Networker

Re: [Networker] 7.4.1 on solaris with zfs

2007-12-14 20:38:59
Subject: Re: [Networker] 7.4.1 on solaris with zfs
From: Steven Weller <sdweller AT SBCGLOBAL DOT NET>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:35:06 -0800
Be aware that this was BETA code and not Generally 
Available. It was placed there for a specific BETA
customer to grab from and recently was removed.

If you are using this code at all please be aware that
it falls short of what will actually be released. Be
sure to remove it before officially upgrading. Support
will not take a call for this build.

Thanks!
-Steve

--- backup <backup AT ZWEISTRA DOT NL> wrote:

> My colleague told me it is on the old legato site
> not on the powerlink.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:11 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] 7.4.1 on solaris with zfs
> 
> On Dec 11, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Peter Viertel wrote:
> 
> > I've been mucking around with 7.4.1 this week now
> that it's turned up
> > silently in EMC's usual style...
> >
> > One thing I've noticed immediately is that the All
> savesets option on
> > Solaris 10 clients now enumerates zfs filesystems
> even if they are not
> > in vfstab - although the NMC doco still says it
> won't backup zfs  
> > unless
> > they are listed in vfstab.
> >
> > What they've done to make it work is a bit broken
> as it's also showing
> > up zfs filesystems in zones in the probe (usually
> these are hidden  
> > from
> > df output in the global context). However  the
> resulting backup size  
> > for
> > these filesystems is 0KB because they really are
> not mounted globally.
> >
> > It still doesnt ignore /system/object and
> /system/contract either.
> >
> > i had a look at savefs with truss and the probe
> all function is  
> > parsing
> > the data from /etc/mnttab  to get the list of
> filesystems  which means
> > they have all the information needed, they just
> haven't coded it well.
> >
> > so 1 step forward, 2 steps back...    as usual.
> 
> Peter;
> 
> Where did you get 7.4.1? I just checked PowerLink
> and the most recent  
> version there is 7.4. I am interested to read the
> release notes, but  
> they don't seem to be available via PowerLink
> either, unless I  
> overlooked that file.
> 
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