On 27 Jan 2013 14:31, "Steven Hartland" <kill...@multiplay.co.uk> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ulrich Spörlein" <u...@freebsd.org> > > >> I have a slight problem with transplanting a zpool, maybe this is not >> possible the way I like to do it, maybe I need to fuzz some >> identifiers... >> >> I want to transplant my old zpool tank from a 1TB drive to a new 2TB >> drive, but *not* use dd(1) or any other cloning mechanism, as the pool >> was very full very often and is surely severely fragmented. >> > > Cant you just drop the disk in the original machine, set it as a mirror > then once the mirror process has completed break the mirror and remove > the 1TB disk. > > If this is a boot disk don't forget to set the boot block as well.
I managed to replace a drive this way without even rebooting. I believe it's the same as a zpool replace. Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
