Transferring a GEOM array between hosts

illoai at gmail.com illoai at gmail.com
Sun Aug 26 06:18:34 PDT 2007


On 25/08/07, Joe Schaefer <joe+gmane at sunstarsys.com> wrote:
>
> I have an external JBOD array that is a mirror
> of two stripes.  What I'd like to do is plug
> that array into a new/different freebsd host
> machine.  Is there anything I need to do to
> prepare the new machine for the array?
>
> Naively, I'd hope that the new machine will pick
> up the geom configuration from the drives themselves,
> so I won't have to run any gmirror or gstripe commands
> on the new machine after the JBOD has been plugged
> into it.
>
> Can anyone who has done this before give me
> a few tips on how to plan appropriately for
> such a move?

The only problem I have run into is forgetting
to load the appropriate modules on the new
machine.

I would assume, as well, that crossing up your
namespace would be bad.  It actually sounds
like a fun experiment to try some day.

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