Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:00:59 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Curious failure of ZFS snapshots Message-ID: <20081130000059.GC1494@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <E1L6PRm-000JlR-R4@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <20081129104640.GB1494@garage.freebsd.pl> <E1L6PRm-000JlR-R4@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
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--4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 01:01:18PM +0000, Pete French wrote: > > Is there a way for me to reproduce that? >=20 > I am not sure how to reproduce it, as I am unclear as to what > causes is. I have two machines making regular snapshots, one of which > ends up in this state, and one which doesnt. The only difference is > that the one which goes wwrong is actually trying to access the snapshots, > whereas the other is a backup machine where they just sit there. >=20 > What I can try and do is to setup a small system to try and reproduce the > bug on a small file backed zfs system, aandd then maybe email you the > failed image if I can get it to fail. Would that be of any use ? > The current failed image is about 50GB, so I dont have an easy way to > send you that. Is an image of a filesystem with the problem actualll of > any use to you anywway ? It's not file system on-disk structure fault, as far as I understand, because reboot fixes it. I belive it's how you access the snapshots. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFJMde6ForvXbEpPzQRAq/NAJ9AmrQ5AnbswYgfdCGX1FmO9eR0cgCeL+4z 4tBGvAwXdPtQcTScda2aRGo= =rG3H -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4ZLFUWh1odzi/v6L--
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