Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:31:56 -0000 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ulrich_Sp=F6rlein?= <uqs@FreeBSD.org>, <current@FreeBSD.org>, <fs@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Zpool surgery Message-ID: <1F0546C4D94D4CCE9F6BB4C8FA19FFF2@multiplay.co.uk> References: <20130127103612.GB38645@acme.spoerlein.net>
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From: "Ulrich Spörlein" <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.
Regards
Steve
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