Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Undo/reverse zpool create

2007-06-21 Thread Richard Elling
Joubert Nel wrote: If the device was actually in use on another system, I would expect that libdiskmgmt would have warned you about this when you ran "zpool create". AFAIK, libdiskmgmt is not multi-node aware. It does know about local uses of the disk. Remote uses of the disk, especially thos

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Undo/reverse zpool create

2007-06-21 Thread Eric Schrock
On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 11:03:39AM -0700, Joubert Nel wrote: > > When I ran "zpool create", the pool got created without a warning. zpool(1M) will diallow creation of the disk if it contains data in active use (mounted fs, zfs pool, dump device, swap, etc). It will warn if it contains a recogni

[zfs-discuss] Re: Undo/reverse zpool create

2007-06-21 Thread Joubert Nel
> Joubert Nel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If I add an entire disk to a new pool by doing > "zpool create", is this > > reversible? > > > > I.e. if there was data on that disk (e.g. it was > the sole disk in a zpool > > in another system) can I get this back or is zpool > create destructive? > > Short