I am seeing this issue posted a lot in the forums:
A zpool add/replace command is run, for example:
zpool add archive spare c2t0d2
invalid vdev specification
use '-f' to override the following errors:
/dev/dsk/c2t1d7s0 is part of active ZFS pool archive. Please see zpool(1M).
(-f just says:
I had the same problem described by kometen with our Areca ARC-1680 controller
on opensolaris 2008.05. We were using the controller in JBOD mode and allowing
zpool to to use entire disks.
Setting the drives in pass-through mode on the Areca controller manager solved
the issue.
Also worthy
When I issue the zpool remove command on the spare I receive no response, good
or bad. Afterwards the drive is still listed as a spare in the zpool. Zpool
shows the spare is listed as FAULTED. Any ideas?
$ zpool status
pool: datapool1
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ
