Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:05:12 +0100 From: Jiri Mikulas <konfer@mikulas.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zpool surgery Message-ID: <51057A68.7000106@mikulas.com> In-Reply-To: <1F0546C4D94D4CCE9F6BB4C8FA19FFF2@multiplay.co.uk> References: <20130127103612.GB38645@acme.spoerlein.net> <1F0546C4D94D4CCE9F6BB4C8FA19FFF2@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 2013/01/27 15:31, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulrich Spörlein" <uqs@FreeBSD.org> > >> I have a slight problem with transplanting a zpool, maybe this is not >> possible the way I like to do it, maybe I need to fuzz some >> identifiers... >> >> I want to transplant my old zpool tank from a 1TB drive to a new 2TB >> drive, but *not* use dd(1) or any other cloning mechanism, as the pool >> was very full very often and is surely severely fragmented. >> > > Cant you just drop the disk in the original machine, set it as a mirror > then once the mirror process has completed break the mirror and remove > the 1TB disk. > > If this is a boot disk don't forget to set the boot block as well. > > Regards > Steve Hello before you start rebuilding mirror this way, don't forget zpool set autoexpand=on tank after you drop old 1TB disc from config, space will be expanded to new disc size. Regards Jiri
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