#!/bin/bash # first disk reference from zpool status: DISK_1=ata-HGST_HTS541010A9E680_JA1000102T3MZP # second disk reference from /dev/disk/by-id DISK_2=ata-APPLE_HDD_HTS541010A9E632_J88000HWGD8Z1B # clone the original disk to give a bootable drive in the event of a failure # and to shorten the resilvering process. ddrescue \ --force \ --retry-passes=3 \ /dev/disk/by-id/${DISK_1} \ /dev/disk/by-id/${DISK_2} \ ./logfile # when cloning using ddrescue the zfs partitons have the same metadata as the original # as shown by: zdb -l /dev/disk/by-id/${DISK_2}-part2 # so we need to use: zpool labelclear -f /dev/disk/by-id/${DISK_2}-part2 # attach the partitions as mirrors: zpool attach -f rpool \ ${DISK_1}-part2 \ ${DISK_2}-part2 echo "the resilvering process will begin now, you can see its progress with zpool status -v"