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Subject: Re: Shuffling GEOM mirror components
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>
> I've been using GEOM mirror, and plan to expand my usage.  I was wondering 
> how easy it is to deal with physical moves of the component drives of a 
> mirror.

very reasy.

>
> Eg, I have this GEOM mirror, and I migrate the hardware.  What's now ad6
> becomes ad4 and ad7 becomes ad6.  What's the recommended way to do this, or 
> does it "just work" when GEOM discovers the providers in their new locations?

it will just work unless you used -h option when labeling.