonts/ > > -- >-Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com > Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System > > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] TrueType Fonts
One of our servers we're trying to move off of Linux and on to OI runs Tomcat and Jasper Reports. Jasper is complaining that it needs Arial font. I remember once that I was able to install a truetype fonts package from the OpenSolaris extras repo, but now that it is gone, is there any way to get these fonts installed on OI? Im running 151a. Thank you, -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Allowing sudo for users *per zone*
I'm trying to find a way to allow certain users more control over their zones created for development. But I found that there is not /etc/sudoers file in the zone. I read in a post that sudo affects the global zone, but obviously I don't want all users to have elevated privileges in all zones. What's the right way to handle this? Thank you! -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 source code leaked?
On 20/12/2011 6:29 a.m., Gregory Youngblood wrote: This seems potentially bad all the way around to me. Hopefully this turns out to be a real, officially blessed release and not a leak. It doesn't look to be official, since it does contain some closed source code but is mostly CDDL and even contains an OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Can't delete vnic
Oh sorry that's a typo. Sorry to confuse... Line 3 should read dladm delete-vnic vnic0 But I do get the deletion error even when I actually type it correctly :-) On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Jeppe Toustrup wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 19:19, Mark Creamer wrote: > > 1. ifconfig vnic0 down > > 2. ifconfig vnic0 unplumb > > 3. dladm delete-vnic vnic1 > > > > on step 3 I get: dladm: vnic deletion failed: link busy > > It seems pretty obvious, unless those commands aren't copy/pasted. You > work on "vnic0" on the first two commands, and "vnic1" in the last > command. > > -- > Venlig hilsen / Kind regards > Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer) > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Can't delete vnic
I'm trying to clean up on my system after creating (and then removing) a bunch of zones. Everything worked fine so far, but now I can't remove the vnics I created. I did: 1. ifconfig vnic0 down 2. ifconfig vnic0 unplumb 3. dladm delete-vnic vnic1 on step 3 I get: dladm: vnic deletion failed: link busy Can't seem to figure out what I need to do to delete it. Thanks! -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Will an 82575EB based Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 ethernet work OK in b151a?
On 15/12/2011 6:35 a.m., James Carlson wrote: Hans J. Albertsson wrote: Subject says it all. I suppose so, at least one shouldn't need to do anything beyond addig a line in /etc/driver_aliases, right? The line for 8086,10a7 should already be there; it's served by "igb". I have used both the 2 & 4 port non-uio 1Gbit and two port 10G non-uio Supermicro cards with no changes, since early OI releases up to 151. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install - RESOLVED
Finally figured out what was happening. Symantec running on the firewalls which are in front of both of my subnets was seeing one of the files within the python-26 package as a virus, and killing the download stream. I set up the system temporarily directly to a simple NAT router and it worked great. Man I hope this information helps someone else avoid this issue. Thank you to all of you who were so willing to help. People like you are what makes working with complex systems possible, and OpenIndiana in particular such a great OS. Best regards, Mark On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > Bummer I thought that was a good possibility but it seems ipv6 is already > not enabled > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jake wrote: > >> Try disabling ipv6. >> >> I had some issues with pkg stuff when using ipv6 on a 50Mbps Comcast >> cable modem in the US. >> >> Jake >> >> On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Mark Creamer wrote: >> >> > Just tried from a different OI 151a box, in a different physical >> location >> > with different Internet access. It fails too, but just to keep things >> > interesting, it fails on a different package: >> > >> > mcreamer@sdbackup:/zones$ sudo zoneadm -z testzone install >> > WARNING: skipping network interface 'vnic0' which is used in the global >> > zone. >> > Publisher: Using openindiana.org (http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/ ). >> > Image: Preparing at /zones/testzone/root. >> > Cache: Using /var/pkg/download. >> > Sanity Check: Looking for 'entire' incorporation. >> > Installing: Core System (output follows) >> > Packages to install: 1 >> > Create boot environment:No >> > DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) >> > Completed 1/1 3/3 0.0/0.0 >> > >> > PHASEACTIONS >> > Install Phase 15/15 >> > >> > PHASE ITEMS >> > Package State Update Phase 1/1 >> > Image State Update Phase 2/2 >> > Packages to install:50 >> > Create boot environment:No >> > Services to restart: 3 >> > DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) >> > runtime/perl-510/extra3/50 5706/22960 41.8/117.8 >> > >> > >> > Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file >> data >> > for >> > the requested operation. >> > Details follow: >> > >> > http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error >> > URL: ' >> > >> http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/7b885b7c9957a5e76a00f938eae75049947e8c79 >> > '. >> > ERROR: failed to install package >> > >> > I'd love to try this from a internal repository. Is it possible for me >> to >> > set up a repository on my own network to point these installs to? By the >> > way, last week I did try switching to a different (Internet) repository >> at >> > someone's suggestion. I think it was in Germany (.de domain). It failed >> > too. >> > >> > 'Bout out of ideas (and time)...any other ideas? I greatly appreciate >> > everyone's help. >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Mark Creamer >> wrote: >> > >> >> OK Thanks for that explanation. Yes it does match. >> >> -Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Joshua M. Clulow >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On 14 December 2011 09:44, Mark Creamer wrote: >> >>>> It does download via wget, but I haven't used shasum before. So I >> wasn't >> >>>> sure which shasum command to use. I tried sha1sum and it does not >> match: >> >>> >> >>> The file will be gzipped, so you'll need to: >> >>> >> >>> wget -q -O - $URL | gunzip -c | sha1sum - >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Joshua M. Clulow >> >>> UNIX Admin/Developer >> >>> http://blog.sysmgr.org >> >>> >> >>> ___ >> >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> >>> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mark >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Mark >> > ___ >> > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >> ___ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > > > > -- > Mark > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
Bummer I thought that was a good possibility but it seems ipv6 is already not enabled On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jake wrote: > Try disabling ipv6. > > I had some issues with pkg stuff when using ipv6 on a 50Mbps Comcast cable > modem in the US. > > Jake > > On Dec 14, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Mark Creamer wrote: > > > Just tried from a different OI 151a box, in a different physical location > > with different Internet access. It fails too, but just to keep things > > interesting, it fails on a different package: > > > > mcreamer@sdbackup:/zones$ sudo zoneadm -z testzone install > > WARNING: skipping network interface 'vnic0' which is used in the global > > zone. > > Publisher: Using openindiana.org (http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/ ). > > Image: Preparing at /zones/testzone/root. > > Cache: Using /var/pkg/download. > > Sanity Check: Looking for 'entire' incorporation. > > Installing: Core System (output follows) > > Packages to install: 1 > > Create boot environment:No > > DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) > > Completed 1/1 3/3 0.0/0.0 > > > > PHASEACTIONS > > Install Phase 15/15 > > > > PHASE ITEMS > > Package State Update Phase 1/1 > > Image State Update Phase 2/2 > > Packages to install:50 > > Create boot environment:No > > Services to restart: 3 > > DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) > > runtime/perl-510/extra3/50 5706/22960 41.8/117.8 > > > > > > Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file data > > for > > the requested operation. > > Details follow: > > > > http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error > > URL: ' > > > http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/7b885b7c9957a5e76a00f938eae75049947e8c79 > > '. > > ERROR: failed to install package > > > > I'd love to try this from a internal repository. Is it possible for me to > > set up a repository on my own network to point these installs to? By the > > way, last week I did try switching to a different (Internet) repository > at > > someone's suggestion. I think it was in Germany (.de domain). It failed > > too. > > > > 'Bout out of ideas (and time)...any other ideas? I greatly appreciate > > everyone's help. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Mark Creamer > wrote: > > > >> OK Thanks for that explanation. Yes it does match. > >> -Mark > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Joshua M. Clulow > wrote: > >> > >>> On 14 December 2011 09:44, Mark Creamer wrote: > >>>> It does download via wget, but I haven't used shasum before. So I > wasn't > >>>> sure which shasum command to use. I tried sha1sum and it does not > match: > >>> > >>> The file will be gzipped, so you'll need to: > >>> > >>> wget -q -O - $URL | gunzip -c | sha1sum - > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Joshua M. Clulow > >>> UNIX Admin/Developer > >>> http://blog.sysmgr.org > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > >>> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mark > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark > > ___ > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
Just tried from a different OI 151a box, in a different physical location with different Internet access. It fails too, but just to keep things interesting, it fails on a different package: mcreamer@sdbackup:/zones$ sudo zoneadm -z testzone install WARNING: skipping network interface 'vnic0' which is used in the global zone. Publisher: Using openindiana.org (http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/ ). Image: Preparing at /zones/testzone/root. Cache: Using /var/pkg/download. Sanity Check: Looking for 'entire' incorporation. Installing: Core System (output follows) Packages to install: 1 Create boot environment:No DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) Completed 1/1 3/3 0.0/0.0 PHASEACTIONS Install Phase 15/15 PHASE ITEMS Package State Update Phase 1/1 Image State Update Phase 2/2 Packages to install:50 Create boot environment:No Services to restart: 3 DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) runtime/perl-510/extra3/50 5706/22960 41.8/117.8 Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file data for the requested operation. Details follow: http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error URL: ' http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/7b885b7c9957a5e76a00f938eae75049947e8c79 '. ERROR: failed to install package I'd love to try this from a internal repository. Is it possible for me to set up a repository on my own network to point these installs to? By the way, last week I did try switching to a different (Internet) repository at someone's suggestion. I think it was in Germany (.de domain). It failed too. 