From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 10:42:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E4EE106564A for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 10:42:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rs@bytecamp.net) Received: from mail.bytecamp.net (mail.bytecamp.net [212.204.60.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6F78FC14 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 10:42:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 94912 invoked by uid 89); 9 May 2011 12:42:42 +0200 Received: from stella.bytecamp.net (HELO ?212.204.60.37?) (rs%bytecamp.net@212.204.60.37) by mail.bytecamp.net with CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 9 May 2011 12:42:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4DC7C522.3070601@bytecamp.net> Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 12:42:42 +0200 From: Robert Schulze Organization: bytecamp GmbH User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org References: <4DC13260.4020905@bytecamp.net> <20110504115540.GA88625@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20110504115540.GA88625@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: zfs/zpool upgrade required? X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 10:42:45 -0000 Hi, Am 04.05.2011 13:55, schrieb Jeremy Chadwick: >> Is it _required_ to upgrade existing pools and filesystems or can >> that be done anytime later? > > - It can be done later, though by not upgrading you lose the ability to > use newer features. well, the features are not the reason to upgrade the kernel. One more question: could the pools and filesystems be upgraded while there is pressure on them, or shall this procedure be made "offline", i.e. without any clients accessing the machine? with kind regards, Robert Schulze