[zfs-discuss] pool causes kernel panic, recursive mutex enter, 134

2010-03-15 Thread Mark
where the pools never got an error, same panic. ANY ideas of volume rescue are welcome - if i missed some important information,please tell me. regards, mark -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] pool causes kernel panic, recursive mutex enter, 134

2010-03-15 Thread Mark
some screenshots that may help: pool: tank id: 5649976080828524375 state: ONLINE action: The pool can be imported using its name or numeric identifier. config: data ONLINE mirror-0 ONLINE c27t2d0ONLINE c27t0d0ONLINE m

[zfs-discuss] ZFS on external iSCSI storage

2010-07-01 Thread Mark
I'm new with ZFS, but I have had good success using it with raw physical disks. One of my systems has access to an iSCSI storage target. The underlying physical array is in a propreitary disk storage device from Promise. So the question is, when building a OpenSolaris host to store its data on a

[zfs-discuss] VMGuest IOMeter numbers

2010-07-25 Thread Mark
Hello, first time posting. I've been working with zfs on and off with limited *nix experience for a year or so now, and have read a lot of things by a lot of you I'm sure. Still tons I don't understand/know I'm sure. We've been having awful IO latencies on our 7210 running about 40 VM's spread

[zfs-discuss] snapshot question

2010-07-29 Thread Mark
I'm trying to understand how snapshots work in terms of how I can use them for recovering and/or duplicating virtual machines, and how I should set up my file system. I want to use OpenSolaris as a storage platform with NFS/ZFS for some development VMs; that is, the VMs use the OpenSolaris box

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange problem with liveupgrade on zfs (10u7 and u8)

2009-10-21 Thread Mark
Ok. Thanks. Why does '/' show up in the newly created /BE/etc/vfstab but not in the current /etc/vfstab? Should '/' be in the /BE/etc/vfstab? btw, thank you for responding so quickly to this. Mark On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Enda O'Connor wrote: > Mark Horst

[zfs-discuss] Home ZFS NAS - 2 drives or 3?

2010-01-30 Thread Mark
I have a 1U server that supports 2 SATA drives in the chassis. I have 2 750 GB SATA drives. When I install opensolaris, I assume it will want to use all or part of one of those drives for the install. That leaves me with the remaining part of disk 1, and all of disk 2. Question is, how do I be

Re: [zfs-discuss] Home ZFS NAS - 2 drives or 3?

2010-01-31 Thread Mark
I thank each of you for all of your insights. I think if this was a production system I'd abandon the idea of 2 drives and get a more capable system, maybe a 2U box with lots of SAS drives so I could use RAIDZ configurations. But in this case, I think all I can do is try some things until I unde

[zfs-discuss] Mirrored zpool across network

2007-08-19 Thread Mark
. They will be connected by gigabit ethernet. So my question is how do I mirror one raidz Array across the network to the other? Thanks for all your help Mark. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mirrored zpool across network

2007-08-22 Thread Mark
t it really. is this correct? thanks again for all your help Cheers Mark This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there _any_ suitable motherboard?

2007-08-22 Thread Mark
to buy it all for around AUS$350. cpu, mobo, ram and everything. ive tried it with a few solaris distro's and its worked fine and been rather fast. Cheers Mark This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-di

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is there _any_ suitable motherboard?

2007-08-22 Thread Mark
Hey, I will submit it. However does Opensolaris have a seperate HCL? or do i just use the solaris one? Cheers Mark This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mirrored zpool across network

2007-08-24 Thread Mark
. Does anybody see a problem with this? Also i know this isnt ZFS, but is there any upper limit on file size with samba? Thanks For all your help. Mark This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mirrored zpool across network

2007-08-24 Thread Mark
at by using IPMP the bandwidth is increased due to sharing across all the network cards, is this true? Thanks again for all your help Cheers Mark This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Mirrored zpool across network

2007-09-10 Thread Mark
Hey all again, Looking into a few other options. How about infiniband? it would give us more bandwidth, but will it increase complexity/price? any thoughts? Cheers Mark This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] Can VirtualBox run a 64 bit guests on 32 bit host

