IMHO Just use whole stack of Vcs Vxfm vxfs
Sent from my iPhone On May 16, 2012, at 5:20 AM, Bruce McGill <brucemcgill....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have FC LUNs from NetApp FAS 3240 mapped to two SPARC T4-2 clustered > nodes running Veritas Cluster Server software. For now, the > configuration on NetApp is as follows: > > /vol/EBUSApp/EBUSApp 100G > online MBSUN04 : 0 MBSUN05 : 0 > /vol/EBUSBinry/EBUSBinry 200G > online MBSUN04 : 1 MBSUN05 : 1 > /vol/EBUSCtrlog/EBUSCtrlog 5G > online MBSUN04 : 2 MBSUN05 : 2 > /vol/EBUSDB/EBUSDB > 300.0G online MBSUN04 : 3 MBSUN05 : 3 > /vol/EBUSIO_FENC1/EBUSIO_FENC1 5G online > MBSUN04 : 4 MBSUN05 : 4 > /vol/EBUSIO_FENC2/EBUSIO_FENC2 5G online > MBSUN04 : 5 MBSUN05 : 5 > /vol/EBUSIO_FENC3/EBUSIO_FENC3 5G online > MBSUN04 : 6 MBSUN05 : 6 > /vol/EBUSRDlog/EBUSRDlog 5G > online MBSUN04 : 7 MBSUN05 : 7 > > I will be mapping the above volumes on hosts and creating zpool andzfs > file system. More volumes will be created in the future. > > Is it certified by Symantec to use ZFS and Zpool for SnapMirror? > > At the moment, Veritas Cluster Server software is installed on 2 > servers at the primary site and there is no cluster software on the DR > site. NetApp FAS 3240 provides FC LUNs to the 2 clustered nodes at the > primary site and the same filer also provides different LUNs to the > server at the DR site. The two clustered nodes at primary site are > “mbsun4” and “mbsun5”. The server at DR site is “mbsun6. > > To list the steps that were carried out: > > On mbsun4: > > We create a ZFS pool from the LUN carved out of NetApp filer: > > # zpool create -f orapool c0t60A98000646E2F6F67346A79642D6570d0 > > We then create the file sytem. > > # zfs create orapool/vol01 > > We bring the mount under Veritas Cluster Server control: > > # zfs set mountpoint=legacy orapool/vol01 > > # zpool export orapool > > We then execute the following commands on the other cluster node: > > On mbsun5: > > # zpool import orapool > # zfs create orapool/vol01 > # zfs set mountpoint=legacy orapool/vol01 > > Once configured under Veritas Cluster Server, the ZFS mount and Zpool > will failover among clustered nodes. > > At the DR site (there is no cluster software), the server is called > “mbsun6”, we execute the following commands to create a different > Zpool and ZFS file system: > > # zpool create -f orapool c0t60A98000646E2F6F67346B3145653874d0 > # zfs create orapool/vol01 > # zfs set mountpoint=/vol01 orapool/vol01 > > NetApp Snapmirror will be used to replicate the volumes from the > primary to DR site and we want know if we can use Zpool and ZFS > instead of the old UFS file system. > > My question is: > > Is it a good idea to use Zpool for these devices and then create ZFS > file system or just use ZFS file system? Will replication through > NetApp Snapmirror work when we use Zpools and ZFS? > Is it certified by Symantec to use ZFS and Zpool for SnapMirror? > If Zpools can be used, is it a good idea to create a single ZFS zpool > and add all the devices or create multiple ZFS zpools and map each > device to the individual zpool? > > > Regards, > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > 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
