From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 26 13:18:34 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC1E16A419 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:18:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.180]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01A2313C481 for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:18:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so352720pyb for ; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:18:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=AIYggyl2AMATyhT3+5o0abDYUEoryjJ5LM6FeYUvqO3YP/4hTHnRsbMkufqke1az/UpIJRfEhdIVCAm1QFEM9qWDyOP5CgbgjIQJ6Pyk0G3uvmfkzg6P2uJUmRG5xU7qNMeC9fprsxNI3MRkW5/29IJxvta0c8Vdb1Omv4NaWgg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Vbr5qRgpb8z7QWObSB1nkvr4TKGBLt4QLuwI3y4PgEn//L5ctvSJ2vcB+9bdlo4dLNlPNwJ5Bw+KeqJATJsb1WBwUxbfJkKBo02h/4OJCIdb4Q+xDiYUbhjX+8+EIR0y1UASaIT4qP1mcss2Nfm1zgagHQGm/nwGDyWuHVMvFlk= Received: by 10.140.251.1 with SMTP id y1mr2474030rvh.1188134312063; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:18:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.141.49.19 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:18:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 08:18:32 -0500 From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <87ir738szf.fsf@gemini.sunstarsys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <87ir738szf.fsf@gemini.sunstarsys.com> Subject: Re: Transferring a GEOM array between hosts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:18:34 -0000 On 25/08/07, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > I have an external JBOD array that is a mirror > of two stripes. What I'd like to do is plug > that array into a new/different freebsd host > machine. Is there anything I need to do to > prepare the new machine for the array? > > Naively, I'd hope that the new machine will pick > up the geom configuration from the drives themselves, > so I won't have to run any gmirror or gstripe commands > on the new machine after the JBOD has been plugged > into it. > > Can anyone who has done this before give me > a few tips on how to plan appropriately for > such a move? The only problem I have run into is forgetting to load the appropriate modules on the new machine. I would assume, as well, that crossing up your namespace would be bad. It actually sounds like a fun experiment to try some day. -- --