[zfs-discuss] Concat'ed pool vs. striped pool

2009-03-02 Thread Stephen Yum
When creating a ZFS pool, it seems the default format is striping. But is there a way to create a pool of concatenated disks? That is, let's say I have 2 local disks (SATA, 100GB each) and 1 iscsi partition (from remote Solaris server, 80GB). So, if I issue a command: # zpool create -f mypoo

[zfs-discuss] pool w/iscsi interferes with booting

2009-03-02 Thread Stephen Yum
I know this problem has been mentioned a while back, but I haven’t seen or found any usable solution. Sorry to bring it up again, especially if there IS a solution. Problem: I have two servers: zeek and zed (both running nexenta flavor of Solaris x86). On zed I created a zpool using two SATA dr

Re: [zfs-discuss] Desperate question about MPXIO with ZFS-iSCSI

2009-01-09 Thread Stephen Yum
Hi James, I set 'mpxio_disable = no' in the /kernel/drv/iscsi.conf file (not /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.h) and tried running /usr/bin/stmsboot -e. It then listed the pci ids of the NICs, and I said yes and rebooted. Still no joy. At this point, I'm assuming that my Solaris/ZFS box is enabled for MPX

Re: [zfs-discuss] Desperate question about MPXIO with ZFS-iSCSI

2009-01-08 Thread Stephen Yum
No prob z. When seeing your name, it keeps reminding me of the famous rapper. Which Chinatown are they at? SF? S - Original Message From: JZ To: Stephen Yum ; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org; storage-disc...@opensolaris.org Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:31:05 PM Subject: Re: [zfs

[zfs-discuss] Desperate question about MPXIO with ZFS-iSCSI

2009-01-08 Thread Stephen Yum
I'm trying to set up a iscsi connection (with MPXIO) between my Vista64 workstation and a ZFS storage machine running OpenSolaris 10 (forget the exact version). On the ZFS machines, I have two NICS. NIC #1 is 192.168.1.102, and NIC #2 is 192.168.2.102. The NICs are connected to two separate swi

Re: [zfs-discuss] [storage-discuss] ZFS iscsi snapshot - VSScompatible?

2009-01-08 Thread Stephen Yum
backend array through a Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 server, just a solution that can mimic HyperV or VSS would be great. Thanks so much in advance S - Original Message From: JZ To: Jason J. W. Williams ; Mr Stephen Yum Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org; Tim Sent: Wednesday, January 7

[zfs-discuss] ZFS iscsi snapshot - VSS compatible?

2009-01-07 Thread Mr Stephen Yum
Hi all, If I want to make a snapshot of an iscsi volume while there's a transfer going on, is there a way to detect this and either 1) not include the file being transferred, or 2) wait until the transfer is finished before making the snapshot? If I understand correctly, this is what Microsoft