Cloning pools?

[Stux]

Replicate top level datasets to new pool (don’t set read only)

Then move system dataset to boot pool (settings advanced, storage)

Then export pools and rename the new pool back to old pool

Then set system dataset back to new (now named old) pool

HOWTO: Rename a ZFS pool

The basic process to rename a ZFS pool is to export it from the GUI, import it in the CLI with the new name, then export it again, and re-import it in the GUI. I find I normally want to do this after creating a new pool (with perhaps a different set of disks/layout), replicating my old pool to the new pool, and then I want to rename the new pool to the same as the old pool, and then all the shares work correctly, and its fairly transparent. Mostly. (tested with TrueNAS CORE 12U8-1. Works with …