'Bout out of ideas (and time)...any other ideas? I greatly appreciate everyone's help. On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Mark Creamer wrote: > OK Thanks for that explanation. Yes it does match. > -Mark > > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > >> On 14 December 2011 09:44, Mark Creamer wrote: >> > It does download via wget, but I haven't used shasum before. So I wasn't >> > sure which shasum command to use. I tried sha1sum and it does not match: >> >> The file will be gzipped, so you'll need to: >> >> wget -q -O - $URL | gunzip -c | sha1sum - >> >> -- >> Joshua M. Clulow >> UNIX Admin/Developer >> http://blog.sysmgr.org >> >> ___ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > > > > -- > Mark > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
OK Thanks for that explanation. Yes it does match. -Mark On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > On 14 December 2011 09:44, Mark Creamer wrote: > > It does download via wget, but I haven't used shasum before. So I wasn't > > sure which shasum command to use. I tried sha1sum and it does not match: > > The file will be gzipped, so you'll need to: > > wget -q -O - $URL | gunzip -c | sha1sum - > > -- > Joshua M. Clulow > UNIX Admin/Developer > http://blog.sysmgr.org > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
It does download via wget, but I haven't used shasum before. So I wasn't sure which shasum command to use. I tried sha1sum and it does not match: The output is: root@zonemaster:/zones# sha1sum 10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d a06a9c348d6b17efa76415877c72f81edf3999ca 10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > On Dec 14, 2011 8:32 AM, "Mark Creamer" wrote: > > > > Exactly the same URL. I just tried it again to be sure. > > What happens if you try and wget the file? Does it work? Does the shasum of > the file then match the filename? > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
Exactly the same URL. I just tried it again to be sure. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > On Dec 14, 2011 5:54 AM, "Mark Creamer" wrote: > > The thing that is interesting about trying to set up the zones in OI is > > that it *always* fails on the same package (python-26), so it's not a > > bandwidth issue, or a problem where the connection drops. > > Is it also always the exact same URL, or a different URL within the set of > files for python26? > > -JMC > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
Tried in 2 locations, one of which is in a datacenter with a redundant 2 Mbit pipe burstable to 100Mbit which has never had an outage. The thing that is interesting about trying to set up the zones in OI is that it *always* fails on the same package (python-26), so it's not a bandwidth issue, or a problem where the connection drops. Thank you very much for your thoughts though. On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Jeppe Toustrup wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 19:26, Mark Creamer wrote: > > Hi all, I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas I haven't already > tried. > > I bought an extremely powerful server specifically to run a bunch of > zones > > on OI but I can't get past this issue. > [...] > > Hmm, since you are experiencing this across different platforms, I > don't think the issue is directly related to OpenIndiana. > > Do you have a proxy server in front of the machine which could be > imposing the problems, or some other special equipment which could > cause such issues? > Alternatively you could perhaps try to move the machine to another > location with have another internet connection, and see if it works > there? > > -- > Venlig hilsen / Kind regards > Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer) > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Still having issue with zone install
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas I haven't already tried. I bought an extremely powerful server specifically to run a bunch of zones on OI but I can't get past this issue. The problem is, I get all the way through the initial configuration of the zone, but when I do install, it dies about halfway through. Here's the output: root@zonemaster:/zones# zoneadm -z template-basezone install WARNING: skipping network interface 'vnic0' which is used in the global zone. Publisher: Using openindiana.org (http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/ ). Image: Preparing at /zones/template-basezone/root. Sanity Check: Looking for 'entire' incorporation. Installing: Core System (output follows) Packages to install: 1 Create boot environment:No DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) Completed 1/1 3/3 0.0/0.0 PHASEACTIONS Install Phase 15/15 PHASE ITEMS Package State Update Phase 1/1 Image State Update Phase 2/2 Packages to install:50 Create boot environment:No Services to restart: 3 DOWNLOAD PKGS FILESXFER (MB) runtime/python-26 4/50 7787/22960 52.4/117.8 Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file data for the requested operation. Details follow: http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error URL: ' http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d '. ERROR: failed to install package root@zonemaster:/zones# It happens every time without fail. I've tried the server version of OI, the desktop version, and in a VM. Same result every time. Interestingly, it also happens with Solaris 11, although it fails on a different package. I was able to get a zone successfully installed using Nexenta Core, but I can't get MySQL 5.5 to install there, which is ultimately what I want to do once the zones are set up. Thanks for any ideas. -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zone autoboot=true did not boot, then zfs mount fails.
