Hey Bryan: Actually, you can make any single-drive volume into a ZFS mirror simply by using 'zfs attach' command.
Check out this blog post (the blog, in general, I've found to be a fun read): http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2007/01/04/adding-a-mirror-to-a-device-in-a-zfs-pool/ Regards, Jeff --- Bryan Rehbein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have installed NexentaCP 1.0, I installed with a 2-drive mirror and > have > been testing how the server would deal with a drive failure (I removed > the > SATA drive). Everything worked fine until I wanted to restore the second > drive in the mirror, eventually ended up without a mirror on syspool. I > was following various ZFS documentation, trying zpool replace, and > eventually did a zpool remove. > > Is there a way to make a 1-drive syspool into a 2-drive mirror? Also, > what > is the proper recovery procedure to 'replace' the faulted drive? I am > trying to become familiar with my server, NexentaCP and ZFS before the > server becomes a production machine in about 1 week. > > -Bryan > > _______________________________________________ > gnusol-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users > _______________________________________________ gnusol-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sonic.net/mailman/listinfo/gnusol-users