2009-02-25 Thread Mark
Hi Harry, I doubt it too. Try here to be sure (no need to install, unzip in a folder and just run). CPUID <http://www.cpuid.com/> Check the processor features when you run the app. I hope that helps. /Mark :-) 2009/2/26 Tim > Then you would be looking for AMD-V extensions. VT is

[zfs-discuss] VM's on ZFS - 7210

2010-08-26 Thread Mark
We are using a 7210, 44 disks I believe, 11 stripes of RAIDz sets. When I installed I selected the best bang for the buck on the speed vs capacity chart. We run about 30 VM's on it, across 3 ESX 4 servers. Right now, its all running NFS, and it sucks... sooo slow. iSCSI was no better. I a

Re: [zfs-discuss] VM's on ZFS - 7210

2010-08-27 Thread Mark
Hey thanks for the replies everyone. Saddly most of those options will not work, since we are using a SUN Unified Storage 7210, the only option is to buy the SUN SSD's for it, which is about $15k USD for a pair. We also don't have the ability to shut off ZIL or any of the other options that o

Re: [zfs-discuss] VM's on ZFS - 7210

2010-08-27 Thread Mark
It does, its on a pair of large APC's. Right now we're using NFS for our ESX Servers. The only iSCSI LUN's I have are mounted inside a couple Windows VM's. I'd have to migrate all our VM's to iSCSI, which I'm willing to do if it would help and not cause other issues. So far the 7210 Applia

[zfs-discuss] Trick to keeping NFS file references in kernel memory for Dtrace?

2012-10-03 Thread Mark
Otherwise does anyone have any other tips for monitoring usage? I wonder how they have it all working in Fishworks gear as some of the analytics demos show you being able to drill down on through file activity in real time. Any advice or suggestions greatly appreciated. Cheers, Mark __

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread mark
her level compared to HPs pre-sales department... not that theyre bad but in this realm youre the man :) Thanks, Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7

2013-01-08 Thread Mark -
Good call Saso. Sigh... I guess I wait to hear from HP on supported IT mode HBAs in their D2000s or other jbods. On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > On 01/08/2013 04:27 PM, mark wrote: > >> On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Richard Elling wrote: > >> > &g

Re: [zfs-discuss] snv_133 mpt0 freezing machine

2010-03-05 Thread Mark Ogden
sage (shown in the /var/adm/messages) : > > scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: > /p...@0,0/pci8086,3...@4/pci1028,1...@0 (mpt0): > > Does anyone has any tip in how to start to trace the problem ? > Have a look at Bug ID: 6894775 http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_

Re: [zfs-discuss] Making ZFS better: zfshistory

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
On 4/21/10 6:49 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Williams And you can

Re: [zfs-discuss] Making ZFS better: zfshistory

2010-04-21 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
On 04/21/10 08:45 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: From: Mark Shellenbaum [mailto:mark.shellenb...@oracle.com] You can create/destroy/rename snapshots via mkdir, rmdir, mv inside the .zfs/snapshot directory, however, it will only work if you're running the command locally. It will not

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re-attaching zpools after machine termination [amazon ebs & ec2]

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Musante
On 23 Apr, 2010, at 7.06, Phillip Oldham wrote: > > I've created an OpenSolaris 2009.06 x86_64 image with the zpool structure > already defined. Starting an instance from this image, without attaching the > EBS volume, shows the pool structure exists and that the pool state is > "UNAVAIL" (as

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re-attaching zpools after machine termination [amazon ebs & ec2]

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Musante
On 23 Apr, 2010, at 7.31, Phillip Oldham wrote: > I'm not actually issuing any when starting up the new instance. None are > needed; the instance is booted from an image which has the zpool > configuration stored within, so simply starts and sees that the devices > aren't available, which beco

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re-attaching zpools after machine termination [amazon ebs & ec2]

2010-04-23 Thread Mark Musante
On 23 Apr, 2010, at 8.38, Phillip Oldham wrote: > The instances are "ephemeral"; once terminated they cease to exist, as do all > their settings. Rebooting an image keeps any EBS volumes attached, but this > isn't the case I'm dealing with - its when the instance terminates > unexpectedly. For