The only similar thing I've seen is when a mount-point has something in it. Then the ZFS file system will refuse to mount-over that directory. As your zone needs to mount before you can boot it, start looking at your ZFS mounting problem first. Regards, -- .\\ark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with zone creation
Got nowhere with my experimenting last night. So I tried the same exact procedure on a test Solaris 11 box. It failed the same way, just on a different package. It says Internal server error 500, and package failed to install. Obviously organizations are using zones successfully every day, so I'm really confused what I'm doing wrong. Has anyone else experienced a problem with creating a new zone where the install phase fails due to a package failing to download? Thanks On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > OK, I'm sorry I didn't catch this before. I previously thought it was a > random failure, but it seems it is dying at the point of trying to get > package "runtime/python-26" Is there any way around this? A different > mirror gave me the save result unfortunately. > Thanks again > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > >> Thank you. Pretty new with this, so I didn't realize I had additional >> package mirrors available. I should have looked into that possibility. The >> server is running oi_151a >> I'll try the different mirror(s) and see what happens. >> Best regards, >> Mark >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Jeppe Toustrup wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:22, Mark Creamer wrote: >>> > [...] The error is: >>> > >>> > Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file >>> data >>> > for >>> > the requested operation. >>> > Details follow: >>> > >>> > http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error >>> > URL: ' >>> > >>> http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d >>> > '. >>> > ERROR: failed to install package >>> >>> Could you try one of the package mirrors available? >>> http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Mirrors >>> >>> Also, just for the record, which version of OpenIndiana are you running? >>> >>> -- >>> Venlig hilsen / Kind regards >>> Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer) >>> >>> ___ >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >>> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark >> > > > > -- > Mark > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with zone creation
OK, I'm sorry I didn't catch this before. I previously thought it was a random failure, but it seems it is dying at the point of trying to get package "runtime/python-26" Is there any way around this? A different mirror gave me the save result unfortunately. Thanks again On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Mark Creamer wrote: > Thank you. Pretty new with this, so I didn't realize I had additional > package mirrors available. I should have looked into that possibility. The > server is running oi_151a > I'll try the different mirror(s) and see what happens. > Best regards, > Mark > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Jeppe Toustrup wrote: > >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:22, Mark Creamer wrote: >> > [...] The error is: >> > >> > Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file >> data >> > for >> > the requested operation. >> > Details follow: >> > >> > http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error >> > URL: ' >> > >> http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d >> > '. >> > ERROR: failed to install package >> >> Could you try one of the package mirrors available? >> http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Mirrors >> >> Also, just for the record, which version of OpenIndiana are you running? >> >> -- >> Venlig hilsen / Kind regards >> Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer) >> >> ___ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > > > > -- > Mark > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with zone creation
Thank you. Pretty new with this, so I didn't realize I had additional package mirrors available. I should have looked into that possibility. The server is running oi_151a I'll try the different mirror(s) and see what happens. Best regards, Mark On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Jeppe Toustrup wrote: > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 22:22, Mark Creamer wrote: > > [...] The error is: > > > > Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file data > > for > > the requested operation. > > Details follow: > > > > http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error > > URL: ' > > > http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d > > '. > > ERROR: failed to install package > > Could you try one of the package mirrors available? > http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Mirrors > > Also, just for the record, which version of OpenIndiana are you running? > > -- > Venlig hilsen / Kind regards > Jeppe Toustrup (aka. Tenzer) > > ___ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
[OpenIndiana-discuss] Problem with zone creation
