DE - could you please post the output of your 'zpool umount usbhdd1' command? I believe the output will prove useful to the point being discussed below.
Charles D. Eckert wrote: > (...) > You don't move a pool with 'zfs umount', that only unmounts a single zfs > filesystem within a pool, but the pool is still active.. 'zpool export' > releases the pool from the OS, then 'zpool import' on the other machine. > (...) > > with all respect: I never read such a non logic ridiculous . > > I have a single zpool set up over the entire available disk space on an > external USB drive without any other filesystems inside this particular pool. > > so how on earth should I be sure, that the pool is still a live pool inside > the operating system if the output of 'mount' cmd tells me, the pool is no > longer attached to the root FS???? > > this doesn't make sense at all and it is a vulnerability of ZFS. > > so if the output of the mount cmd tells you the FS / ZPOOL is not mounted I > can't face any reason why the filesystem should be still up and running, > because I just unmounted the only one available ZPOOL. > > And by the way: After performing: 'zpool umount usbhdd1' I can NOT access any > single file inside /usbhdd1. > > What else should be released from the OS FS than a single zpool containing no > other sub Filesystems? > > Why? The answer is quite simple: The pool is unmounted and no longer hooked > up to the system's filesystem. so what should me prevent from unplugging the > usb wire? > > Regards, > DE > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
