Edit: (SOLVED) The problem below was because the disks were formatted with GPT partitions (which FreeBSD recognizes but Solaris doesn't) instead GEOM. After reformatting with disks with GEOM the pool was able to be exported from ZFSguru and reimported into Nexenta without issue.
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So I've been lurking and reading here for a while. I've got a NAS system I'm building which has it's main storage pool a 7 drive RAIDz2 of the Samsung 2TB F4 (4k) drives. As per reccomendation by sub.mesa I am trying to use his ZFSguru live CD to create the pool with 4k sector override and later import it to NexentaStor Community Edition (3.0.4). I can't get it to work and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I am NOT very savvy with the command line stuff but have no problem using it if I know what to do.
After creating the pool (named "Storage") with zfsguru I am logging into the shell and running the command:
I get no error, and after the export a zpool status returns no available pools, which should be correct. I then restart the machine and boot up to my already installed Nexenta, go to command line and:
I guess it's not that easy because it then says "unexpected option 'import' " and gives a choice to create, import, ect. I highlight IMPORT and then it asks for a VOLUME name to import. Typing "Storage" (the pool name) or anything else just returns an error saying there are no volumes that can be imported. Running a "show volume import" or "show volume import -D" command both say there are no volumes to import.
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So I've been lurking and reading here for a while. I've got a NAS system I'm building which has it's main storage pool a 7 drive RAIDz2 of the Samsung 2TB F4 (4k) drives. As per reccomendation by sub.mesa I am trying to use his ZFSguru live CD to create the pool with 4k sector override and later import it to NexentaStor Community Edition (3.0.4). I can't get it to work and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I am NOT very savvy with the command line stuff but have no problem using it if I know what to do.
After creating the pool (named "Storage") with zfsguru I am logging into the shell and running the command:
Code:
zpool export Storage
I get no error, and after the export a zpool status returns no available pools, which should be correct. I then restart the machine and boot up to my already installed Nexenta, go to command line and:
Code:
zpool import Storage
I guess it's not that easy because it then says "unexpected option 'import' " and gives a choice to create, import, ect. I highlight IMPORT and then it asks for a VOLUME name to import. Typing "Storage" (the pool name) or anything else just returns an error saying there are no volumes that can be imported. Running a "show volume import" or "show volume import -D" command both say there are no volumes to import.
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