.. CDDL HEADER START The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] CDDL HEADER END Portions Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. .. highlight:: none Message ID: ZFS-8000-A5 ======================= Incompatible version -------------------- +-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | **Type:** | Error | +-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | **Severity:** | Major | +-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | **Description:** | The on-disk version is not compatible with the | | | running system. | +-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | **Automated Response:** | No automated response will occur. | +-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ | **Impact:** | The pool is unavailable. | +-------------------------+------------------------------------------------+ .. rubric:: Suggested Action for System Administrator If this error is seen during ``zpool import``, see the section below. Otherwise, run ``zpool status -x`` to determine which pool is faulted: :: # zpool status -x pool: test state: FAULTED status: The ZFS version for the pool is incompatible with the software running on this system. action: Destroy and re-create the pool. scrub: none requested config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM test FAULTED 0 0 0 incompatible version mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 sda9 ONLINE 0 0 0 sdb9 ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known errors The pool cannot be used on this system. Either move the storage to the system where the pool was originally created, upgrade the current system software to a more recent version, or destroy the pool and re-create it from backup. If this error is seen during import, the pool cannot be imported on the current system. The disks must be attached to the system which originally created the pool, and imported there. The list of currently supported versions can be displayed using ``zpool upgrade -v``. .. rubric:: Details The Message ID: ``ZFS-8000-A5`` indicates a version mismatch exists between the running system and the on-disk data.