Re: [zfs-discuss] MPT issues strikes back

2010-04-27 Thread Mark Ogden
rror message. Since removing that drive, we have not encounted that issue. You might want to look at http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do;jsessionid=7acda35c626180d9cda7bd1df451?bug_id=6894775 too. -Mark > Machine specs : > > Dell R710, 16 GB memory, 2 Intel Qua

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool vdev's

2010-05-28 Thread Mark Musante
On 28 May, 2010, at 17.21, Vadim Comanescu wrote: > In a stripe zpool configuration (no redundancy) is a certain disk regarded as > an individual vdev or do all the disks in the stripe represent a single vdev > ? In a raidz configuration im aware that every single group of raidz disks is > reg

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and IBM SDD Vpaths

2010-05-29 Thread Mark Musante
Can you find the devices in /dev/rdsk? I see there is a path in /pseudo at least, but the zpool import command only looks in /dev. One thing you can try is doing this: # mkdir /tmpdev # ln -s /pseudo/vpat...@1:1 /tmpdev/vpath1a And then see if 'zpool import -d /tmpdev' finds the pool. On 2

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zpool import not working

2010-06-12 Thread Mark Musante
I'm guessing that the virtualbox VM is ignoring write cache flushes. See this for more ifno: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13661 On 12 Jun, 2010, at 5.30, zfsnoob4 wrote: > Thanks, that works. But it only when I do a proper export first. > > If I export the pool then I can

[zfs-discuss] ZFS crash

2010-07-07 Thread Mark Christooph
I had an interesting dilemma recently and I'm wondering if anyone here can illuminate on why this happened. I have a number of pools, including the root pool, in on-board disks on the server. I also have one pool on a SAN disk, outside the system. Last night the SAN crashed, and shortly thereaf

Re: [zfs-discuss] Splitting root mirror to prep for re-install

2010-08-04 Thread Mark Musante
You can also use the "zpool split" command and save yourself having to do the zfs send|zfs recv step - all the data will be preserved. "zpool split rpool preserve" does essentially everything up to and including the "zpool export preserve" commands you listed in your original email. Just don'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Opensolaris is apparently dead

2010-08-14 Thread Mark Bennett
oking into a USB boot/raidz root combination for 1U storage. I ran Red Hat 9 with updated packages for quite a few years. As long as the kernel is stable, and you can work through the hurdles, it can still do the job. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS development moving behind closed doors

2010-08-14 Thread Mark Bennett
for what eventually becomes a commercial Enterprise offering. OpenSolaris was the Solaris equivalent. Losing the free bleeding edge testing community will no doubt impact on the Solaris code quality. It is now even more likely Solaris will revert to it'

[zfs-discuss] zpool causing boot to hang

2009-08-01 Thread Mark Johnson
I was wondering if this is a known problem.. I am running stock b118 bits. System has a UFS root and a single zpool (with multiple nfs, smb, and iscsi exports) Powered off my machine last night.. Powered it on this morning and it hung during boot. It hung when reading the zpool disks.. It wou

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS CIFS problem with Ubuntu, NFS as an alternative?

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
nsolaris.org They will start out by asking you to run: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/cifs-server/files/cifs-gendiag -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] `zfs list -t filesystem` shouldn't return snapshots

2009-08-05 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Robert Lawhead wrote: I recently tried to post this as a bug, and received an auto-ack, but can't tell whether its been accepted. Does this seem like a bug to anyone else? Default for zfs list is now to show only filesystems. However, a `zfs list` or `zfs list -t filesystem` shows filesystem

Re: [zfs-discuss] *Almost* empty ZFS filesystem - 14GB?

2009-08-21 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
of an inconvenience, but it does make me wonder whether the 'used' figures on my other filesystems and zvols are correct. You could be running into an instance of 6792701 Removing large holey file does not free space A fix for this was

[zfs-discuss] Identify cause when disk faulted

2009-08-25 Thread Mark Bennett
eroing and checking after a replace attempt , shows it is being partitioned during the replace attempt. obviously corrupt data suggests read/write integrity, but is there any way to get more detailed info or logs from zfs on what the reason for rejecting it ? e.g. sector that is failing Mark

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Export, Import = Windows sees wrong groups in ACLs

2009-09-12 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
avies How are the parent and kids defined in the /etc/passwd file? What do the ACLs look like? Issues with the CIFS server are best served by asking on cifs-disc...@opensolaris.org -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zfs-discuss] Which kind of ACLs does tmpfs support ?

