On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 07:09:21AM +1100, Edward Irvine wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I've got a 4 Tb pool on a 3511 array. The pool was created from, and > is mounted on, an old 280r. I'd like to export the pool from the 280r > and import it to a shiny new x2200. > > Will this work? Will the x2200 understand the disk labels made by the > 280r? Some tests we've done on a smaller, non-production pool suggest > not.
If you have allowed ZFS to use whole disks (which write EFI labels), then the answer is yes. If you manually labeled the disks using Sun VTOC, then the answer is no. The VTOC label is not endian-neutral, and was the main reason ZFS uses EFI labels (though there are other benefits as well). What were the failures were you seeing in your dev setup? - Eric -- Eric Schrock, FishWorks http://blogs.sun.com/eschrock _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
