Oracle Solaris ZFS Administration Guide

Notifying ZFS of Device Availability

After a device is reattached to the system, ZFS might or might not automatically detect its availability. If the pool was previously faulted, or the system was rebooted as part of the attach procedure, then ZFS automatically rescans all devices when it tries to open the pool. If the pool was degraded and the device was replaced while the system was running, you must notify ZFS that the device is now available and ready to be reopened by using the zpool online command. For example:


# zpool online tank c0t1d0

For more information about bringing devices online, see Bringing a Device Online.