Okay, so is there an implementation of HyperV or VSS or whatever on the Solaris+ZFS environment?
Also, is there something like this if I were to access ZFS-based storage from a Linux client, for example? Since most of my clients will be running some version of Windows while accessing a ZFS 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 <j...@excelsioritsolutions.com> To: Jason J. W. Williams <jasonjwwilli...@gmail.com>; Mr Stephen Yum <sosu...@yahoo.com> Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org; Tim <t...@tcsac.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 4:45:05 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] [storage-discuss] ZFS iscsi snapshot - VSScompatible? OMG, no safety feature?! Sorry, even on ZFS turf, if you use HyperV, and the HyperV VSS Writer, it could be a lot safer -- if you don't know how to do a block-level Super thing... best, zStorageAnalyst ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason J. W. Williams" <jasonjwwilli...@gmail.com> To: "Mr Stephen Yum" <sosu...@yahoo.com> Cc: <zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org>; <storage-disc...@opensolaris.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] [storage-discuss] ZFS iscsi snapshot - VSScompatible? > Since iSCSI is block-level, I don't think the iSCSI intelligence at > the file level you're asking for is feasible. VSS is used at the > file-system level on either NTFS partitions or over CIFS. > > -J > > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Mr Stephen Yum <sosu...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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's VSS is supposed to do. >> Am I right? >> >> Right now, when there is a transfer going on while making the snapshot, I >> always end up with a corrupt file (understandably so, since the file >> transfer is unfinished). >> >> S >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> storage-discuss mailing list >> storage-disc...@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
