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NAME
zpool — configure ZFS storage pools
SYNOPSIS
zpool -?
zpool add [-fgLnP] [-o property=value] pool vdev...
zpool attach [-f] [-o property=value] pool device new_device
zpool clear pool [device]
zpool create [-dfn] [-m mountpoint] [-o property=value]... [-o feature@feature=value] [-O
file-system-property=value]... [-R root] pool vdev...
zpool destroy [-f] pool
zpool detach pool device
zpool events [-vHfc] [pool]
zpool export [-a] [-f] pool...
zpool get [-Hp] [-o field[,field]...] all|property[,property]... pool...
zpool history [-il] [pool]...
zpool import [-D] [-c cachefile|-d dir]
zpool import -a [-DfmN] [-F [-n] [-T] [-X]] [-c cachefile|-d dir] [-o mntopts] [-o property=value]...
[-R root]
zpool import [-Dfm] [-F [-n] [-T] [-X]] [-c cachefile|-d dir] [-o mntopts] [-o property=value]... [-R root]
[-s] pool|id [newpool [-t]]
zpool iostat [[[-c SCRIPT] [-lq]]|-rw] [-T u|d] [-ghHLpPvy] [[pool...]|[pool vdev...]|[vdev...]]
[interval [count]]
zpool labelclear [-f] device
zpool list [-HgLpPv] [-o property[,property]...] [-T u|d] [pool]... [interval [count]]
zpool offline [-f] [-t] pool device...
zpool online [-e] pool device...
zpool reguid pool
zpool reopen pool
zpool remove pool device...
zpool replace [-f] [-o property=value] pool device [new_device]
zpool scrub [-s | -p] pool...
zpool set property=value pool
zpool split [-gLnP] [-o property=value]... [-R root] pool newpool [device]...
zpool status [-c SCRIPT] [-gLPvxD] [-T u|d] [pool]... [interval [count]]
zpool sync [pool]...
zpool upgrade
zpool upgrade -v
zpool upgrade [-V version] -a|pool...
DESCRIPTION
The zpool command configures ZFS storage pools. A storage pool is a collection of devices that provides
physical storage and data replication for ZFS datasets. All datasets within a storage pool share the same
space. See zfs(8) for information on managing datasets.
Virtual Devices (vdevs)
A "virtual device" describes a single device or a collection of devices organized according to certain
performance and fault characteristics. The following virtual devices are supported:
disk A block device, typically located under /dev. ZFS can use individual slices or partitions, though
the recommended mode of operation is to use whole disks. A disk can be specified by a full path,
or it can be a shorthand name (the relative portion of the path under /dev). A whole disk can be
specified by omitting the slice or partition designation. For example, sda is equivalent to
/dev/sda. When given a whole disk, ZFS automatically labels the disk, if necessary.
file A regular file. The use of files as a backing store is strongly discouraged. It is designed
primarily for experimental purposes, as the fault tolerance of a file is only as good as the file
system of which it is a part. A file must be specified by a full path.
mirror A mirror of two or more devices. Data is replicated in an identical fashion across all components
of a mirror. A mirror with N disks of size X can hold X bytes and can withstand (N-1) devices
failing before data integrity is compromised.
raidz, raidz1, raidz2, raidz3
A variation on RAID-5 that allows for better distribution of parity and eliminates the RAID-5
"write hole" (in which data and parity become inconsistent after a power loss). Data and parity is
striped across all disks within a raidz group.
A raidz group can have single-, double-, or triple-parity, meaning that the raidz group can sustain
one, two, or three failures, respectively, without losing any data. The raidz1 vdev type specifies
a single-parity raidz group; the raidz2 vdev type specifies a double-parity raidz group; and the
raidz3 vdev type specifies a triple-parity raidz group. The raidz vdev type is an alias for
raidz1.
A raidz group with N disks of size X with P parity disks can hold approximately (N-P)*X bytes and
can withstand P device(s) failing before data integrity is compromised. The minimum number of
devices in a raidz group is one more than the number of parity disks. The recommended number is
between 3 and 9 to help increase performance.
spare A special pseudo-vdev which keeps track of available hot spares for a pool. For more information,
see the Hot Spares section.
log A separate intent log device. If more than one log device is specified, then writes are load-
balanced between devices. Log devices can be mirrored. However, raidz vdev types are not
supported for the intent log. For more information, see the Intent Log section.
cache A device used to cache storage pool data. A cache device cannot be configured as a mirror or raidz
group. For more information, see the Cache Devices section.
