[OpenIndiana-discuss] Should I upgrade the pool?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012, Robert Soubie wrote:
>
> However, I have noticed that the pool status report (below) contains a 
> suggestion to upgrade the pool, which is currently v28, which surprises me. 
> Before proceeding, I would like to obtain informed opinions on the matter, 
> including risks on the whole setup, if any.

There is no reason to upgrade the pool unless you want to use a new 
feature offered by it.  It is a one-way trip.

Upgrading to pool version 5000 is risky at the moment since it only 
works for Illumos/OpenIndiana development releases and not other 
Solaris stable releases.

Bob
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