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Hi Derek, Here''s the latest email I''ve received from the zfs-discuss alias. ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:55:27 -0400 From: Jonathan Edwards <Jonathan.Edwards@sun.com> Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and HDS ShadowImage To: Eric Schrock <eric.schrock@sun.com> Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org, Torrey McMahon <Torrey.McMahon@sun.com>, Joerg Haederli <Hans-Joerg.Haederli@sun.com>, j.haederli@sun.com X-BeenThere: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Delivered-to: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org X-PMX-Version: 5.2....

Hi We have following scenario/problem: Our zpool resides on a single LUN on a Hitachi Storage Array. We are thinking about making a physical clone of the zpool with the ShadowImage functionality. ShadowImage takes a snapshot of the LUN, and copies all the blocks to a new LUN (physical copy). In our case the new LUN is then made available on the same host as the original LUN. After the ShadowImage is taken, we can see the snapshop using the format(1M) command as an additiona...

Hello Nico, Friday, January 19, 2007, 7:53:06 PM, you wrote: NVdM> Hi, NVdM> Looking if someone already found a solution, or workaround, to change the GUID of a zfs pool. NVdM> Explain me some more in depth, by use of tools like ShadowImage NVdM> on storage Arrays like the Sun Storagetek 99xx (but also for SUN NVdM> related storage Arrays or IBM, EMC and other storage vendors) we NVdM> are able to create data volume snapshots controlled by the NVdM> Storage Array. Know also that snapshot functionality is directly NVdM>...