Virtual devices cannot be nested, so a mirror or raidz virtual device can only contain files or disks.
Mirrors of mirrors (or other combinations) are not allowed.
A pool can have any number of virtual devices at the top of the configuration (known as "root vdevs").
Data is dynamically distributed across all top-level devices to balance data among devices. As new virtual
devices are added, ZFS automatically places data on the newly available devices.
Virtual devices are specified one at a time on the command line, separated by whitespace. The keywords
mirror and raidz are used to distinguish where a group ends and another begins. For example, the following
creates two root vdevs, each a mirror of two disks:
# zpool create mypool mirror sda sdb mirror sdc sdd
Device Failure and Recovery
ZFS supports a rich set of mechanisms for handling device failure and data corruption. All metadata and
data is checksummed, and ZFS automatically repairs bad data from a good copy when corruption is detected.
In order to take advantage of these features, a pool must make use of some form of redundancy, using either
mirrored or raidz groups. While ZFS supports running in a non-redundant configuration, where each root
vdev is simply a disk or file, this is strongly discouraged. A single case of bit corruption can render
some or all of your data unavailable.
A pool's health status is described by one of three states: online, degraded, or faulted. An online pool
has all devices operating normally. A degraded pool is one in which one or more devices have failed, but
the data is still available due to a redundant configuration. A faulted pool has corrupted metadata, or
one or more faulted devices, and insufficient replicas to continue functioning.
The health of the top-level vdev, such as mirror or raidz device, is potentially impacted by the state of
its associated vdevs, or component devices. A top-level vdev or component device is in one of the
following states:
DEGRADED One or more top-level vdevs is in the degraded state because one or more component devices are
offline. Sufficient replicas exist to continue functioning.
One or more component devices is in the degraded or faulted state, but sufficient replicas exist
to continue functioning. The underlying conditions are as follows:
• The number of checksum errors exceeds acceptable levels and the device is degraded as an
indication that something may be wrong. ZFS continues to use the device as necessary.
• The number of I/O errors exceeds acceptable levels. The device could not be marked as
faulted because there are insufficient replicas to continue functioning.
FAULTED One or more top-level vdevs is in the faulted state because one or more component devices are
offline. Insufficient replicas exist to continue functioning.
One or more component devices is in the faulted state, and insufficient replicas exist to
continue functioning. The underlying conditions are as follows:
• The device could be opened, but the contents did not match expected values.
• The number of I/O errors exceeds acceptable levels and the device is faulted to prevent
further use of the device.
OFFLINE The device was explicitly taken offline by the zpool offline command.
ONLINE The device is online and functioning.
REMOVED The device was physically removed while the system was running. Device removal detection is
hardware-dependent and may not be supported on all platforms.
UNAVAIL The device could not be opened. If a pool is imported when a device was unavailable, then the
device will be identified by a unique identifier instead of its path since the path was never
correct in the first place.
If a device is removed and later re-attached to the system, ZFS attempts to put the device online
automatically. Device attach detection is hardware-dependent and might not be supported on all platforms.
Hot Spares
ZFS allows devices to be associated with pools as "hot spares". These devices are not actively used in the
pool, but when an active device fails, it is automatically replaced by a hot spare. To create a pool with
hot spares, specify a spare vdev with any number of devices. For example,
# zpool create pool mirror sda sdb spare sdc sdd
Spares can be shared across multiple pools, and can be added with the zpool add command and removed with
the zpool remove command. Once a spare replacement is initiated, a new spare vdev is created within the
configuration that will remain there until the original device is replaced. At this point, the hot spare
becomes available again if another device fails.
If a pool has a shared spare that is currently being used, the pool can not be exported since other pools
may use this shared spare, which may lead to potential data corruption.
An in-progress spare replacement can be canceled by detaching the hot spare. If the original faulted
device is detached, then the hot spare assumes its place in the configuration, and is removed from the
spare list of all active pools.
Spares cannot replace log devices.
Intent Log
The ZFS Intent Log (ZIL) satisfies POSIX requirements for synchronous transactions. For instance,
databases often require their transactions to be on stable storage devices when returning from a system
call. NFS and other applications can also use fsync(2) to ensure data stability. By default, the intent
log is allocated from blocks within the main pool. However, it might be possible to get better performance
using separate intent log devices such as NVRAM or a dedicated disk. For example:
# zpool create pool sda sdb log sdc
Multiple log devices can also be specified, and they can be mirrored. See the EXAMPLES section for an
example of mirroring multiple log devices.
