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Subject: Re: Zpool surgery
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On 27 Jan 2013 14:31, "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulrich Sp=F6rlein" <uqs@FreeBSD.org>
>
>
>> I have a slight problem with transplanting a zpool, maybe this is not
>> possible the way I like to do it, maybe I need to fuzz some
>> identifiers...
>>
>> I want to transplant my old zpool tank from a 1TB drive to a new 2TB
>> drive, but *not* use dd(1) or any other cloning mechanism, as the pool
>> was very full very often and is surely severely fragmented.
>>
>
> Cant you just drop the disk in the original machine, set it as a mirror
> then once the mirror process has completed break the mirror and remove
> the 1TB disk.
>
> If this is a boot disk don't forget to set the boot block as well.

I managed to replace a drive this way without even rebooting.  I believe
it's the same as a zpool replace.

Chris