> Do a "lockfs -w", then start the BCV copy, then (once that started) do a > "lockfs -u". > A writelocked filesystem is "clean", needs not to be fsck'ed before being > able to mount it. > > The disadvantage is that write ops to that fs in question will block while > the lockfs -w is active. But then, you don't need to wait until the BCV > finished - you only need the consistent state to start with, and can > unlock immediately as the copy started.
Unless I'm misunderstanding the terminology, consistency isn't required for the BCV copy (start or otherwise), it's required during the split. -- Darren Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/ Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
