From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 1 19:54:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB80E106566C for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:54:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD298FC0C for ; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 19:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.20]) by qmta14.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GKn01i0010S2fkCAEKu6LC; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:54:06 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.84.87]) by omta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id GKur1i01D1t3BNj8VKusH6; Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:54:52 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 45AFF102C1E; Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:54:11 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:54:11 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Michael DeMan Message-ID: <20120101195411.GA73487@icarus.home.lan> References: <8EA721E0-977D-483C-AC06-1040B87E0AA7@deman.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: zfs detach/replace X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:54:12 -0000 On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 11:03:21AM -0800, Michael DeMan wrote: > Right, I botched it and did a 'replace' on a drive that is in an > raidz2 pool. replace is for replacing a mirrored drive. I just want to clarify for readers: this statement is inaccurate. "zpool replace" can (should) be used on anything (mirrors, raidzX, etc.). I have used "zpool replace" myself on FreeBSD on raidz1 without problems for years. Here's valid proof, and this is not "simulated" or done on a VM or anything like that -- this is bare metal. http://koitsu.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/freebsd-and-zfs-hot-swapping-sata-disks-with-ahci/ Full commands/output are provided there as well (there's a link within my blog post providing full output). -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |