ZFS-8000-5E: Destroy and re-create the pool from a backup source

By xngo on February 21, 2019

Got the following error messages:

*    status: One or more devices could not be used because the label is missing or invalid. There are insufficient replicas for the pool to continue functioning.
*    action: Destroy and re-create the pool from a backup source.
*    see: http://zfsonlinux.org/msg/ZFS-8000-5E

Try

# export & import
zpool import tank
zpool import -FX mypool 

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