2009-09-15 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Roland Mainz wrote: Hi! Does anyone know out-of-the-head whether tmpfs supports ACLs - and if "yes" - which type(s) of ACLs (e.g. NFSv4/ZFS, old POSIX draft ACLs etc.) are supported by tmpfs ? tmpfs does not support ACLs see _PC_ACL_ENABLED in [f]pathconf(2). You can query the file sy

[zfs-discuss] Destroying zfs snapshot

2009-10-05 Thread Mark Horstman
I have a snapshot that I'd like to destroy: # zfs list rpool/ROOT/be200909160...@200909160720 NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool/ROOT/be200909160...@200909160720 1.88G - 4.18G - But when I try it warns me of dependent clones: # zfs destroy rpool

Re: [zfs-discuss] Destroying zfs snapshot

2009-10-05 Thread Mark Horstman
Sorry. My environment: # uname -a SunOS xx 5.10 Generic_141414-10 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5220 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listin

Re: [zfs-discuss] NFS sgid directory interoperability with Linux

2009-10-12 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
en inheriting an ACL? I just tried it locally and it appears to work. # ls -ld test.dir drwsr-sr-x 2 marksstorage4 Oct 12 16:45 test.dir my primary group is "staff" $ touch file $ ls -l file -rw-r--r-- 1 marksstorage

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange problem with liveupgrade on zfs (10u7 and u8)

2009-10-21 Thread Mark Horstman
I'm seeing the same [b]lucreate[/b] error on my fresh SPARC sol10u8 install (and my SPARC sol10u7 machine I keep patches up to date), but I don't have a separate /var: # zfs list NAMEUSED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT pool00 3.36G 532G20K none pool00/global

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange problem with liveupgrade on zfs (10u7 and u8)

2009-10-21 Thread Mark Horstman
Neither the virgin SPARC sol10u8 nor the (update to date) patched SPARC sol10u7 have any local zones. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-d

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange problem with liveupgrade on zfs (10u7 and u8)

2009-10-21 Thread Mark Horstman
More input: # cat /etc/lu/ICF.1 sol10u8:-:/dev/zvol/dsk/rpool/swap:swap:67108864 sol10u8:/:rpool/ROOT/sol10u8:zfs:0 sol10u8:/appl:pool00/global/appl:zfs:0 sol10u8:/home:pool00/global/home:zfs:0 sol10u8:/rpool:rpool:zfs:0 sol10u8:/install:pool00/shared/install:zfs:0 sol10u8:/opt/local:pool00/shared

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange problem with liveupgrade on zfs (10u7 and u8)

2009-10-21 Thread Mark Horstman
more input: # lumount foobar /mnt /mnt # cat /mnt/etc/vfstab # cat /mnt/etc/vfstab #live-upgrade: updated boot environment #device device mount FS fsckmount mount #to mount to fsck point typepassat boot options # fd -

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange problem with liveupgrade on zfs (10u7 and u8)

2009-10-21 Thread Mark Horstman
Then why the warning on the lucreate. It hasn't done that in the past. Mark On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:41 PM, "Enda O'Connor" wrote: Hi T his will boot ok in my opinion, not seeing any issues there. Enda Mark Horstman wrote: more input: # lumount foobar /mnt /mnt #

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2009-11-30 Thread Mark Johnson
card installed. The mptsas cards are not generally available yet (they're 2nd generation), so I would be surprised if you had one. No...I had set the other two variables after Mark contacted me offline to do some testing mainly to verify the problem was, indeed, not xVM specific. I had

Re: [zfs-discuss] mpt errors on snv 127

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Nipper
This is basically just a me too. I'm using different hardware but essentially the same problems. The relevant hardware I have is: --- SuperMicro MBD-H8Di3+-F-O motherboard with LSI 1068E onboard SuperMicro SC846E2-R900B 4U chassis with two LSI SASx36 expander chips on the backplane 24 Western D

