Hi, I have been given the task to research converting our vxfs/vm file systems and volumes to zfs. The volumes are attached to an EMC Clariion running raid-5, and raid 1_0. I have no test machine, just a migration machine that currently hosts other things. It is possible to setup a zfs file system while vxfs/vm are still running and controlling other file systems and volumes, or is it all or nothing. I searched many blogs and web docs and cannot find the answer to this question. This message posted from opensolaris.org
benita ulisano wrote:> Hi, > > I have been given the task to research converting our vxfs/vm file > systems and volumes to zfs. The volumes are attached to an EMC Clariion > running raid-5, and raid 1_0. I have no test machine, just a migration > machine that currently hosts other things. It is possible to setup a zfs > file system while vxfs/vm are still running and controlling other file > systems and volumes, or is it all or nothing. I searched many blogs and > web docs and cannot find the answer to this question.I''m not quite sure what you''re asking here: do you want to set up zpools/zfs on the same disks as vxvm/vxfs is running on *while* vxvm/vxfs is still running on them? that won''t work. If you''re asking "can I set up zfs on free disks while vxvm is still set up on others" I don''t see why not. As long as there''s no contention around actual disks, there shouldn''t be an issue here. If you expand a bit on this, I''m sure our zfs experts can give you a more precise answer than this :-) HTH -- Michael Schuster Recursion, n.: see ''Recursion''
Hi, I would like to clarify one point for the forum experts on what I would like to do after it was brought to my attention that my posting might not describe a true picture of what I am trying to accomplish. All I want to do is setup a separate zfs file system running Oracle on the machine running our vxfs file systems running Oracle on the same server so that I can compare ease of use, and efficiency. The instance would be a clone so that the volume of data and queries would be similar in size. All I am asking is if zfs and vxfs file systems can run simultaneously on the same server. Hope that helps and a big thank you for all of the responses I have received so far at my email account! I appreciate it very much. Happyadm This message posted from opensolaris.org
Yes they can. -- Fred benita ulisano wrote:> Hi, > > I would like to clarify one point for the forum experts on what I would like to do after it was brought to my attention that my posting might not describe a true picture of what I am trying to accomplish. > > All I want to do is setup a separate zfs file system running Oracle on the machine running our vxfs file systems running Oracle on the same server so that I can compare ease of use, and efficiency. The instance would be a clone so that the volume of data and queries would be similar in size. All I am asking is if zfs and vxfs file systems can run simultaneously on the same server. > > Hope that helps and a big thank you for all of the responses I have received so far at my email account! I appreciate it very much. > > Happyadm > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss-- Fred Zlotnick Director, Solaris Data Technology Sun Microsystems, Inc. fred.zlotnick at sun.com x85006/+1 650 786 5006