On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Jan Owoc <jso...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Jan Owoc <jso...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Trond Michelsen <tron...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> When I try to replace the old drive, I get this error: > >> > >> # zpool replace tank c4t5000C5002AA2F8D6d0 c4t5000C5004DE863F2d0 > >> cannot replace c4t5000C5002AA2F8D6d0 with c4t5000C5004DE863F2d0: > >> devices have different sector alignment > >> > >> > >> How can I replace the drive without migrating all the data to a > >> different pool? It is possible, I hope? > > > > I had the same problem. I tried copying the partition layout and some > > other stuff but without success. I ended up having to recreate the > > pool and now have a non-mirrored root fs. > > > > If anyone has figured out how to mirror drives after getting the > > message about sector alignment, please let the list know :-). > > Sorry... my question was partly answered by Jim Klimov on this list: > http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2012-June/008546.html > > Apparently the currently-suggested way (at least in OpenIndiana) is to: > 1) create a zpool on the 4k-native drive > 2) zfs send | zfs receive the data > 3) mirror back onto the non-4k drive > > I can't test it at the moment on my setup - has anyone tested this to work? > > Jan > >
That would absolutely work, but it's not really a fix for this situation. For OP to do this he'd need 42 new drives (or at least enough drives to provide the same capacity as what he's using) to mirror to and then mirror back. The only way this is happening for most people is if they only have a very small pool, and have the ability to add an equal amount of storage to dump to. Probably not a big deal if you've only got a handful of drives, or if the drives you have are small and you can take downtime. Likely impossible for OP with 42 large drives. --Tim
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