Re: [zfs-discuss] mpt errors on snv 127

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Johnson
Chad Cantwell wrote: Hi, I was using for quite awhile OpenSolaris 2009.06 with the opensolaris-provided mpt driver to operate a zfs raidz2 pool of about ~20T and this worked perfectly fine (no issues or device errors logged for several months, no hanging). A few days ago I decided to reinsta

Re: [zfs-discuss] mpt errors on snv 127

2009-12-01 Thread Mark Johnson
Mark Johnson wrote: Chad Cantwell wrote: Hi, I was using for quite awhile OpenSolaris 2009.06 with the opensolaris-provided mpt driver to operate a zfs raidz2 pool of about ~20T and this worked perfectly fine (no issues or device errors logged for several months, no hanging). A few days

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2009-12-10 Thread Mark Grant
Yeah, this is my main concern with moving from my cheap Linux server with no redundancy to ZFS RAID on OpenSolaris; I don't really want to have to pay twice as much to buy the 'enterprise' disks which appear to be exactly the same drives with a flag set in the firmware to limit read retries, but

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2009-12-10 Thread Mark Grant
>From what I remember the problem with the hardware RAID controller is that the >long delay before the drive responds causes the drive to be dropped from the >RAID and then if you get another error on a different drive while trying to >repair the RAID then that disk is also marked failed and you

Re: [zfs-discuss] hard drive choice, TLER/ERC/CCTL

2009-12-10 Thread Mark Grant
Thanks, sounds like it should handle all but the worst faults OK then; I believe the maximum retry timeout is typically set to about 60 seconds in consumer drives. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@ope

[zfs-discuss] zpool import without mounting

2010-01-03 Thread Mark Bennett
Hi, Is it possible to import a zpool and stop it mounting the zfs file systems, or override the mount paths? Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org

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

2010-01-03 Thread Mark Bennett
signed for the UIO slot. The cards are a mirror image of a normal pci-e card and may overlap adjacent slots. They "may" work in other servers, but I have found some Supermicro non-UIO servers that wouldn't run them. Mark. -- This message po

Re: [zfs-discuss] how do i prevent changing device names? is this even a problem in ZFS

2010-01-04 Thread Mark Bennett
I'd recommend a SAS non-raid controller (with sas backplane) over sata. It has better hot plug support. I use the Supermicro SC836E1 and a AOC-USAS-L4i with a UIO M/b. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing lis

Re: [zfs-discuss] how do i prevent changing device names? is this even a problem in ZFS

2010-01-06 Thread Mark Bennett
backplane price difference diminishes when you get to 24 bays. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 -- cfgadm won't create attach point (dsk/xxxx)

2010-01-06 Thread Mark Bennett
Check if your card has the latest firmware. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Understanding SAS/SATA Backplanes and Connectivity

2010-01-06 Thread Mark Bennett
Will, sorry for picking an old thread, but you mentioned a psu monitor to supplement the CSE-PTJBOD-CB1. I have two of these and am interested in your design. Oddly, the LSI backplane chipset supports 2 x i2c busses that Supermicro didn't make use of for monitoring the psu's. Mark

Re: [zfs-discuss] Understanding SAS/SATA Backplanes and Connectivity

2010-01-07 Thread Mark Bennett
uit needed in a few V240 PSU's. Much cheaper than replacing the whole psu due to poor fan lifespan. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] abusing zfs boot disk for fun and DR

2010-01-09 Thread Mark Bennett
Ben, I have found that booting from cdrom and importing the pool on the new host, then boot the hard disk will prevent these issues. That will reconfigure the zfs to use the new disk device. When running, zpool detach the missing mirror device and attach a new one. Mark. -- This message posted

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-25 Thread Mark Nipper
As in they work without any possibility of mpt timeout issues? I'm at my wits end with a machine right now that has an integrated 1068E and is dying almost hourly at this point. If I could spend three hundred dollars or so and have my problems magically go away, I'd love to pull the trigger on

