Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs with indefinite writes

2009-08-27 Thread noguaran
I used the GUI to delete all my snapshots, and after that, "zfs list" worked without hanging. I did a "zpool scrub" and will wait to see what happens with that. I DID have automatic snapshots enabled before. They are disabled now. I don't know how the snapshots work to be honest, so maybe I r

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs with indefinite writes

2009-08-27 Thread noguaran
Thank you so much for your reply! Here are the outputs: >1. Find PID of the hanging 'zpool import', e.g. with 'ps -ef | grep zpool' r...@mybox:~# ps -ef|grep zpool root 915 908 0 03:34:46 pts/3 0:00 grep zpool root 901 874 1 03:34:09 pts/2 0:00 zpool import drownin

Re: [zfs-discuss] zpool import hangs with indefinite writes

2009-08-26 Thread noguaran
Okay, I'm trying to do whatever I can NONDESTRUCTIVELY to fix this. I have almost 5TB of data that I can't afford to lose (baby pictures and videos, etc.). Since no one has seen this problem before, maybe someone can tell me what I need to do to make a backup of what I have now so I can try ot