Re: [zfs-discuss] HOWTO make a mirror after the fact

2007-01-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
>> Note that "attach" has no option for -n which would just show me the >> damage I am about to do :-( > > In general, ZFS does a lot of checking before committing a change to the > configuration. We make sure that you don't do things like use disks > that are already in use, partitions aren't ove

Re: [zfs-discuss] HOWTO make a mirror after the fact

2007-01-07 Thread Bill Moore
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 06:28:04PM -0500, Dennis Clarke wrote: > Now then, I have a collection of six disks on controller c0 that I would > like to now mirror with this ZPool zfs0. Thats the wrong way of thinking > really. In the SVM world I would create stripes and then mirror them to get > eithe

Re: [zfs-discuss] HOWTO make a mirror after the fact

2007-01-07 Thread Tomas Ă–gren
On 07 January, 2007 - Dennis Clarke sent me these 6,1K bytes: > I have a pile of disks hanging off it on two controllers, c0 and c1. [..] > Note the complete lack of redundency ! > > Now then, I have a collection of six disks on controller c0 that I would > like to now mirror with this ZPool zfs0

[zfs-discuss] HOWTO make a mirror after the fact

2007-01-07 Thread Dennis Clarke
I have a snv_52 server that I want to upgrade to the latest, either via a non-debug build or a simple fresh install. I don't know which yet as I have not decided. I have a pile of disks hanging off it on two controllers, c0 and c1. The disks on c1 are in a zpool thus : bash-3.1$ zpool status