About gmirror and existing labels

R

rusty

I'm looking to setup gmirror but need some advice regarding what's best to do with my current label configuration.
A while ago I followed Example 19-1 so my current fstab use the following syntax

Code: 
/dev/label/swap
/dev/label/rootfs

Should I destroy those labels and change them to the following prior to setting up a gmirror?

Code: 
/dev/ada0s1b
/dev/ada0s1a
 
I recently created a gmirror setup and also had existing labels similar to yours. I didn't change/update any of the labels beforehand - works fine as-is.
 
To clarify, you'll be mounting the /dev/mirror/gm0* device rather than the old /dev/label/* device, so the existing labels won't matter.
 
And you can use labels as the basis for the mirror:
Code: 
$ glabel status 
        Name  Status  Components
  label/cfd0     N/A  ad4
  label/cfd1     N/A  ad6

$ gmirror status
      Name    Status  Components
mirror/gm0  COMPLETE  label/cfd0
                      label/cfd1

$ cat /etc/fstab 
/dev/mirror/gm0s1a      /               ufs     rw              1       1
 
Thanks for the advice, made things far less complicated.

I was surprised at how reasonably easy it was to setup, especially for my first raid. Certainly a testament to how well FreeBSD is put together.
 
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