Got it imported w/ 4-disks using `pool import -a -f`. Thanks all!
Kent > On Mar 25, 2023, at 5:15 PM, Guenther Alka <[email protected]> wrote: > > not sure what you want to achieve with zpool import > https://illumos.org/man/8/zpool > > -a Searches for and imports all pools found. > > -c cachefile > Reads configuration from the given cachefile that was > created with the cachefile pool property. This cachefile > is used instead of searching for devices. > > -d dir Searches for devices or files in dir. The -d option can > be > specified multiple times. This option is incompatible > with > the -c option. > > the -a option imports all found pools (pool config is on disks) > the -d is mainly when you are using files instead disks. Disks are detected > automatically. > > normal operation is simply zpool import (reads all disks and shows available > pools) > and zpool import (-f) poolname. If a disk is missing, the pool is imported in > a degraded state. > > You cannot "import" single disks. > > What do you expect from a zpool destroy? Such a pool remains importable > despite. > Maybe you want to ignore the cachefile that allows a faster imoport? > > Gea > >> Thanks Toomas! >> >>> raidz6 can survive 2 lost disk, 5 of 6 is still good assuming there are no >>> corrupted blocks;) >> >> That's true, but I guess my question is more nuanced. >> >> Let's say that on the second server I do something like this: >> >> boot, with zero 3.5 disks plugged in and then run: >> # zpool destroy tank // to remove history of he old "tank" >> >> insert 5 of the disks and then run something like this: >> # zpool import -a -d c3t1d0 -d c4t0d0 -d c4t1d0 -d c5t0d0 -d c5t1d0 >> >> Would that work, or would it fail due to expecting a missing sixth disk? >> >> Thanks again, >> Kent >> >> > > -- > Guenther Ernst Alka > Dipl. Ing (FH) > > Rektor-Klaus Str.71 > 73525 Schw. Gmünd > tel 07171 931393 > illumos <https://illumos.topicbox.com/latest> / illumos-discuss / see > discussions <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + participants > <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + delivery options > <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription>Permalink > <https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tfcb859beb5f27444-M0c8548f25eb3f89c2f3745cf> ------------------------------------------ illumos: illumos-discuss Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tfcb859beb5f27444-M2edd5619533499343ad63538 Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
