> Some people have trained their fingers to use the -f option on every > command that supports it to force the operation. For instance, how > often do you do rm -rf vs. rm -r and answer questions about every > file? > > If various zpool commands (import, create, replace, etc.) are used > against the wrong disk with a force option, you can clobber a zpool > that is in active use by another system. In a previous job, my lab > environment had a bunch of LUNs presented to multiple boxes. This was > done for convenience in an environment where there would be little > impact if an errant command were issued. I'd never do that in > production without some form of I/O fencing in place. >
I also have that habit. And It is good practice to bear in mind. Thanks. Fred _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
