[OmniOS-discuss] rpool mirroring alignment problem

[Natxo Asenjo]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Dale Ghent <daleg at omniti.com> wrote:

>
> On Jun 11, 2014, at 1:01 PM, Natxo Asenjo <natxo.asenjo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > # zpool attach -f rpool c4t13d1s0 c4t14d1s0
> > cannot attach c4t14d1s0 to c4t13d1s0: devices have different sector
> alignment
> >
> > Any ideas? Yes, I am aware of the fact both disks are different in size,
> but provided I am formatting the 2nd one and copying the disklabel from the
> smaller one it should be ok, shouldn't it?
>
> So let’s look at the two drives you’re trying to work with:
>
> WD1600BJKT (c4t13d1, your boot disk)
> WD2500BPVT (c4t14d1, the mirror you want to add)
>
> Looking up those drives (WD Scorpio Blue and Scorpio Black models,
> respectively) shows that the WD2500BPVT has WD’s “Advanced Format” on it -
> ie, sector size is larger than the traditional 512n which which what the
> WD1600BJKT has. The Advanced Format is denoted in the drive model number
> with the “PVT” suffix.
>
> Because of this, zfs will refuse to try to meld the drives together into a
> mirror. You will need to replace the WD2500BPVT with a WD1600BJKT to match
> your existing one, or at the least make sure the drive is formatted with
> 512k sectors and not something larger.
>

ok, clear, but the question remains: how do I achieve that (so I do not
have a  WD1600BJKT, and want to format it with 512k sectors) in omnios? Is
it possible or do I just need to reinstall (I do have 2 WD2500BPVT disks,
so that is possible; a pain, but possible).

-- 
groet,
natxo
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