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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2017 00:01:42 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bhyve VM drive size limit?
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On 2017-09-02 10:52, Ruben wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>=20
>=20
>> Make sure
>> you adjust the zvol block size in the default config before creating y=
our
>> guest or you will wonder where your storage starts to disappear to.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jason
> Perhaps slightly off-topic, but might you have any recommendations
> regarding those blocksizes?
>=20
> I'm not really that well versed in blocksizes / filesystems and am ofte=
n
> wondering where my 5TB zvol (bhyves into an ext4 volume for an ubuntu
> guest) exactly disappears into :P
>=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Ruben
>> On 2 Sep 2017 2:46 p.m., "Dylan Williams" <freebsd@host852.com> wrote:=

>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Is there a limit with respect to the size of the virtual drive I can c=
reate
>> for a VM using bhyve? Presumably not but I=E2=80=99m running into prob=
lems with a
>> larger drive.
>>
>> I am trying to create a 4T Ubuntu machine on a FreeBSD11.1 server usin=
g
>> iohyve. There=E2=80=99s plenty of drive space available so it=E2=80=99=
s not a drive space
>> issue. I am able to create a 40G machine without any problems but exac=
tly
>> the same commands to create a 4000G machine results in a server that w=
on=E2=80=99t
>> boot past Grub. Is this an iohyve issue perhaps?
>>
>> Commands used that results in a working Ubuntu server:
>>
>> iohyve create ubu 40G
>> iohyve set ubu loader=3Dgrub-bhyve os=3Ddebian ram=3D40G cpu=3D10
>> iohyve install ubu ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso <
>> ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/ubuntu-releases/16.04.3/
>> ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso>
>>
>> Commands used that results in a broken Ubuntu server:
>>
>> iohyve create ubu 4000G
>> iohyve set ubu loader=3Dgrub-bhyve os=3Ddebian ram=3D40G cpu=3D10
>> iohyve install ubu ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso <
>> ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/ubuntu-releases/16.04.3/
>> ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso>
>>
>> The screen I get in the console when I boot (iohyve start ubu) the 4T
>> machine is:
>>
>>                              GNU GRUB  version 2.00
>>
>>    Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TA=
B
>>    lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possibl=
e
>>    device or file completions.
>>
>>
>> grub>
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas? I=E2=80=99ve been at this for hours trying=
 different
>> configurations. LVM is not selected when installing either of the abov=
e
>> machines as that seems to cause more problems.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Dylan.
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>=20

To understand why space in a ZVOL goes missing, research 'raidz padding'.=


See here:
https://www.delphix.com/blog/delphix-engineering/zfs-raidz-stripe-width-o=
r-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-raidz

For more detail, see Chapter 9 of "FreeBSD Mastery: Advanced ZFS" from
http://www.zfsbook.com


--=20
Allan Jude


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