Mike Gerdts <[email protected]> writes:
[...] >> Can I use `dd' for that task or is that likely to have problems with >> zfs? >> >> Is there a better way? > > Probably so, using zfs to do the copying of only the used blocks. > It goes something like: > > 1. Physically install the new disk. > 2. Partition it as you would like (assuming c0t1s0 is the new > destination slice) > 3. zpool attach -f rpool c0t0s0 c0t1s0 > 4. installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c0d1s0 > 5. zpool detach rpool c0t0s0 > > I used > http://darkstar-solaris.blogspot.com/2008/09/zfs-root-mirror.html > as for hints on the process. There may be one more magical step > (possibly a reboot?) to get it to recognize that rpool is now 500 GB > instead of 25 GB. Thanks for the walkthru... And the site has it in a little more detail. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
