Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:18:58 +0200 From: Ben Stuyts <ben@altesco.nl> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS auto expand mirror Message-ID: <85A88FCD-4ECE-46BC-85B7-7828F1A30F57@altesco.nl> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ5jfQqCEzrgrqmNtLki4%2BzPwuno6dPFRhfM-qYdEM8Lfg@mail.gmail.com> References: <9774D03B-A8C7-48DE-9BC4-528DD4134787@altesco.nl> <CAOjFWZ5jfQqCEzrgrqmNtLki4%2BzPwuno6dPFRhfM-qYdEM8Lfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19 sep. 2011, at 19:49, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Ben Stuyts <ben@altesco.nl> wrote: > I want to expand an existing mirror by replacing the existing drives = with bigger ones. This is on: > FreeBSD xxx 7.3-STABLE FreeBSD 7.3-STABLE #2: Mon Sep 20 18:36:08 CEST = 2010 root@xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/xxx amd64 >=20 > # zpool status home > pool: home > state: ONLINE > scrub: scrub completed after 2h0m with 0 errors on Mon Sep 19 = 18:25:45 2011 > config: >=20 > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > home ONLINE 0 0 0 > mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 > ad5s1a ONLINE 0 0 0 > ad7s1a ONLINE 0 0 0 >=20 > Will this version of FreeBSD auto-expand to the new, bigger drive size = once they are both replaced? I did not see the autoexpand property in = this pool. zpool is v13, zfs is v3. >=20 > No. You will need to reboot the system in order for the extra space = to become usable in the pool. Or, if none of the OS is installed on the = pool, you can export/import the pool to make the new space available.=20 Ok, at least it grows on export/import, so I don't need to create a new = pool and copy everything over. Thanks for the info! Ben
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