Hi Jeff, What I'm trying to do is import many copies of a pool that is cloned on a storage array.
ZFS will only import the first disk (there is only one disk in the pool) and any clones have the same pool name and GUID and are ignored. Is there any chance Sun will support external cloned disks and add an option to generate a new GUID on import in the near future? Veritas 5.0 supports a similar idea and allows disks to be tagged and the disk group to be imported using the tag with an option to generate new GUIDs. Cyril has kindly sent me some code so my immediate problem is probably resolved but don't you think this would be better handled as part of zpool import? Thanks Peter 2008/7/2 Jeff Bonwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > How difficult would it be to write some code to change the GUID of a > pool? > > As a recreational hack, not hard at all. But I cannot recommend it > in good conscience, because if the pool contains more than one disk, > the GUID change cannot possibly be atomic. If you were to crash or > lose power in the middle of the operation, your data would be gone. > > What problem are you trying to solve? > > Jeff >
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