I have a host running svn_133 with a root mirror pool that I'd like to rebuild
with a fresh install on new hardware; but I still have data on the pool that I
would like to preserve.
Given a rpool with disks c7d0s0 and c6d0s0, I think the following process will
do what I need:
1. Run these
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I have a host running svn_133 with a root mirror pool that I'd like to
rebuild with a fresh install on new hardware; but I still have data on
the pool that I would like to
You can also use the zpool split command and save yourself having to do the
zfs send|zfs recv step - all the data will be preserved.
zpool split rpool preserve does essentially everything up to and including
the zpool export preserve commands you listed in your original email. Just
don't try
So, after rebuilding, you don't want to restore the
same OS that you're
currently running. But there are some files you'd
like to save for after
you reinstall. Why not just copy them off somewhere,
in a tarball or
something like that?
It's about 200+ gigs of files. If I had a third
You can also use the zpool split command and save
yourself having to do the zfs send|zfs recv step -
all the data will be preserved.
zpool split rpool preserve does essentially
everything up to and including the zpool export
preserve commands you listed in your original email.
Just don't
