And you can try 'zpool online' on the failed drive to see if it comes back
online.
On Nov 27, 2012 6:08 PM, "Freddie Cash" <fjwc...@gmail.com> wrote:

> You don't use replace on mirror vdevs.
>
> 'zpool detach' the failed drive. Then 'zpool attach' the new drive.
> On Nov 27, 2012 6:00 PM, "Chris Dunbar - Earthside, LLC" <
> cdun...@earthside.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I have a degraded mirror set and this is has happened a few times (not
>> always the same drive) over the last two years. In the past I replaced the
>> drive and and ran zpool replace and all was well. I am wondering, however,
>> if it is safe to run zpool replace without replacing the drive to see if it
>> is in fact failed. On traditional RAID systems I have had drives drop out
>> of an array, but be perfectly fine. Adding them back to the array returned
>> the drive to service and all was well. Does that approach work with ZFS? If
>> not, is there another way to test the drive before making the decision to
>> yank and replace?****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Chris****
>>
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