ZFS and disk naming change (ex. da0->da4)

[Peter Schuller]

> I have an experimental (but that does not mean, I wouldn't like to get my 
> data back :) zpool, which was created with something like this:
> zpool create people raidz2 /dev/da0 /dev/da3 /dev/da4, etc

[snip]

> My question is: what now? Is it possible to regain the pool, or is it 
> totally busted now? I am not sure that I can figure out which device is 
> which now...

I believe a re-import of the pool will solve this problem.

> ps: I guess next time I will use glabel -I love that- to provide base 
> devices...

That's what I do. Even if I don't think it's needed I *always* glabel
because I always end up in some wonky situation where I would have
been less happy if I hadn't ;)

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