From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 26 18:39:57 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 4CD9616A523 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:39:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sven@dmv.com) Received: from smtp-gw-cl-d.dmv.com (smtp-gw-cl-d.dmv.com [216.240.97.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3E8D4631C for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:10:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sven@dmv.com) Received: from mail-gw-cl-b.dmv.com (mail-gw-cl-b.dmv.com [216.240.97.39]) by smtp-gw-cl-d.dmv.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k5QIAUk1076613; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:10:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from sven@dmv.com) Received: from lanshark.dmv.com (lanshark.dmv.com [216.240.97.46]) by mail-gw-cl-b.dmv.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k5QIATk9065458; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:10:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from sven@dmv.com) From: Sven Willenberger To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20060626171536.GA16235@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <1151338928.2186.4.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> <20060626171536.GA16235@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:15:24 -0400 Message-Id: <1151345725.2186.10.camel@lanshark.dmv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 216.240.97.42 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 216.240.97.39 Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: vinum to gvinum help 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: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 18:39:57 -0000 On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 19:15 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 12:22:07PM -0400, Sven Willenberger wrote: > > I have an i386 system currently running 5.2.1-RELEASE with a vinum > > mirror array (2 drives comprising /usr ). I want to upgrade this to > > 5.5-RELEASE which, if I understand correctly, no longer supports vinum > > arrays. Would simply chaning /boot/loader.conf to read gvinum_load > > instead of vinum_load work or would the geom layer prevent this from > > working properly? If not, is there a recommended way of upgrading a > > vinum array to a gvinum or gmirror array? > > Lost of things have changed between 5.2.1 and 5.5. I think it would be > best to make a backup and do a clean reinstall. > > Roland Sadly this may not be an option; this is a production server that can at best stand an hour or so of downtime. Between all the custom symlinked directories, applications, etc, plus the sheer volume of data that would need to be backed up, an in-place upgrade would be infinitely more desirable. If it comes to the point of having to back up and do a fresh install I suspect I would be using the 6.x series anyway. I was really hoping that some way of upgrading in-place were available for vinum. Sven