In message <b36efce8-34f2-43c8-b8a5-1e8f1c91f...@bl.echidna.id.au>, Carl Brewer via openindiana-discuss writes: >I have an OI box from a couple of years ago with a raidz array that's >full. I got some new, bigger HDDs and set them up on a new OI instance >(new hardware), did a recent install (2410 I think?), created a new >raidz with the new, bigger HDDs, rsync'ed everything over. > >Labels : the old raidz : "pond" > >the new raidz : "bigfish" > >What I'd like to do : > >detach the raidz array "bigfish" from the new box, pull the drives out.
newbox# zpool export bigfish oldbox# init 5 >Detach the old raidz array "pond" on the old box, shut it down, remove >the old HDDs oldbox# zpool export pond oldbox# init 5 >Physically install the new drives in the old box > >Attach bigfish (zpool attach?) > >Will this "just work"? Any caveats? I think the ZFS version should be >ok, does ZFS care about the device names? I don't expect >/dev/dsk/cXtYdZ's to match, but I don't think that matters once an array >is created? zpool attach will "just do it"? oldbox# zpool import bigfish ALL CAPS CAVEAT: before you perform this dance, what version of ZFS and features does oldbox OI support and what version of ZFS and features were enabled on newbox's bigfish? oldbox# zpool get all pond newbox# zpool get all bigfish Assuming oldbox supports all the features of newbox's bigfish pool, oldbox should be able to import it regardless of the disk device names. John groenv...@acm.org _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
