[OpenIndiana-discuss] RAIDZ2 root pool install fun :-(

[Chris]

On 2021-04-20 05:57, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2021, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss wrote:
>> 
>> NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
>> rpool1 ONLINE 0 0 0
>> raidz2-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
>> c0t5000039A7B78030Fd0 ONLINE 0 0 0
>> c0t5000039A7B7002F3d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
>> c0t5000039A7B700306d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
>> c0t5000039A7B700305d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
>> 
>> errors: No known data errors
>> 
>> But I *really* don't like those long winded disk names.
> 
> You might learn to appreciate them given that part of the name is very 
> likely
> printed exactly on the side of your disk drive.  This can be very helpful.
Strictly from memory (mine -- which may well have a couple of incorrectly
flipped bits). A portion of the device name is created from the disks serial
number. So as Bob correctly points out; this makes it extremely simple to
identify the correct drive when not-so happy things occur in your data pool. 
:-)

--Chris
> 
> In fact all of the elements in the name appear to be helpful whereas the 
> shorter
> versions were not very helpful at all.
> 
> Bob

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