[ZFS] "online" spares ?

[Oliver Peter]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 06:31:29PM +0200, Ben RUBSON wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Let's assume the following status :
> 
>   pool: zroot
>  state: ONLINE
> config:
> 	NAME                       STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
> 	zroot                      ONLINE       0     0     0
> 	  mirror-0                 ONLINE       0     0     0
>           (...)
> 	spares
> 	  15751675431801904320     REMOVED   was /dev/label/X92020TYEEGHT
> 
> For some reason one of the spares is in removed state but is now available again to the system.
> "online" command does not work for spares.
> Is there any way to bring spares back to available state without having to "remove" and "add" them again ?
> 
> Many thanks !

If the spare comes up as /dev/label/X92020TYEEGHT again you might want to
give 'zpool clear zroot' a try.  That did it for me.


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