how to expand zpool

[Michael Schuster]

simply put, physically replace one disk, 'zpool replace' it. when that's
done, next disk ... This process is very well documented :-)

you *do* have a working backup, just in case, right?

Michael

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Motty Cruz <motty.cruz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, my enclosure has a total of 12 HDD, I have two groups of 5 HDD 1TB
> each. I need to expand the zpool and purchase 2TB HDD. What is the best way
> to expand the zpool without deleting   any data?
>
>
>
> # zpool status
>
>   pool: tank
>
> state: ONLINE
>
>   scan: resilvered 663G in 3h10m with 0 errors on Mon Feb 27 12:26:24 2017
>
> config:
>
>
>
>                 NAME           STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
>
>                 tank           ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                   raidz2-0     ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     c01  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     c02  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     c03  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     c04  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     c05  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                   raidz2-1     ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     e01  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     e02  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     e03  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     e04  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>                     e05  ONLINE       0     0     0
>
>
>
> errors: No known data errors
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Motty
>
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