I'm working with zones for the first time. I finally got to the point where I could create a zone, and I am at the step where I install it. Each time I have gotten to this point, it begins downloading packages, gets maybe half-way, and dies. The error is: Errors were encountered while attempting to retrieve package or file data for the requested operation. Details follow: http protocol error: code: 500 reason: Internal Server Error URL: ' http://pkg.openindiana.org/dev/openindiana.org/file/1/10283476ec06bd1ad87b851e050b2b35c00ac78d '. ERROR: failed to install package Then I don't see a way I can continue (re-running the install command doesn't work - it says zone is incomplete, uninstall required), so I have to delete the zone and start all over again. Does anyone know a way I can either: 1. Restart the install process from where it died without having to start over creating the zone from scratch 2. Use a more reliable package repo (assuming that's what the problem is with the download) Thanks! -- Mark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Which mobo allows 24 GB ram and ECC
The ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution paired-with a Xeon-class "Server" processor. It's a bit of an older chipset; but, it supports 24GB of RAM. http://usa.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1366/P6T6_WS_Revolution/#specifications It does support ECC memory, though with the following caveats:** 6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Triple channel memory architecture Support Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) *Hyper DIMM (DDR3 1800MHz or above) support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. **Refer to www.asus.com. Or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendor Lists.) *** ECC memory support requires Intel® Nehalem-WS 1S W3500 series or Nehalem-EP E5502/E5504/E5506 processors The main thing would be that the CPU support ECC functions for your memory. Check the Intel CPU features for your model of processor. For example, the Intel W3680 is a Westmere (35nm Nehalem) processor that supports ECC memory. http://ark.intel.com/products/47917/Intel-Xeon-Processor-W3680-%2812M-Cache-3_33-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI%29 Regards, -- .\\ark ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Fileserver performance with log and cache devices?
On 3/12/2011 9:34 a.m., Per Sjoholm wrote: On 12/02/2011 07:44 PM, Gary Mills wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 08:59:48AM -0600, Gary Mills wrote: I'm in the process of setting up a fileserver running oi_151a. How can I determine the performance improvement from adding log and cache devices? I'm using filebench with the fileserver personality. Is that my best choice? So far, I've tried filebench directly on the server and also on an NFS client. What statistics should I be watching? So, can nobody answer my questions? http://constantin.glez.de/blog/2011/02/frequently-asked-questions-about-flash-memory-ssds-and-zfs # How Do I Know if an SSD Will Really Help My Write Performance? <http://constantin.glez.de/blog/2011/02/frequently-asked-questions-about-flash-memory-ssds-and-zfs#write> # How Do I Know if an SSD Will Really Help My Read Performance? <http://constantin.glez.de/blog/2011/02/frequently-asked-questions-about-flash-memory-ssds-and-zfs#read> To begin, I'm using a single 1 TB SAS disk on the server, without log or cache devices. I intend to add an Intel 311 SSD for the log and Intel 320 SSDs for the cache. I'd like to ensure that these improve NFS performance. I'd like CIFS and zfs send performance to be reasonable as well. The simple answer is, they can help, but I doubt you will see much improvement with a single disk, since that is the major bottleneck. The standard disk i/o performance guidelines like spindle count and rpm still apply. Read cache is only useful if the same file or data is being read multiple times, since the cache needs to be populated. For writes, if the server has plenty of memory and a zpool with an optimal spindle count is as fast as an ssd, then it won't give as much benefit, although it does have the benefit of being non-volatile. I seem to recall mention that the dedicated zil is only used if it's needed. I have great performance from a FC target using 3 x SAT2-MV8 and 20 x 2Tb sata disks without an ssd zil. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller
On 19/11/2011 4:52 p.m., Rich wrote: I bet you $50 you can use sas2ircu on the IT firmware, particularly with the locate command. [Don't take the bet; if you do, I'll link you to a private github repo with some code that does it, and my PayPal account.] - Rich Hi Rich, Locate is possible, but the "application" isn't in the OS yet. It was a while ago when I had was no ses device with IT f/w P8. I did find an LSI kb article saying it wasn't implemented yet. Mind you, I thought I was having multipath issues with this gremlin at the time. http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16414.aspx I see there is now a p11 out, so it may need an upgrade and try again. I see that the latest sg3_utils now has a locate cmd, so it may be time to compile a newer one again and try it. Mark. On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: