Aldo Bacchiocchi writes:
> I am new to the ZFS scene and am very close to purchasing hardware to support 
> my home storage needs and will be using opensolars and zfs.  I plan on 
> keeping the Operationg System and Data Storge needs in different pools, and 
> will follow the best practices guide closely.  I've read that I can move my 
> disks using the Zpool export feature.  However, what if the motherboard or 
> controller fails and I need to move my data to another machine.  
> 
> How would I import the pool onto another machine if a zpool export could not 
> have been done because of, say, a motherboard failure.  I think I rmember 
> seeing it can be done even without the export?

That's true.  It "just works."  The export step is needed just to
remove that pool from the previous machine.

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