The pool was exported from snv_73 and the spare was disconnected from the system. The OS was upgraded to snv_79b (SXDE 1/08) and the pool was re-imported.
I think this weekend I'll try connecting a different drive to that controller and see if it will remove then. Thanks for your help. On 2/15/08, Robin Guo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Christopher, > > I tried by using raw files as the spare, remove the file, then 'zpool > remove' , > looks the raw files could be eliminated from the pool. > > But since you use the physical device, I suppose it might be a bug there, > for the status of spare device has turned to be 'UNAVAIL'. > > Could you point out the OS you used? I might check with the latest > onnv nightly to > see if this issue exist. > > > Christopher Gibbs wrote: > > I have a hot spare that was part of my zpool but is no longer > > connected to the system. I can run the zpool remove command and it > > returns fine but doesn't seem to do anything. > > > > I have tried adding and removing spares that are connected to the > > system and works properly. Is zpool remove failing because the disk is > > no longer connected to the system? > > > > # zpool remove tank c1d0s4 > > # zpool status > > pool: tank > > state: ONLINE > > scrub: none requested > > config: > > > > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > > tank ONLINE 0 0 0 > > raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c2d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c2d1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c3d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c3d1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c1t0d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c1t1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c1t2d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > c1t3d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > spares > > c1d0s4 UNAVAIL cannot open > > > > errors: No known data errors > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > Robin Guo, Xue-Bin Guo > Solaris Kernel and Data Service QE, > Sun China Engineering and Reserch Institute > Phone: +86 10 82618200 +82296 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog: http://blogs.sun.com/robinguo > > -- Chris _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
