SUMMARY: clearing a zfs vtoc

From: Clift, Tom CTR NSWCDL K55 (robert.clift.ctr@navy.mil)
Date: Wed Sep 05 2007 - 15:50:28 EDT


Thanks again to all that repsonded. The solution was to use format -e, select
the disk and label. The system will then ask what type of label to use and I
selected VTOC. Thanks again,

Clift, Tom CTR NSWCDL K55 wrote:
> All, I had a disk as part of a zpool and have removed it from the pool to
be
> used for something else. Does anyone know how to clear the vtoc? I tried
the
> following:
>
> #prtvtoc /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2 > out ----similiar size disk/manufacture
> #fmthard -s out /dev/rdsk/c1t3d0s2
>
> The system complains about overlapping partitions as well as I have a number
8
> slice.
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