Migrating ZFS Storage Pools

Occasionally, you might need to move a storage pool between systems. You would disconnect the storage devices from the original system and reconnect them to the destination system either by physically recabling the devices or by using multiported devices such as the devices on a SAN.

ZFS enables you to export the pool from one system and import it on the destination system even if the systems are of different architectural endianness. For information about replicating or migrating file systems between different storage pools, which might reside on different systems, see Saving, Sending, and Receiving ZFS Data.