How can I remove a spare from my ZFS pool before upgrading?

 

Is it as simple as doing it in the gui and removing the drive so the spare slot is empty? Or is there a command I have to run from terminal to do it?

You can type (with the array running)

 

zpool remove <pool name> <device>

 

The reimport the pool without the spare:

 

on main click on the first device for that pool and then "remove pool"
back on main, create a new pool with the same name and correct number of slots
assign the pool device(s), leave the filesystem set to auto
start the array to import the pool

 

I had already removed the spare from the pool, however now, following your instructions, when I click on the first device in the pool the option to remove pool is not available?

 

I do see in the GUI an option to upgrade the pool, should I do that?

Edited February 14, 20251 yr by ashman70

47 minutes ago, ashman70 said:

when I click on the first device in the pool the option to remove pool is not available?

It may not be in earlier betas, you can delete the pool cfg file from /config/pools/<pool name>.cfg, then reboot and re-import the pool

When I went into the cfg directory on the flash drive and then into the pools directory, there was a spare.cfg file.

I deleted that and then rebooted and now the spare is gone,  am going to try and upgrade to 7.0 final now.

Thanks for all your help.

Upgrade worked perfectly, all is good.

Edited February 14, 20251 yr by ashman70