so - if i boot up off of cdrom and do an export of the root pool under name rpool1 can i reimport it under rpool2 (using the same disk) and keep it at that name permanently and have not issues with booting in the future or any other O/S related issues?
That is the question. :-) On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Cindy Swearingen < cindy.swearin...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi Roy, > > Yes, but Julie asked about renaming the root pool, which isn't > recommended because it can cause the system not to boot. You > also can't export the root pool without booting from alternate > media. > > Thanks, > > Cindy > > > On 07/02/10 09:22, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> Cindy Swearingen <cindy.swearingen <at> oracle.com> writes: >>> >>> Cindy - this discusses how to rename the rpool temporarily. Is there a >>> way to >>> do it permanently and will it break anything? I have to rename a root >>> pool >>> because of a type-o. >>> This is on a Solaris sparc environment. >>> Please help! >>> >> >> To rename a pool, export the pool >> >> # zpool export mypooll >> >> and reimport it with a new name >> >> # zpool import mypooll mypool >> >> Vennlige hilsener / Best regards >> >> roy >> -- >> Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk >> (+47) 97542685 >> r...@karlsbakk.net >> http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ >> -- >> I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. >> Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv >> anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller >> eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. >> _______________________________________________ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> > -- Handcrafted Sterling Silver Jewelry http://twofinewhines.com Turning Energy into Income Julie LaMothe http://jlamothe.igniteinc.biz 678-516-9585 "Deregulation of energy will be the largest redistribution of wealth this country has ever seen" Warren Buffet " You miss every shot you don't take" Susan Fisher
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