pjr_atl
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I have an existing 3 x 2TB zfs volume I wish to expand to a 5 X 2 TB volume. I know there is no direct way to simply add drives to the pool (yes I could create another vdev and add that way but I would lose 2 TB of storage or have a high risk array.)
So my thought was backup existing pool, destroying existing pool, create new bigger pool, restore pool.
My hang up is whats the best way to backup and restore a zfs pool preserving everything? Can I hang a USB drive off the system and backup and restore from that if so how?
Thanks in advance this seems elementary and I did a lot of googling before posting here looking for a solution
So my thought was backup existing pool, destroying existing pool, create new bigger pool, restore pool.
My hang up is whats the best way to backup and restore a zfs pool preserving everything? Can I hang a USB drive off the system and backup and restore from that if so how?
Thanks in advance this seems elementary and I did a lot of googling before posting here looking for a solution