Questions tagged [zpool]

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ZFS zpool cannot be imported, cause panic if not imported as readonly

After a reboot, ZFS pool never stopped trying to import the pool. It was blocking the boot-sequence and I had to rename the /etc/zfs/zpool.cache to another name, in order to boot the system. There was an upgrade made before reboot, but that was not…
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lvm semantics compared with Mac OS container volumes - sharing storage between logical volumes?

I'm very new to lvm, and have simultaneously understood how Mac OS container disks work. I'm very happy with Mac OS container disk semantics - I don't have to think how much space to allocate. I just create whatever volumes I want, and space gets…
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zpool cannot properly import missing pool after system crash

I have a raidz3 zpool on Ubuntu 18.04 with the Ubuntu built-in zfs features, there was a system crash recently, I guess it's caused by an unavailable(failed) disk, and after rebooting, the pool was missing: $ sudo zpool status no pools…
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Zpool transparent migration

I would like to move an active pool's data to a new pool, retiring the old pool and making the new pool live in its place, without any downtime. I imagine it going something like: Create new pool Temporarily mirror new pool with old pool while…
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