On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Eric A. Borisch <ebori...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 4) zpool import -f alpha beta succeeds without any complaints. > > IV. Alpha no longer exists, Beta exists (with the same GUID as Alpha) AND > is active. This is an 'atomic' operation from user's point of view, and at > no point does zpool list show more than one pool > > 5) zpool list shows only beta; scrubs fine, life is good.. > > V. Beta exists on disk and is active and healthy. Alpha is no more. > (Except as a ghost in a cache file) > A quick test revealed one other tidbit this morning; if I 'zpool export beta' at this point in the process (still in live CD OS), everything is OK on reboot into the installed OS. For whoever wants to investigate handling/hand-off between bootloader/kernel/fully booted, the problem appears when a: 1) root pool is renamed, but not 'zpool export'-ed after rename via an 'external' OS (live CD) ** and ** 2) A stale zpool.cache file exists on the pool referring to the original name. - Eric _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
