Actually yes. I figured it out while reading other archive posts in zfs-discuss :-)
Thanks Sanjeev :-) On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Sanjeev <sanjeev.bagew...@sun.com> wrote: > Nikhil, > > Comments inline... > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 02:09:16PM +0530, Nikhil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am running a Solaris 10 box on a v20z with 11/06 release. It has got > ZFS > > pool configured on S1 storage box with 3 146gb disks (it has got lot of > > data) > > I am planning to upgrade the machine to the new hardware with the new > > Solaris 10 release of 8/07 and to the new hardware of X2200M2. > > > > I am wondering will there be any thing that I need to take care of before > > putting the S1 storage box onto the new hardware X2200 pulling from the > old > > hardware, meaningly do I need to sync any data before the switch of the > > system to the new hardware (essentially switch of the storage to be > plugged > > to the new hardware). > > > > Do I need to do any kind of sync of zfs metadata? > > So, from what I understand you have the entire pool built out of disks > from the same S1 box. In that case all you need to do is : > - Export the pool on the old box : zpool export <poolname> > - Connect the S1 to the new machine > - Import the pool : zpool import <poolname> > > Hope that helps. > > Thanks and regards, > Sanjeev > > > > > If I simply pull out the S1 storage box(on which the zfs is configured > for a > > long time now with data) and plug it to the new hardware, will the OS > with > > new release detect the pool as it is ? and also have the data on it? or > Will > > it detect them as the new disks to be configured again from scratch? I do > > not want to lose any data. > > > > Kindly suggest what is to be done here. > > > > Thanks, > > Nikhil > >
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