[zfs-discuss] Why would some disks in a raidz use partitions and others not?

2009-12-22 Thread Galen
I have a raidz1 that I have been trying to recover. I am missing one disk due to catastrophic mechanical failure, but the other disks are fully functional. The problem is that I cannot import the zpool, despite all the disks being present. Even with -f, zfs recovery mode set in the kernel

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why would some disks in a raidz use partitions and others not?

2009-12-22 Thread James Risner
Can you post a zpool import -f for us to see? One thing I ran into recently is that if the drives arrangement was changed (like drives swapped) it can't recover. I moved an 8 drive array recently, and didn't worry about the order of the drives. It could not be mounted without reordering the

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why would some disks in a raidz use partitions and others not?

2009-12-22 Thread Galen
I am on different hardware, thus I cannot restore the drive configuration exactly. I have been able to shuffle and re-import disks in the past with different zpools, even without an export. Does anybody have more experience with what scenarios cause a failure to import with the disks being

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why would some disks in a raidz use partitions and others not?

2009-12-22 Thread James Risner
galenz: I am on different hardware, thus I cannot restore the drive configuration exactly. Actually, you can learn most of it, if not all of it you need. Do zpool import -f with no pool name and it should dump the issue with the pool (what is making it fail.) If that doesn't contain

Re: [zfs-discuss] Why would some disks in a raidz use partitions and others not?

2009-12-22 Thread Richard Elling
On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Galen wrote: I am on different hardware, thus I cannot restore the drive configuration exactly. I have been able to shuffle and re-import disks in the past with different zpools, even without an export. Does anybody have more experience with what scenarios