working without ZFSDriver.kext (please don't!)

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working without ZFSDriver.kext (please don't!)

Post by grahamperrin » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:40 am

Hint

If you work temporarily without ZFSDriver.kext then take care:

  • export all pools before shut down.

Background

I guess that ZFSDriver.kext normally takes care of exports and so on.

I restarted my system twice without the KEXT – the second restart followed an import of pool gjp22 for my home directory.

The subsequent import required force:

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macbookpro08-centrim:~ hello$ su bbsadmin-l
Password:
bash-3.2$ sudo zpool import -d /dev gjp22
Password:
cannot import 'gjp22': pool may be in use from other system
use '-f' to import anyway
bash-3.2$ sudo zpool import -f -d /dev gjp22
bash-3.2$ sudo zpool status -v
  pool: gjp22
 state: ONLINE
 scan: scrub repaired 0 in 8h28m with 0 errors on Mon Oct 15 18:28:56 2012
config:

   NAME            STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
   gjp22           ONLINE       0     0     0
     /dev/disk2s2  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors
bash-3.2$ exit
exit
macbookpro08-centrim:~ hello$ exit
logout

[Process completed]
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Re: working without ZFSDriver.kext (please don't!)

Post by dbrady » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:52 pm

Note that running without the ZFS Driver Extension installed is not a supported configuration. It was at one point suggested as a work-around for a specific failure case. It's very possible that running without the driver in a future version will break basic functionality.
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