I created a new ZPool on my disk with the zpool create command.
Shortly after that, I read that you should specify the pool-disks by /dev/disk/by-id/ and not by the identificator /dev/sda for example.
I didn't do this on my pool, and now I have a problem:
Because of a new disk, all identifiers changed for the existing disks.
The pool was on /dev/sdb, now is this disk localized on /dev/sdc.
Zfs doesn't realizes this, and it tries to access the existing pool at /dev/sdb, but it isn't there.
through searching the web, I found a possibility to import unmounted zpools: zpool import.
But if I want to import the existing, unavailable pool with zpool import dte ("dte" was the name of the pool), I get the following error:
ms@linuxServer:/# sudo zpool import dte
cannot import 'dte': pool may be in use from other system
use '-f' to import anyway
If I try with the -f option, I get the following error:
ms@linuxServer:/# sudo zpool import dte -f
cannot import 'dte': one or more devices is currently unavailable
So it really tries to mount /dev/sdb, but this is used.
If I just use zpool import it shows me the following:
ms@linuxServer:/# sudo zpool import
pool: dte
id: 12561099924127384920
state: FAULTED
status: One or more devices contains corrupted data.
action: The pool cannot be imported due to damaged devices or data.
The pool may be active on another system, but can be imported using
the '-f' flag.
see: http://zfsonlinux.org/msg/ZFS-8000-5E
config:
dte FAULTED corrupted data
ata-TOSHIBA_DT01ACA300_X3N87RPGS UNAVAIL corrupted data
Does anyone know, how I can tell the zpool-command, that the pool "dte" is located at /dev/sdc and not at /dev/sdb?
I haven't found any possible, usable solution yet. Just this one, which didn't really help:
Your zpool import command string should be: sudo zpool import -f dte
Following that, you should be able to zpool clear.