Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2010-10-05 Thread diyanc
Kyle Kakligian smallart at gmail.com writes: I'm not sure why `zfs import` choked on this [typical?] error case, but its easy to fix with a very careful dd. I took a different and very roundabout approach to recover my data, however, since I'm not confident in my 'careful' skills. (after

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-06 Thread Joe S
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Kyle Kakligian kaklig...@google.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Richard Elling richard.ell...@gmail.com wrote: additional comment below... Kyle Kakligian wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: that link

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-06 Thread Kyle Kakligian
SOLVED According to `zdb -l /dev/rdsk/vdev`, one of my drives was missing two of its four redundant labels. (#2 and #3) These two are next to each other at the end of the device so it makes some sense that they could both be garbled. I'm not sure why `zfs import` choked on this [typical?] error

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-05 Thread Kyle Kakligian
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:59 PM, Richard Elling richard.ell...@gmail.com wrote: additional comment below... Kyle Kakligian wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: that link suggests that this is a problem with a dirty export: Yes, a loss of power should

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-04 Thread Kyle Kakligian
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: that link suggests that this is a problem with a dirty export: Yes, a loss of power should mean there was no clean export. On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: maybe try importing on system A again,

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-04 Thread Kyle Kakligian
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: that link suggests that this is a problem with a dirty export: Yes, a loss of power should mean there was no clean export. On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: maybe try importing on system A again,

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-04 Thread Richard Elling
additional comment below... Kyle Kakligian wrote: On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake blake.ir...@gmail.com wrote: that link suggests that this is a problem with a dirty export: Yes, a loss of power should mean there was no clean export. On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Blake

Re: [zfs-discuss] invalid vdev configuration after power failure

2009-03-02 Thread Blake
that link suggests that this is a problem with a dirty export: http://www.sun.com/msg/ZFS-8000-EY maybe try importing on system A again, doing a 'zpool export', waiting for completion, then moving to system B to import? On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Kyle Kakligian small...@gmail.com wrote: