[OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS pool move from one server to another?

[Rainer Heilke]

I've done something similar, but I did zpool export and zpool import, if 
I'm following what you're wanting to do correctly.
Rainer


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>From "Carl Brewer via openindiana-discuss" 
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Date 2025-02-02 12:53:36 PM
Subject [OpenIndiana-discuss] ZFS pool move from one server to another?

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>Hi,
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>I think this'll work ...
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>I have an OI box from a couple of years ago with a raidz array that's full.  I got some new, bigger HDDs and set them up on a new OI instance (new hardware), did a recent install (2410 I think?), created a new raidz with the new, bigger HDDs, rsync'ed everything over.
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>Labels : the old raidz : "pond"
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>the new raidz : "bigfish"
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>What I'd like to do :
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>detach the raidz array "bigfish" from the new box, pull the drives out.
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>Detach the old raidz array "pond" on the old box, shut it down, remove the old HDDs
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>Physically install the new drives in the old box
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>Attach bigfish (zpool attach?)
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>Will this "just work"?  Any caveats?  I think the ZFS version should be ok, does ZFS care about the device names? I don't expect /dev/dsk/cXtYdZ's to match, but I don't think that matters once an array is created?  zpool attach will "just do it"?
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>Thank you for suggestions!
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>Carl
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