Problem of Pool Names:
pool names that begin with mirror, raidz, or spare are not allowed as these name are reserved.
Error when using these names creating a pool in WebGUI.
See also:
ZFS Component Naming Requirements
Each ZFS component must be named according to the following rules:
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Empty components are not allowed.
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Each component can only contain alphanumeric characters in addition to the following
four special characters:
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Underscore (_)
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Hyphen (-)
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Colon (:)
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Period (.)
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Pool names must begin with a letter, except that the beginning sequence c[0-9] is not
allowed. In addition, pool names that begin with mirror, raidz, or spare are not allowed as
these name are reserved.
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Dataset names must begin with an alphanumeric character.
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Originator: NO
Done. Please see http://freenas.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/freenas?view=rev&revision=3514
According to FreeBSD docs Colon(:) are not allowed (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=zpool&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html):
Creates a new storage pool containing the virtual devices specified
on the command line. The pool name must begin with a letter, and
can only contain alphanumeric characters as well as underscore
("_"), dash ("-"), and period ("."). The pool names "mirror",
"raidz", and "spare" are reserved, as are names beginning with the
pattern "c[0-9]". The vdev specification is described in the "Vir-
tual Devices" section.
Regards
Volker