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Date:      Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:28:19 -0400
From:      Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using GTP and glabel for ZFS arrays
Message-ID:  <4C48F033.60800@langille.org>
In-Reply-To: <718046944.20100723032259@nitronet.pl>
References:  <4C47B57F.5020309@langille.org> <4C48E695.6030602@langille.org> <718046944.20100723032259@nitronet.pl>

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On 7/22/2010 9:22 PM, Pawel Tyll wrote:
>> I do not think I can adjust the existing zpool on the fly.  I think I
>> need to copy everything elsewhere (i.e the 2 empty drives).  Then start
>> the new zpool from scratch.

> You can, and you should (for educational purposes if not for fun :>),
> unless you wish to change raidz1 to raidz2. Replace, wait for
> resilver, if redoing used disk then offline it, wipe magic with dd
> (16KB at the beginning and end of disk/partition will do), carry on
> with GPT, rinse and repeat with next disk. When last vdev's replace
> finishes, your pool will grow automagically.

So... the smaller size won't mess things up...

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/



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