Hi all,
Using openindiana latest build (a6)
I'm experimenting with creating zpools with an alternate location for the cachefile. Reason: I don't want certain pools to mount at boottime. I know that you have to create a copy of the cachefile so that it won't be removed when you export it. I followed the following procedure (done in a vm and on real hardware)
1: Create e.g. a very simple pool with the command:
zpool create -o cachefile=/etc/cache/testpool.cache -f testpool c2t1d0
2: copy /etc/cache/testpool.cache to /tmp/
3: export testpool :zpool export testpool (original cachefile gets deleted automatically)
4: copy the cachefile back to original location: cp /tmp/testpool.cache /etc/cache/
5: import the testpool back: zpool import -c /etc/cache/testpool.cache -a
Step 5 is where it goes wrong. I allways get the message: "cannot import 'testpool': one or more devices is currently unavailable.
If I do an import -f testpool, there's no problem. I find this bevaviour a little strange. Probably I'm missing something.
Maybe somebody can shed some light on this?
Rgds,
Randy
Using openindiana latest build (a6)
I'm experimenting with creating zpools with an alternate location for the cachefile. Reason: I don't want certain pools to mount at boottime. I know that you have to create a copy of the cachefile so that it won't be removed when you export it. I followed the following procedure (done in a vm and on real hardware)
1: Create e.g. a very simple pool with the command:
zpool create -o cachefile=/etc/cache/testpool.cache -f testpool c2t1d0
2: copy /etc/cache/testpool.cache to /tmp/
3: export testpool :zpool export testpool (original cachefile gets deleted automatically)
4: copy the cachefile back to original location: cp /tmp/testpool.cache /etc/cache/
5: import the testpool back: zpool import -c /etc/cache/testpool.cache -a
Step 5 is where it goes wrong. I allways get the message: "cannot import 'testpool': one or more devices is currently unavailable.
If I do an import -f testpool, there's no problem. I find this bevaviour a little strange. Probably I'm missing something.
Maybe somebody can shed some light on this?
Rgds,
Randy