Re: Replacing a REMOVED drive in DEGRADED zpool

Hi Robert,

Am 21.08.2025 um 03:55 schrieb Robert:
> 1. Run `zpool offline zdb1 ada0p3`
> 2. Shut down and pull/insert replacement
> 3. Boot up and run `gpart backup ada1 > gpart.ada1` then `gpart 
> restore ada0 < gpart.ada1`
> 4. Run `zpool replace zdb1 ada0p3 ada0p3` 

I have written for this some notes for myself:
https://wiki.idefix.fechner.net/freebsd/zfs/#replace-a-failed-disk

I do not think you must offline it, you should be able to use replace 
command or attach (I would check the man page to verify that for the 
version you use).

I hope that helps.

Matthias