SOLVED Can't replace drive with HDD used in previous pool

[TheDubiousDubber]

I'm replacing a drive in my main pool. The replacement drive is one that was used once as a part of a 2 drive pool for backups. Due to this FreeNAS is recognizing the drive as part of that exported pool and won't let me use the drive as a replacement.

After hitting the replace button, I get the following:

[MiddlewareError: Disk replacement failed: "invalid specification, use -f to override the following errors:, /dev/gptid/<long string goes here> is part exported pool 'Backup', "]

I'm using the GUI, so I'm not sure how I can use the force flag, nor do I know the command to run if I were to use the CLI. The only way I can think of getting around this would be to hookup the Backup volume and destroy it rather than exporting. Though doing so would be a real PITA so was hoping there might be a workaround. Help would be much appreciated.

 

[Bidule0hm]

Wipe the drive (the wipe feature in the GUI, the dd command, HBCD, ...) ;)

 

[TheDubiousDubber]

I had wiped the drive, not in FreeNAS, but the drive was wiped on another machine before installing in the FreeNAS unit. Based on the ...the following errors:, /dev/gptid/<long string goes here> is part exported pool 'Backup', "] I'm guessing the long string has to do with the hardware ID. I don't believe it is concerned with what data may or may not be on the drive. It is simply recognizing the drive as the same piece of hardware from a previously used volume. Either way, I will give it a try and see.

 

[Bidule0hm]

You didn't wiped the drive correctly.

The GPTID is a software ID.

The only way ZFS knows this drive was a part of a pool is because there's still some data on this drive who tell ZFS that. Wipe the drive... in it's entirety ;)

 

[TheDubiousDubber]

That makes more sense. Appreciate the help.

 

[joeschmuck]

Deleted my poorly written joke.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

According to a post I read recently, the quickest solution is the zpool labelclear command.