FreeBSD 10 and zfsd.

[Allan Jude]

On 2013-10-11 04:27, O. Hartmann wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 03:24:51 -0400
> Allan Jude <freebsd at allanjude.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2013-10-11 03:02, Johan Hendriks wrote:
>>> Johan Hendriks wrote:
>>>> When i started using ZFS on FreeBSD I quickly found out that hot
>>>> spares are not possible on FreeBSD.
>>>> I was told that with zfsd it should be possible and that it would
>>>> be included in FreeBSD 10.
>>>>
>>>> Is there some info about the zfsd function and how it could be
>>>> used?
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> Johan Hendriks
>>>>
>>> Thanks all for the explanation and your time
>>> A notice in the handbook may be a good thing to let new FreeBSD
>>> users know that you can add spares, but that it is not a hot spare.
>>> So human action is required to activate the spare.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Johan Hendriks
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>> That bit is in the zfs handbook project branch, it just isn't
>> published yet
>>
> ... so it isn't visible to the "normal" users.
>
> I would also appreciate a hint in the man page of zpool(8). Like 
> "Be aware: A spare declared vdev is not (yet) automatically replacing a
> faulty rendered drive. Human action is still required."
>
> It could save some trouble in prevention.
>
> Oliver
Lyndon Nerenberg attached a patch for the man page earlier in the
thread, and I have forwarded that to the docs team

-- 
Allan Jude