From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 12 23:28:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 489691065670 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from proxy3.bredband.net (proxy3.bredband.net [195.54.101.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F334A8FC12 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:28:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ipb1.telenor.se (195.54.127.164) by proxy3.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 4AD3E1BA0243534B for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:28:44 +0100 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq9DAMeUTEtV44PPPGdsb2JhbACBQ5oXAQEBATe6dIQwBIVu X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,264,1262559600"; d="scan'208";a="26155765" Received: from c-cf83e355.09-42-6e6b7010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO lazlar.kicks-ass.net) ([85.227.131.207]) by ipb1.telenor.se with ESMTP; 13 Jan 2010 00:28:44 +0100 Message-ID: <4B4D05AB.5060905@lazlarlyricon.com> Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:28:43 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091227 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: krad References: <4B4CAD19.7070804@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zpool upgrade - is it safe? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:28:46 -0000 On 2010-01-12 22:57, krad wrote: > > > 2010/1/12 Rolf Nielsen > > > Hi all, > > I just upgraded to a more recent version of 8.0-STABLE, and I > noticed during boot that zfs had changed from version 13 to version > 14. Is it safe to run zpool upgrade -a on a system while in > multiuser, or will I have to take some security measures, such as > creating a complete backup and/or booting into singleuser? > > Rolf Nielsen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > > > Its fine to upgrade a pool in multi user mode as it is with most things > zfs. However beware when up upgrade a pool as once you have you cant go > back, and if you want the revert to your previous install you wont be > able to. Therefore a general rule of thumb is unless you need a new > feature on a new pool version dont upgrade it. A least wait a few weeks > until your new install is fully bedded in and tested Thanka. Since I have no idea what "passthrough-x aclinherit support" does and I've been fine without it so far, I guess I'll stick with version 13 for now then. :)