[OpenIndiana-discuss] Replacing both disks in a mirror set

[Dan Swartzendruber]

I'm not understanding your problem.  If you add a 3rd temporary disk, wait
for it to resilver, then replace c1t5d0, let the new disk resilver, then
detach the temporary disk, you will never have less than 2 up to date disks
in the mirror. What am I missing?

-----Original Message-----
From: Maurilio Longo [mailto:maurilio.longo at libero.it] 
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 8:58 AM
To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Replacing both disks in a mirror set

Hi all,

I have a zpool on an oi_147 host system which is made up of 3 mirror sets,

tank
   mirror-0
      c11t5d0
      c11t4d1
   mirror-1
      c11t3d0
      c11t2d0
   mirror-2
      c11t1d0
      c11t0d0


both c11t5d0 and c11t4d0 (SATA 1Tb disks, ST31000528AS) are developing
errors, both disks have around one-hundred pending sectors and I'm getting
nervous :)

I'd like to add a third disk to mirror-0 so that I can let it resilver
without decreasing parity (replacing one disk) and increasing my overall
risk of loosing the whole zpool

A simple

  zpool attach tank c11t5d0 c12t0d0

should be ok to make mirror-0 a three disks mirror set.

The problem, for me at least, arises here: how can I remove/replace disks so
that I can end up with the new disk (c12t0d0) in c11t5d0 (or c11t4d0) disk
bay and without powering off the system?

from googling around it seems that zpool offline cannot be used to replace a
disk and if I remove, for example, c11t5d0 with a

   zpool detach tank c11t5d0

when I move c12t0d0 to the place (disk bay) where c11t5d0 was I fear that I
have to let it resilver from the beginning which leaves me without a mirror
for at least three days.

Is there some way to solve this issue without exporting pool, powering off
host system, moving c12t0d0 in c11t5d0 bay and then restarting system and
importing pool again?

Thanks.

Maurilio.

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