Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:38:13 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS auto expand mirror Message-ID: <20110919213813.GA70527@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <CAOjFWZ5jfQqCEzrgrqmNtLki4%2BzPwuno6dPFRhfM-qYdEM8Lfg@mail.gmail.com> References: <9774D03B-A8C7-48DE-9BC4-528DD4134787@altesco.nl> <CAOjFWZ5jfQqCEzrgrqmNtLki4%2BzPwuno6dPFRhfM-qYdEM8Lfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:49:56AM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote: > On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Ben Stuyts <ben@altesco.nl> wrote: > > > I want to expand an existing mirror by replacing the existing drives with > > bigger ones. This is on: > > FreeBSD xxx 7.3-STABLE FreeBSD 7.3-STABLE #2: Mon Sep 20 18:36:08 CEST 2010 > > root@xxx:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/xxx amd64 > > > > # zpool status home > > pool: home > > state: ONLINE > > scrub: scrub completed after 2h0m with 0 errors on Mon Sep 19 18:25:45 > > 2011 > > config: > > > > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > > home ONLINE 0 0 0 > > mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 > > ad5s1a ONLINE 0 0 0 > > ad7s1a ONLINE 0 0 0 > > > > Will this version of FreeBSD auto-expand to the new, bigger drive size once > > they are both replaced? I did not see the autoexpand property in this pool. > > zpool is v13, zfs is v3. > > > > No. You will need to reboot the system in order for the extra space to > become usable in the pool. Or, if none of the OS is installed on the pool, > you can export/import the pool to make the new space available. Does this advice/fact apply to FreeBSD 7.3? To my knowledge it does not. The ZFS version is too old. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
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