Q? are you intent to import this zpool to different host?
Sent from my iPad Hung-Sheng Tsao ( LaoTsao) Ph.D On Aug 29, 2011, at 14:13, Gary Mills <mi...@cc.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > I have a system with ZFS root that imports another zpool from a start > method. It uses a separate cache file for this zpool, like this: > > if [ -f $CCACHE ] > then > echo "Importing $CPOOL with cache $CCACHE" > zpool import -o cachefile=$CCACHE -c $CCACHE $CPOOL > else > echo "Importing $CPOOL with device scan" > zpool import -o cachefile=$CCACHE $CPOOL > fi > > It also exports that zpool from the stop method, which has the side > effect of deleting the cache. This all works nicely when the server > is rebooted. > > What will happen when the server is halted without running the stop > method, so that that zpool is not exported? I know that there is a > flag in the zpool that indicates when it's been exported cleanly. The > cache file will exist when the server reboots. Will the import fail > with the `The pool was last accessed by another system.' error, or > will the import succeed? Does the cache change the import behavior? > Does it recognize that the server is the same system? I don't want > to include the `-f' flag in the commands above when it's not needed. > > -- > -Gary Mills- -Unix Group- -Computer and Network Services- > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
