Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:56:24 +0200 From: Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd@quip.cz> To: Dennis Berger <db@nipsi.de> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror: replacing a drive with a bigger one. Message-ID: <48033858.50607@quip.cz> In-Reply-To: <48032924.2010009@nipsi.de> References: <48032924.2010009@nipsi.de>
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Dennis Berger wrote: > Hi, > currently I have two 180gb drives in a RAID1 with gmirror. Now we need > to extend the size so I would like to replace both drives with 500gb > drives. > Is there a recommend way to do this? > I suggested replacing one drive at first and let gmirror set it up to as > a 180gb. Then use growfs to extend the last partition this is my /data > partition. > Or should I use dump/restore and dd to replace? What do I have to keep > in mind then? copying metadata and such? > What do you suggest? I think there is no way to grow gmirror by growfs. So I will use dump and restore to create brand new gmirror from bigger drives. Miroslav Lachman
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