UI question - is there a way to attach a disk to an existing vdev?

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Hi all,

I was not able to find a way to attach a new disk drive to an existing single disk or mirror vdev to add another mirrored drive in the TN 12 UI. I know how to do it with gpart, zpool and friends, of course, but is there really no way for less experienced users to build a mirror after the fact? Or have I overlooked something?

Thanks,
Patrick

 

[sretalla]

A little counter-intuitive, but have you looked under status?

The option is completely incorrectly named, but Extend on a single disk created a mirror for me.

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

Works - thanks.

The option is completely incorrectly named, but Extend on a single disk created a mirror for me.

Not only this - the online help explicitly states it would extend the vdev's capacity. That's why I did not dare try it with a live pool here.