So in a ZFS boot disk configuration (rpool) in a running environment, it's not possible?
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 9:25 AM, <casper....@sun.com> wrote: > > > >Is it possible to grow a ZFS volume on a SPARC system with a SMI/VTOC > label > >without losing data as the OS is built on this volume? > > > Sure as long as the new partition starts on the same block and is longer. > > It was a bit more difficult with UFS but for zfs it is very simple. > > I had a few systems with two ufs root slices using live upgrade: > > <slice 1><slice 2><swap> > > First I booted from <slice 2> > ludelete "slice1" > zpool create rpool "slice1" > lucreate -p rpool > luactivate slice1 > init 6 > from the zfs root: > ludelete slice2 > format: > remove slice2; > grow slice1 to incorporate slice2 > label > > At that time I needed to reboot to get the new device size reflected in > zpool list; today that is no longer needed > > Casper > >
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