From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 11 06:43:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF0216A41F for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:43:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from kweetal.tue.nl (kweetal.tue.nl [131.155.3.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796DF43D46 for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:43:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stijn@pcwin002.win.tue.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kweetal.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E4713B699; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from kweetal.tue.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kweetal.tue.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 68951-10; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from umta.win.tue.nl (umta.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.100]) by kweetal.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 946D213B697; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002 [131.155.71.72]) by umta.win.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 924B731401C; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0100 (CET) Received: by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 71C2C410C; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:43:49 +0100 From: Stijn Hoop To: Brian Szymanski Message-ID: <20060111064349.GJ63938@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <2178.68.49.189.193.1136950709.squirrel@68.49.189.193> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3O1VwFp74L81IIeR" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2178.68.49.189.193.1136950709.squirrel@68.49.189.193> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Bright-Idea: Let's abolish HTML mail! X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at tue.nl Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gvinum/vinum on 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:43:52 -0000 --3O1VwFp74L81IIeR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 10:38:29PM -0500, Brian Szymanski wrote: > I took 6.0 for a test drive today and was disappointed to find that > vinum/gvinum are still in disarray. For example there is a man page for > vinum, but only a gvinum binary. gvinum help still lists lots of old vinum > commands that are not implemented in gvinum. Lots of basic things I try > from the gvinum prompt just tell me "not yet supported". Hmm. There is a manpage in 6-STABLE. And there are a few things that don't work but I wouldn't call it "lots". > But most importantly, gvinum configuration (at least for a raid-5 plex) > still doesn't persist across a reboot :( That's a bug; I think it might be related to compiling gvinum in the kernel as opposed to loading it from /boot/loader.conf. I also think there is a fix already commited to 6-STABLE. > Has anyone had success with software Raid-5 under freebsd 6.0 ? If so, how > did you do it? I'm succesfully running gvinum RAID-5 on two plexes on the same machine since 6.0-RC3 or thereabouts. I just used the same procedure I used to setup volumes with "regular" vinum. I did not try to migrate volumes however, I started from scratch and restored my data. > I've been forced, rather unhappily, to stick with 4.x and some early 5.x > releases b/c vinum is critical for me... Any advice would be greatly > appreciated. Two things: - contact Lukas Ertl and/or send PRs with any problems that you encounter. He is very responsive, especially when you send in detailed problem reports. - try 6-STABLE instead of 6.0-RELEASE. It might not be useful for you in production, but at least you get a manpage, and the disappearing volume bug might be fixed. If not, you can try option 1. HTH, --Stijn --=20 My server has more fans than Britney. -- Steve Warwick, from a posting at questions@freebsd.org --3O1VwFp74L81IIeR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDxKklY3r/tLQmfWcRAoUxAJ9utYu1QZEaNbNJgpuyoheo5P1+qQCfXFfO uBrYBv6WP7QPKSCrsCzXBvU= =VqLI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3O1VwFp74L81IIeR--