zfs discuss - May 2007 - Boot drive restore procedure

I have my ZFS mirror on 2 external drives and no ZFS on my boot drive.  If I
loose my boot drive and I don''t have a complete backup, can I restore
just the /etc/zfs
 
 
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I have my ZFS mirror on 2 external drives and no ZFS on my boot drive.  If I
crash my boot drive and I don''t have a complete backup of the boot
drive, can I restore just the /etc/zfs/zpool.cache file?

I tried it and it worked.  Once I rebooted with the new drive, the ZFS pool
reappeared. I just wanted someone else''s opinion.  I did not see
anything in the documentation about this.
 
 
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On 24 May, 2007 - Russell Baird sent me these 0,6K bytes:
> I have my ZFS mirror on 2 external drives and no ZFS on my boot drive.
> If I crash my boot drive and I don''t have a complete backup of the
> boot drive, can I restore just the /etc/zfs/zpool.cache file?  
> 
> I tried it and it worked.  Once I rebooted with the new drive, the ZFS
> pool reappeared. I just wanted someone else''s opinion.  I did not
see
> anything in the documentation about this.
zpool import  will do the same.

/Tomas
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