Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-06 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Kyle, Except that in the case of spares, you can't replace them. You'll see a message like the one below. Cindy # zpool create pool mirror c1t0d0 c1t1d0 spare c1t5d0 # zpool status pool: pool state: ONLINE scrub: none requested config: NAMESTATE READ WRITE CKSUM

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-05 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Will, Since no workaround is provided in the CR, I don't know if importing on a more recent OpenSolaris release and trying to remove it will work. I will simulate this error, try this approach, and get back to you. Thanks, Cindy On 08/04/09 18:34, Will Murnane wrote: On Tue, Aug 4,

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-05 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Will, I simulated this issue on s10u7 and then imported the pool on a current Nevada release. The original issue remains, which is you can't remove a spare device that no longer exists. My sense is that the bug fix prevents the spare from getting messed up in the first place when the device

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-05 Thread Kyle McDonald
Will Murnane wrote: I'm using Solaris 10u6 updated to u7 via patches, and I have a pool with a mirrored pair and a (shared) hot spare. We reconfigured disks a while ago and now the controller is c4 instead of c2. The hot spare was originally on c2, and apparently on rebooting it didn't get

[zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-04 Thread Will Murnane
I'm using Solaris 10u6 updated to u7 via patches, and I have a pool with a mirrored pair and a (shared) hot spare. We reconfigured disks a while ago and now the controller is c4 instead of c2. The hot spare was originally on c2, and apparently on rebooting it didn't get found. So, I looked up

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-04 Thread Cindy . Swearingen
Hi Will, It looks to me like you are running into this bug: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6664649 This is fixed in Nevada and a fix will also be available in an upcoming Solaris 10 release. This doesn't help you now, unfortunately. I don't think this ghost of a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-04 Thread Will Murnane
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 19:05, cindy.swearin...@sun.com wrote: Hi Will, It looks to me like you are running into this bug: http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6664649 This is fixed in Nevada and a fix will also be available in an upcoming Solaris 10 release. That

Re: [zfs-discuss] Sol10u7: can't zpool remove missing hot spare

2009-08-04 Thread Jordan Schwartz
We ran into something similar with controllers changing after a x4500 to x4540 upgrade. In our case the the spares were in a separate data pool so the recovery procedure we developed was relatively easy to implement as long as downtime could be scheduled. You may be able to tweak the procedure