reconfiguring ZFS storage

[jfabernathy]

I'm experimenting with different disk and file system configurations. My first test used ZFS RAIDZ1 with 3 - 2TB drives. After testing that I went all the way back to the start and reinstalled N4F but this time I installed to a SSD instead of a USB Flash.

Where I ran into problems was that in creating a ZFS pool, I got an error 1. The information seemed to imply something about the fact that the drives had previously been used in a pool, so I went back and looked at the option below and by checking that I finally got past the error, but needed to reboot first.

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 Forces use of vdevs, even if they appear in use or specify different size. (This is not recommended.)

The not recommended bothers me, but it seemed to be the only way to get the new pool created.

Is there a proper way to take a ZFS pool apart so you can rebuild with another file system UFS or ZFS??
Jim A

[b0ssman]

please read the faq
http://www.zoonsweb.nl/wiki/doku.php?id=faq:0129

[jfabernathy]

Thanks, good reference!

Jim A