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-01-25 Thread Mark Bennett
t or hot plug. The robustness of ZFS certainly helps keep things running. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-26 Thread Mark Nipper
> It may depend on the firmware you're running. We've > got a SAS1068E based > card in Dell R710 at the moment, connected to an > external SAS JBOD, and > we did have problems with the as shipped firmware. Well, I may have misspoke. I just spent a good portion of yesterday upgrading to the lat

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-01-26 Thread Mark Nipper
I would definitely be interested to see if the newer firmware fixes the problem for you. I have a very similar setup to yours, and finally forcing the firmware flash to 1.26.00 of my on-board LSI 1068E on a SuperMicro H8DI3+ running snv_131 seemed to address the issue. I'm still waiting to see

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-01-26 Thread Mark Bennett
ntroller and see if that helps. P.S. I have a client with a "suspect", nearly full, 20Tb zpool to try to scrub, so this is a big issue for me. A resilver of a 1Tb disk takes up to 40 hrs., so I expect a scrub to be a week (or two), and at present, would probably result in multiple dis

Re: [zfs-discuss] Strange random errors getting automatically repaired

2010-01-27 Thread Mark Bennett
Hi Giovanni, I have seen these while testing the mpt timeout issue, and on other systems during resilvering of failed disks and while running a scrub. Once so far on this test scrub, and several on yesterdays. I checked the iostat errors, and they weren't that high on that device, compared to

[zfs-discuss] ZFS and EMC Replication Software

2010-01-28 Thread Mark Woelfel
Hello, Can anybody tell me if EMC's Replication software is supported using ZFS, and if so is there any particular version of Solaris that it is supported with? thanks, -mark -- Mark Woelfel Storage TSC Backline Volume Products Sun Microsystems Work: 78

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-28 Thread Mark Bennett
24 x WD10EARS in 6 disk vdev sets, 1 on 16 bay and 2 on 24 bay. Mark -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-28 Thread Mark Grant
> Also, I noticed you're using 'EARS' series drives. > Again, I'm not sure if the WD10EARS drives suffer > from a problem mentioned in these posts, but it might > be worth looking into -- especially the last link: Aren't the EARS drives the first ones using 4k sectors? Does OpenSolaris support th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-30 Thread Mark Bennett
many scsi cards. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-01-31 Thread Mark Bennett
256*512/4096=32 Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-02-01 Thread Mark Nipper
ceived for target 13. --- With no problems at all, that scrub I don't think takes nearly that long (I think it was less than 12 hours previously) and the percentage is barely moving, although it is increasing. Even still, the exported volumes still appear to be work

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-02-01 Thread Mark Bennett
to be the only option available. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-01 Thread Mark Bennett
luate alternative supplers of low cost disks for low end high volume storage. Mark. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Is LSI SAS3081E-R suitable for a ZFS NAS ?

2010-02-01 Thread Mark Bennett
SI IT mode firmware changing the disk order so the bootable disk is no longer the one booted from with expanders? It boots with only two disks installed(bootable zfs mirror). Add some more and the target "boot disk" moves to one of them. Mark. -- This message posted from

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-02 Thread Mark Nipper
> That's good to hear. Which revision are they: 00R6B0 > or 00P8B0? It's marked on the drive top. Interesting. I wonder if this is the issue too with the 01U1B0 2.0TB drives? I have 24 WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 drives under OpenSolaris with an LSI 1068E controller that have weird timeout issues and I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Workaround for mpt timeouts in snv_127

2010-02-03 Thread Mark Nipper
Looks like I got the textbook response from Western Digital: --- Western Digital technical support only provides jumper configuration and physical installation support for hard drives used in systems running the Linux/Unix operating systems. For setup questions beyond physical installation of yo

Re: [zfs-discuss] acl's and new dirs

2010-02-07 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Thomas Burgess wrote: I've got a strange issue, If this is covered elsewhere, i apologize in advance for my newbness I've got a couple ZFS filesystems shared cifs and nfs, i've managed to get ACL's working the way i want, provided things are accessed via cifs and nfs. If i create a new dir

Re: [zfs-discuss] HELIOS and ZFS cache

2007-02-22 Thread Mark Maybee
a explicit actions with mdb(1): # mdb -kw > arc::print -a c_max c_max = > /Z In the current opensolaris nevada bits, and in s10u4, you can use the system variable 'zfs_arc_max' to set the maximum arc size. Just set this in /etc/system. -Mark Erik Vanden Meersch wrote: Co

