Re: [zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-16 Thread Ivan Wang
> > Would the bootloader have issues here? On x86 I would > imagine that you > would have to reload grub, would a similar thing need > to be done on SPARC? > Yeah, that's also what I'm thinking, apparently zfs mirror doesn't take care of boot sector. So as of now, estimating size of a zfs root

Re: [zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-13 Thread Tim Spriggs
Would the bootloader have issues here? On x86 I would imagine that you would have to reload grub, would a similar thing need to be done on SPARC? Ivan Wang wrote: >>> Erik Trimble wrote: >>> After both drives are replaced, you will automatically see the >>> additional space. >>> >> I be

Re: [zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-13 Thread Ivan Wang
> > Erik Trimble wrote: > > After both drives are replaced, you will automatically see the > > additional space. > > I believe currently after the last replace an > import/export sequence > is needed to force zfs to see the increased size. What if root fs is also in this pool? will there be any

Re: [zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-12 Thread Neil Perrin
Erik Trimble wrote: > Ivan Wang wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Forgive me if this is a dumb question. Is it possible for a two-disk >> mirrored zpool to be seamlessly enlarged by gradually replacing previous >> disk with larger one? >> >> Say, in a constrained desktop, only space for two internal disk

Re: [zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-12 Thread Erik Trimble
Ivan Wang wrote: > Hi all, > > Forgive me if this is a dumb question. Is it possible for a two-disk mirrored > zpool to be seamlessly enlarged by gradually replacing previous disk with > larger one? > > Say, in a constrained desktop, only space for two internal disks is > available, could I ju

[zfs-discuss] enlarge a mirrored pool

2007-10-12 Thread Ivan Wang
Hi all, Forgive me if this is a dumb question. Is it possible for a two-disk mirrored zpool to be seamlessly enlarged by gradually replacing previous disk with larger one? Say, in a constrained desktop, only space for two internal disks is available, could I just begin with two 160G disks, the