zpool import taking weeks ...

[Freddie Cash]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Gomes do Vale Victor
<ulysse31 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Le 16 janv. 2014 à 19:14, Stefan Esser <se at freebsd.org> a écrit :
>
> > Am 16.01.2014 08:00, schrieb Gomes do Vale Victor:
> >>> Thanks a lot for this info ! I have read about the "-T" option
> >>> on import with tgx but it was with ZFS on Linux ... Don't knew it
> >>> is available on newer implementation under FreeBSD. Will so wait
> >>> that it ends correctly and will think on upgrading on the system
> >>> (the rootfs is ZFS also ...)
> >
> > Just for the record, since your reply seems to imply that the -T
> > option is only available on Linux:
> >
> > The -T option of zpool import has been present in FreeBSD for years,
> > but is undocumented (same as in Solaris/OpenIndiana). It has been
> > mentioned in some ZFS recovery guides (most written for Solaris) and
> > it actually works quite well (I used it to recover an inconsistent pool
> > and helped somebody else who has lost access to his ZFS file-systems).
> >
> > Regards, STefan
>
> Sorry if you understood that. It was not what I meant. I wanted to say
> that I only found one thread talking about that option (the import with the
> -T option) and that thread was about ZFS on Linux, and since I ain't found
> no mention of it on the actual man of my FreeBSD version I have here, I
> tough it was only available on newer ZFS versions (like v5000) under
> FreeBSD.
> Thanks for the info, so do you think I could use this method to recover my
> pool that is on ZFS v28 ?
> Also, the import is now running without crash for 8 days now, and still
> does not have finished, and I do not see any revelant activity on disks,
> nor any load under CTRL+T on the zpool process (sometimes goes to 0.16/0.08
> but quickly returns to 0.00 and stays there a while) do you think I should
> interrupt it, reboot and restart again ? Or directly test with the -T
> option ?
>

I'd try a reboot to restart the process.  Let it run for a day.  If you
still aren't seeing any disk activity, then try the -T and/or the -F import
options.​​

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Freddie Cash
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