Re: FreeBSD 10 and zfsd.

On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 03:24:51 -0400
Allan Jude <freebsd_at_allanjude.com> wrote:

> On 2013-10-11 03:02, Johan Hendriks wrote:
> > Johan Hendriks wrote:
> >> When i started using ZFS on FreeBSD I quickly found out that hot
> >> spares are not possible on FreeBSD.
> >> I was told that with zfsd it should be possible and that it would
> >> be included in FreeBSD 10.
> >>
> >> Is there some info about the zfsd function and how it could be
> >> used?
> >>
> >> regards
> >> Johan Hendriks
> >>
> > Thanks all for the explanation and your time
> > A notice in the handbook may be a good thing to let new FreeBSD
> > users know that you can add spares, but that it is not a hot spare.
> > So human action is required to activate the spare.
> >
> > regards
> > Johan Hendriks
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> That bit is in the zfs handbook project branch, it just isn't
> published yet
> 

... so it isn't visible to the "normal" users.

I would also appreciate a hint in the man page of zpool(8). Like 
"Be aware: A spare declared vdev is not (yet) automatically replacing a
faulty rendered drive. Human action is still required."

It could save some trouble in prevention.

Oliver