[OpenIndiana-discuss] exporting rpool with system running

[Harry Putnam]

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <roy at karlsbakk.net> writes:

> AFAIK, exporting an rpool while running on it, is quite
> impossible. Why would you want to export it?

So use livecd then?

The reasons to do this have been discussed here at least twice.  Thats
why I didn't include that information.  Thinking about it again after
your prompt though I see I should have included at least a brief
outline of why.

So briefly put:  The hardware is giving up the ghost.  The machine
will start and run for maybe 10-15 minutes and then stops with no log
errors evident.

Rather than worry with the old outdated equipment I plan to build up a
newer hardware setup.  Install openindiana on a pair of smallish disks
for the new (mirrored) rpool and then import all the old zpools
including the oldrpool (renamed) which, unfortunately, also has data
I'd like to keep on it.

Oldrpool is also on a mirrored pair of disks.  So I thought to leave
oldrpool exported to facilitate the above approach.  Install the disks
containing oldrpool and import it using the new setup, then dump all
the old rpool OS related stuff and keep the wanted data on a renamed
zpool.

Better ideas are welcome.