It would be nice if disk manufacturers offered firmware flavors with quick fail timeouts/reduced retries on failed read/write ops. Along the lines of the firmware loads they give array OEMs. -J Sent via iPhone Is your email Premiere? On Nov 18, 2011, at 15:48, Mark wrote: On 18/11/2011 12:51 a.m., Rich wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Eric D. Mudama wrote: On Wed, Nov 16 at 13:47, Bill Sommerfeld wrote: On 11/16/11 13:27, James C. McPherson wrote: (and apart from "I don't understand it therefore it must be bad" I don't know why you really would) I don't like mpxio disk names -- they make me work too hard and create fear of doing the wrong thing. Long hex strings are much harder to distinguish than short strings and it's much easier to get confused between two devices. humans are reasonably good at dealing with dense sets of small integers, and not quite so good at dealing with sparse sets of 64-bit and 128-bit values. are c2t5000C5002C68468Bd0 and c2t5000C5002C68468Bd0 the same or different? what about c2t5000C5002C68203Bd0 and c2t5000C5002C689ABFd0? are c2t5d0s0 and c2t6d0s0 the same or different? how about sd5a and sd5a? how much time did each of those comparisons take you? how quickly were you sure of your answer? The important part to me is that the 000C5002C68468B above is typically printed on the label of the drive. Put a little sticker on your sled with the contained WWN, and you won't make the mistake of grabbing the wrong drive from the array again. (They need a support group for that) SES means you can blink the drive LED and, with a convenient mapping method, not have this issue again. :) - Rich A simple "locate" application is still elusive, inspite of SES. And LSI 6G SAS controllers lack SES support in the IT firmware, so I run mine in IR mode (with no raid defined). A single bad disk (SATA, SAS or FC) still stops the server dead while it retries. ZFS really could do with kernel and driver tuning. With a raid system, ignore a read error and just correct and deliver the data, and then write it back which in most cases triggers a disk bad sector replacement and the problem is sorted quickly. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] /dev/bmc on SuperMicro boards
On 19/11/2011 8:25 a.m., Jason J. W. Williams wrote: Hi, I'm trying to load the BMC driver from Solaris 11 on my OpenIndiana b151 install. It's a Supermicro X8DTL server board. The BMC driver is loaded into the correct place I believe: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys21920 Nov 17 00:44 /kernel/drv/bmc -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 177 Nov 17 00:44 /kernel/drv/bmc.conf -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys34216 Nov 17 00:44 /kernel/drv/amd64/bmc However, it doesn't seem to come up automatically on boot, and manually running modload on amd64/bmc reports: can't load module: No such device or address Has anyone had luck getting the BMC driver to work with SM boards? I have run the bmc from the last nvs release on OpenSolaris on a Supermicro and it works fine. I used the SIMSO+ on a X7DWN. I haven't tried the newer onboard Realtec chipsets yet. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 3x LSI 9211-8i controllers + direct attach backplane -- appear as on controller
On 18/11/2011 12:51 a.m., Rich wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Eric D. Mudama wrote: On Wed, Nov 16 at 13:47, Bill Sommerfeld wrote: On 11/16/11 13:27, James C. McPherson wrote: (and apart from "I don't understand it therefore it must be bad" I don't know why you really would) I don't like mpxio disk names -- they make me work too hard and create fear of doing the wrong thing. Long hex strings are much harder to distinguish than short strings and it's much easier to get confused between two devices. humans are reasonably good at dealing with dense sets of small integers, and not quite so good at dealing with sparse sets of 64-bit and 128-bit values. are c2t5000C5002C68468Bd0 and c2t5000C5002C68468Bd0 the same or different? what about c2t5000C5002C68203Bd0 and c2t5000C5002C689ABFd0? are c2t5d0s0 and c2t6d0s0 the same or different? how about sd5a and sd5a? how much time did each of those comparisons take you? how quickly were you sure of your answer? The important part to me is that the 000C5002C68468B above is typically printed on the label of the drive. Put a little sticker on your sled with the contained WWN, and you won't make the mistake of grabbing the wrong drive from the array again. (They need a support group for that) SES means you can blink the drive LED and, with a convenient mapping method, not have this issue again. :) - Rich A simple "locate" application is still elusive, inspite of SES. And LSI 6G SAS controllers lack SES support in the IT firmware, so I run mine in IR mode (with no raid defined). A single bad disk (SATA, SAS or FC) still stops the server dead while it retries. ZFS really could do with kernel and driver tuning. With a raid system, ignore a read error and just correct and deliver the data, and then write it back which in most cases triggers a disk bad sector replacement and the problem is sorted quickly. Mark. ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
