I wanted to rename my pool, so following instructions found elsewhere
In the GUI, the volume manager shows oldname having an error (as expected)
However, trying to import volume, the drop down list doesn't show the disk that the pool was on. I can Import Disk, and the relevant partition is listed, but that suggests there is no ZFS filesytem on the disk.
I can use Volume Manager to add the volume, but the 'add volume' button says the existing data will be destroyed - I don't want to do that.
Did I make a mistake?
Do I need to got to recover from backups after creating a new volume and datasets?
or have I missed some steps and all is not lost?
running 11.1-U4 under ESXi-6.5
EDIT:
Problem solved.... some additional steps were required to complete the task.
The steps I took were:
in the GUI
zpool export oldname
zpool import oldname newname
In the GUI, the volume manager shows oldname having an error (as expected)
However, trying to import volume, the drop down list doesn't show the disk that the pool was on. I can Import Disk, and the relevant partition is listed, but that suggests there is no ZFS filesytem on the disk.
I can use Volume Manager to add the volume, but the 'add volume' button says the existing data will be destroyed - I don't want to do that.
Did I make a mistake?
Do I need to got to recover from backups after creating a new volume and datasets?
or have I missed some steps and all is not lost?
running 11.1-U4 under ESXi-6.5
EDIT:
Problem solved.... some additional steps were required to complete the task.
The steps I took were:
zpool export oldname
zpool import oldname newname
zpool export newname
in the GUI
- in sharing: delete the samba share to oldname (may not be necessary, but I did)
- in storage: detach oldname
- reboot
- in storage: import volume from GUI
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