Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 10:27:11 -0800 From: Patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com> To: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ZFS: Add disk to single disk pool Message-ID: <CA%2BdWbmYEJ6-iykiDby8CdgSKNZr5jM2DTRfc7mAO6gkKHFdzyg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52EF57E6.6030408@gmail.com> References: <CA%2BdWbmbTxfvEL_e2Up0KzZmav5qRBeKOEOO9u3d7Jh3U8sb=Sg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BdWbmbCx7UJCMQ-8YxBbO_r5_=KU6MbQmmPht4Akh-oXaQs-w@mail.gmail.com> <52EF57E6.6030408@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com>wrote: > Patrick schreef: > >> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Patrick <gibblertron@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I set up a 9.2 system following the "RootOnZFS" instructions in the wiki. >>> I have: >>> >>> # zpool status >>> pool: zroot >>> state: ONLINE >>> scan: none requested >>> config: >>> >>> NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM >>> zroot ONLINE 0 0 0 >>> gpt/disk0 ONLINE 0 0 0 >>> >>> I have another disk that I'd like to add to expand the size of the >>> volume, >>> but I'm not sure how to do that. >>> >>> I've prepped the disk with: >>> >>> gpart create -s gpt ada1 >>> gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l disk1 ada1 >>> >>> I tried a few different things, but I'm clearly not getting something: >>> >>> # zpool add zroot /dev/gpt/disk1 >>> >>> cannot add to 'zroot': root pool can not have multiple vdevs or separate >>> logs >>> >>> I found the solution here: http://astralblue.livejournal. >> com/371755.html >> >> I just had to set bootfs="" temporarily while I added the new disk, and >> then set it back. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > You do know that if one of the disks fail, you loose the whole pool?! > There is no parity to overcome a disk failure in this setup. Yes, I'm aware. This system is a VPS with virtual disks on redundant hardware and an external backup strategy. Patrick
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