[OpenIndiana-discuss] about exporting rpool

[cjt]

On 04/07/2017 11:39 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
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> Mine are exact mirrors of 2 disks.  I just want to make sure this bit
> from `man zpool' is not referring to those kind of shared disks. And
> that I do NOT have to break the mirrors before export.
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FWIW, I think "spare" is a term of art in this context.  See 
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/6n7ht6qvt/index.html

I don't think a regular mirror is a spare.  But if one of the mirrored 
drives fails, a spare could take its place (i.e. become "in use") -- 
then you might have a legitimate concern if that spare were also shared. 
  See 
https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19120-01/open.solaris/817-2271/gcvcw/index.html 
for a discussion of _shared_ spares.

But there are others here with more expertise than I hope ever to have, 
so I can make no guarantees.

Charlie