[OpenIndiana-discuss] about exporting rpool

[Harry Putnam]

cjt <cheljuba at prodigy.net> writes:

> On 04/07/2017 11:39 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> <snip>
>> 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.
> <snip>
>
> 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.

Thought it might be something along that line. But I'm like you, with
the difference that I'm even less experienced not to mention a bit
dim.  Thanks for the input.  Make me a bit more confident.