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

[Volker A. Brandt]

Chris writes:
> 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.

IIRC these are not serial numbers but (part of) the SAS/SATA WWN of the
disk.  And the WWN is indeed printed on the label. :-)


Regards -- Volker
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