[lxc-users] Unable to import the ZFS pool LXD

[Goran Brkuljan]

 Thanks for advice, it will be very helpful.

On 10 August 2016 at 15:25, Fajar A. Nugraha <list at fajar.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Goran Brkuljan
> <goran.brkuljan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> @Goran, did you let lxd create a new zfs pool on top of a file
>>> (loopback)? If yes (e.g. you're following
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/lxd.html#lxd-configuration or
>>> similar)
>>
>>
>> Yes that's exactly what I did.
>> Thank you very much for the answer it works!
>>  Anyway, production will probably wait one year. I am developing
>> prototype of some cloud platform, and containers are central point of
>> application. Still I don't know much about ZFS, I took it for granted
>> and did absolutely nothing to ensure data redundancy. May you suggest
>> me some practices that are considered as production ready?
>
> Unfortunately there's no single up-to-date page that I can found that
> best answer the question for beginners. The best doc in ubuntu is
> probably https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Reference/ZFS , which links to
> https://pthree.org/2012/12/13/zfs-administration-part-viii-zpool-best-practices-and-caveats/
> (warning: some entries might be outdated).
>
> LXD's use of file-backed pool is perfectly described on the last
> "caveats" entry: "Don't commit production data to file VDEVs. Only use
> file VDEVs for testing scripts or learning the ins and outs of ZFS."
>
> I tend to agree with Sean on this one though: the detailed discussion
> for this is more appropriate on zfsonlinux mailing list, not here. I
> just wish that ubuntu's docs would properly warn the use of
> file-backed pool.
>
> --
> Fajar
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