Re: Using VBox created VMDK

Joseph Mocker
2009-02-04T00:53:34Z

Mark Johnson wrote:
>
>
> Joseph Mocker wrote:
>> Mark Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Joseph Mocker wrote:
>>>> Thanks Mark, for verifying syntax. Seems like that was my
problem.
>>>>
>>>> Now onto attempting to import a zpool from the device. ZFS is
not
>>>> happy about doing so, weird.
>>>
>>> OH, what problems do you see.  It should just work?
>> Trying to do a zpool import (zpool import 6545049493936246812 npool)
>> results in
>>      cannot import ''rpool'': pool is formatted using a
newer ZFS version
>
>
> The solaris version you created the disk with is newer
> that the solaris version of the guest you are trying
> to import it on... Upgrade the guest.

Son of a. I''ve been working with too many versions of
[Open]Solaris/Nevada. The pool was built on a Nevada 105 (snv_105).
Thought the guest was OpenSolaris Dev branch, but appears to actually be
2008.11  (snv_101b) which indeed do have a ZFS pool change between them.

Gah!

  --joe