How to access files on a zfs pool of which only the vdev is left?

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I set up a zfs pool mypool with one sparse file as vdev. After a system crash only the undamaged vdev is left. Is there any chance to get files and folders out of it? I don't care to create another pool, currently I would have to force the creation because zpool create says that the sparse file is still part of mypool.

I'm using ubuntu-zfs 0.6.3 on Ubuntu 14.04 amd64.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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zpool import is the right command for that (attention: man zpool contains two sections for zpool import, so don't skip reading after the first and thing that's what zpool import can do, like me...).

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13462859/how-to-mount-zfs-pools-created-on-a-different-disk might addresses the exact same problem.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

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How to access files on a zfs pool of which only the vdev is left?

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