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Date:      Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:17:43 -0500
From:      Chris Ruiz <chris@young-alumni.com>
To:        Tobias C. Berner <tcberner@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: zfs and moving devices
Message-ID:  <C1745031-6EDD-46B5-A4C4-18BFB8DE9201@young-alumni.com>
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On Apr 12, 2009, at 8:03 PM, Tobias C. Berner wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have a zfs pool
>
> 	NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
> 	multimedia  ONLINE       0     0     0
> 	  ad8       ONLINE       0     0     0
> 	  ad10      ONLINE       0     0     0
> 	  ad12      ONLINE       0     0     0
> 	  ad14      ONLINE       0     0     0
>
> Now, I need more sata-connecters. If I activate
> an other onboard-controller, the device names
> move:
>
>  ad8  -> ad14
>  ad10 -> ad16
>  ad12 -> ad18
>  ad14 -> ad20
>
>
> What is the proper way to handle this in zfs?

ZFS should just find the pool even though the device names have changed.

Chris



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