Re: [zfs-discuss] status of user delegation

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
ntegrated. The sharetab code is going through final testing now. -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] status of user delegation

2007-03-16 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Al Hopper wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007, Mark Shellenbaum wrote: Darren J Moffat wrote: Is there a time line for when we should expect the integration of the user delegation functionality ? I'm desperately waiting for it and I keep seeing new functionality that was approved after it integr

Re: [zfs-discuss] migration/acl4 problem

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Jens Elkner wrote: Hi, 2) On zfs - e.g. as root do: cp -P -r -p /dir /pool1/zfsdir # cp: Insufficient memory to save acl entry I will open a bug on that. cp -r -p /dir /pool1/zfsdir # cp: Insufficient memory to save acl entry find dir | cpio -pu

Re: [zfs-discuss] migration/acl4 problem

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
rce_file_create_mode=0660' (like for samba shares) property would be even better - no need to fight with ACLs... That would be bad. That would mean that every file in a file system would be forced to be created with forced set of permissions. -Mark __

Re: [zfs-discuss] migration/acl4 problem

2007-03-22 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
.test # chmod A+group:::fd:allow dir.test create files and directories under dir.test. This should allow anyone in the the desired group to read/write all files, and the passthrough of aclmode stops chmod(2) from prepending deny entries. -Mark ___ zfs-di

Re: [zfs-discuss] migration/acl4 problem

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
iance and security concerns. We can look into alternatives to provide a way to force the creation of directory trees with a specified set of permissions. -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/ma

Re: [zfs-discuss] migration/acl4 problem

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Peter Tribble wrote: On 3/23/07, Mark Shellenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The original plan was to allow the inheritance of owner/group/other permissions. Unfortunately, during ARC reviews we were forced to remove that functionality, due to POSIX compliance and security concerns.

Re: [zfs-discuss] migration/acl4 problem

2007-03-23 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Peter Tribble wrote: On 3/23/07, Mark Shellenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter Tribble wrote: > What exactly is the POSIX compliance requirement here? > The ignoring of a users umask. Where in POSIX does it specify the interaction of ACLs and a user's umask? Let me

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: delete acl not working on zfs.v3?

2007-04-03 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
sty suspicion that this is related. Can you post the full ACL on the directory and on the file you are being allowed to delete. -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: delete acl not working on zfs.v3?

2007-04-03 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
y suspicion that this is related. I would suspect you are seeing: 6541829 zfs delete permissions are not working correctly. That bug is fixed in Nevada, and will be in update 4. -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: delete acl not working on zfs.v3?

2007-04-03 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Carson Gaspar wrote: Mark Shellenbaum wrote: Can you post the full ACL on the directory and on the file you are being allowed to delete. Simple test: carson:gandalf 2 $ uname -a SunOS gandalf.taltos.org 5.10 Generic_125101-02 i86pc i386 i86pc carson:gandalf 0 $ mkdir foo carson:gandalf 0

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best way to migrate filesystems to ZFS?

2007-04-03 Thread Mark Shellenbaum
Robert Thurlow wrote: Richard Elling wrote: Peter Eriksson wrote: ufsdump/ufsrestore doesn't restore the ACLs so that doesn't work, same with rsync. ufsrestore obviously won't work on ZFS. ufsrestore works fine; it only reads from a 'ufsdump' format medium and writes through generic files

[zfs-discuss] Re: zfs blocks numbers for small files

2007-04-04 Thread Mark Maybee
Frederic Payet - Availability Services wrote: Hi gurus, When creating some small files an ZFS directory, used blocks number is not what could be espected: hinano# zfs list NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT pool2 702K 16.5G 26.5K /pool2 pool2/new

[zfs-discuss] Re: [zfs-code] Contents of transaction group?

2007-04-09 Thread Mark Maybee
ommited txg_id? No. -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Something like spare sectors...

2007-04-10 Thread Mark Maybee
vdev ... right? Yes, although it depends on the nature of the write failure. If the write failed because the device is no longer available, ZFS will not continue to try different blocks. -Mark ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org

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