I think this shouldn't be too hard to automate in the dumpon script, to be honest. Please can you try the patch at [1], and set dumpdev=/dev/mirror/*your_target_mirror* in /etc/rc.conf, and let me know if it works OK? Pawel, does this look sane? Chris [1] http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/patches/gmirror-dumps.diff