zpool detach pool device
Johann Hugo
jhugo at meraka.csir.co.za
Wed Jan 25 08:09:05 UTC 2012
On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 04:36:56 PM Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 24/01/2012 14:01, Johann Hugo wrote:
> > Is there any way to recover data from a (good) disk that was detached
> > from a zpool ?
>
> Possibly, but not necessarily easily. It depends on how much of your
> pool that disk represents. If it's one half of a mirror, then sure --
> easy. You just need a system you can import the pool too. The zpool
> will show up as degraded, but if you have enough copies of everything it
> should still show up.
Yes, the pool is one half of a mirror, but "zpool import" does not recognizes
any pool on the disk.
I have a copy of all the crucial stuff on the disk, but there is also some
nice-to-have stuff on the disk if I can get hold of it without to much effort.
Johann
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