Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS space efficiency when copying files from

2008-11-24 Thread Al Tobey
Rsync can update in-place. From rsync(1): --inplace update destination files in-place -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/lis

Re: [zfs-discuss] Status of zpool remove in raidz and non-redundant stripes

2008-12-06 Thread Al Tobey
They also mentioned this at some of the ZFS talks at LISA 2008.The general argument is that, while plenty of hobbyists are clamoring for this, not enough paying customers are asking to make it a high enough priority to get done. If you think about it, the code is not only complicated but wi

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs not yet suitable for HA applications?

2008-12-11 Thread Al Tobey
I compiled just the iscsi initiator this evening and remembered this thread, so here are the simple instructions. This is not the "right" way to do it. It's just the easiest. I should (and probably will) use a Makefile for this, but for now, this works and I've been able to tweak some of t

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs not yet suitable for HA applications?

2008-12-11 Thread Al Tobey
Ok. I figured out how to basically backport snv104's iscsi initiator (version 1.55 versus snv101b's 1.54) into snv101b. Set everything up as in my previous post then create a new C file: cat > boot_sym.c <

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

2009-01-18 Thread Al Tobey
I ran into a bad label causing this once. Usually the s2 slice is a good bet for your whole disk device, but if it's EFI labeled, you need to use p0 (somebody correct me if I'm wrong). I like to zero the first few megs of a drive before doing any of this stuff. This will destroy any data. Ob

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

2009-01-21 Thread Al Tobey
Grab the AOE driver and pull "aoelabinit" out of the package.They wrote it just for forcing EFI or Sun labels onto disks when the normal Solaris tools get in the way. coraid's website looks like it's broken at the moment, so you may need to find it elsewhere on the web. -- This message po