Re: zfs resilver in(de)finite loop?

[Pouya Tafti <pouya+lists.netbsd%nohup.io@localhost>]

On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 18:52 -0400, Brad Spencer wrote:
[snip]
> As a general rule, although I will say not a required-hard-rule, it
> would be a good idea to take not fully failed ZFS member offline before
> doing a replacement.  If the member has failed completely, that is
> different, but if there is any chance that it may actually have
> function, it is better is offline it first and then replace.
> 
> In this case, although I will admit I am not completely sure, I think
> you can still offline the failing drive and the resilvering of the
> replacement might proceed as you expect.
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Thanks.  What I ended up doing was detach the replacement
device, offline the old one, and then re-issue replace. 
It's resilvering the replacement now.  Will see how it goes.