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Date:      Sat, 17 Sep 2022 11:53:03 -0600
From:      Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>
To:        milky india <milkyindia@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need help with live system expansion (zfs+geli)
Message-ID:  <CAOtMX2g%2BGZ6SjQQPu-YWJhttYS3D7YhU-kAqMY4xHxXoe6rdVg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 11:31 AM milky india <milkyindia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am writing to you from a live system (zfs+geli) that I am in the middle of resizing to fit the entire disk.
>
> Background : The freebsd os (geli encryption) was installed using 290G only on a 500G SSD. The disk was almost getting full - hence the need for more space - can't use backup, hence on a live system.
>
> This is the disk :
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> gpart show
> =>       40  976773088  ada0  GPT  (466G)
>          40       1024     1  freebsd-boot  (512K)
>        1064        984        - free -  (492K)
>        2048   16777216     2  freebsd-swap  (8.0G)
>    16779264  608362496     3  freebsd-zfs  (290G)
>   625141760  351631368        - free -  (168G)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> this is the output after resizing :
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> sudo gpart resize -i 3 ada0
> Password:
> ada0p3 resized
> terminal$ gpart show
> =>       40  976773088  ada0  GPT  (466G)
>          40       1024     1  freebsd-boot  (512K)
>        1064        984        - free -  (492K)
>        2048   16777216     2  freebsd-swap  (8.0G)
>    16779264  959993864     3  freebsd-zfs  (458G)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> I went ahead and did
> ------------------------------------------------
> zpool online -e zroot /dev/ada0p3.eli
> --------------------------------------------------
> However it didn't produce any output, strangely and the output of zpool list also doesn't seem to show that the disk is fully occupied 458G vs 290G - it's the same output as before:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> zpool list
> NAME    SIZE  ALLOC   FREE  CKPOINT  EXPANDSZ   FRAG    CAP  DEDUP    HEALTH  ALTROOT
> zroot   290G   270G  19.9G        -         -    69%    93%  1.00x    ONLINE  -
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> What do I do next? I'm really stressed and hoping this live system doesn't fail.
> I did try the freebsd forums and was suggested to ask here.
>
> Note 1 : As the handbook suggested for a live system - I have set
> ------ sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 ----------
> source : https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/disks/
>
> Sorry for bothering you - but really could use some help.

After doing "gpart resize" but before doing "zpool online -e", you
need to do "geli resize".



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