Log devices can be added, replaced, attached, detached, and imported and exported as part of the larger
pool. Mirrored log devices can be removed by specifying the top-level mirror for the log.
Cache Devices
Devices can be added to a storage pool as "cache devices". These devices provide an additional layer of
caching between main memory and disk. For read-heavy workloads, where the working set size is much larger
than what can be cached in main memory, using cache devices allow much more of this working set to be
served from low latency media. Using cache devices provides the greatest performance improvement for
random read-workloads of mostly static content.
To create a pool with cache devices, specify a cache vdev with any number of devices. For example:
# zpool create pool sda sdb cache sdc sdd
Cache devices cannot be mirrored or part of a raidz configuration. If a read error is encountered on a
cache device, that read I/O is reissued to the original storage pool device, which might be part of a
mirrored or raidz configuration.
The content of the cache devices is considered volatile, as is the case with other system caches.
Properties
Each pool has several properties associated with it. Some properties are read-only statistics while others
are configurable and change the behavior of the pool.
The following are read-only properties:
available
Amount of storage available within the pool. This property can also be referred to by its
shortened column name, avail.
capacity
Percentage of pool space used. This property can also be referred to by its shortened column name,
cap.
expandsize
Amount of uninitialized space within the pool or device that can be used to increase the total
capacity of the pool. Uninitialized space consists of any space on an EFI labeled vdev which has
not been brought online (e.g, using zpool online -e). This space occurs when a LUN is dynamically
expanded.
fragmentation
The amount of fragmentation in the pool.
free The amount of free space available in the pool.
freeing
After a file system or snapshot is destroyed, the space it was using is returned to the pool
asynchronously. freeing is the amount of space remaining to be reclaimed. Over time freeing will
decrease while free increases.
health The current health of the pool. Health can be one of ONLINE, DEGRADED, FAULTED, OFFLINE, REMOVED,
UNAVAIL.
guid A unique identifier for the pool.
size Total size of the storage pool.
unsupported@feature_guid
Information about unsupported features that are enabled on the pool. See zpool-features(5) for
details.
used Amount of storage space used within the pool.
The space usage properties report actual physical space available to the storage pool. The physical space
can be different from the total amount of space that any contained datasets can actually use. The amount
of space used in a raidz configuration depends on the characteristics of the data being written. In
addition, ZFS reserves some space for internal accounting that the zfs(8) command takes into account, but
the zpool command does not. For non-full pools of a reasonable size, these effects should be invisible.
For small pools, or pools that are close to being completely full, these discrepancies may become more
noticeable.
The following property can be set at creation time and import time:
altroot
Alternate root directory. If set, this directory is prepended to any mount points within the pool.
This can be used when examining an unknown pool where the mount points cannot be trusted, or in an
alternate boot environment, where the typical paths are not valid. altroot is not a persistent
property. It is valid only while the system is up. Setting altroot defaults to using
cachefile=none, though this may be overridden using an explicit setting.
The following property can be set only at import time:
readonly=on|off
If set to on, the pool will be imported in read-only mode. This property can also be referred to
by its shortened column name, rdonly.
The following properties can be set at creation time and import time, and later changed with the zpool set
command:
ashift=ashift
Pool sector size exponent, to the power of 2 (internally referred to as ashift ). Values from 9 to
16, inclusive, are valid; also, the special value 0 (the default) means to auto-detect using the
kernel's block layer and a ZFS internal exception list. I/O operations will be aligned to the
specified size boundaries. Additionally, the minimum (disk) write size will be set to the specified
size, so this represents a space vs. performance trade-off. For optimal performance, the pool
sector size should be greater than or equal to the sector size of the underlying disks. The typical
case for setting this property is when performance is important and the underlying disks use 4KiB
sectors but report 512B sectors to the OS (for compatibility reasons); in that case, set ashift=12
(which is 1<<12 = 4096). When set, this property is used as the default hint value in subsequent
vdev operations (add, attach and replace). Changing this value will not modify any existing vdev,
not even on disk replacement; however it can be used, for instance, to replace a dying 512B sectors
disk with a newer 4KiB sectors device: this will probably result in bad performance but at the same
time could prevent loss of data.
autoexpand=on|off
Controls automatic pool expansion when the underlying LUN is grown. If set to on, the pool will be
resized according to the size of the expanded device. If the device is part of a mirror or raidz
then all devices within that mirror/raidz group must be expanded before the new space is made
available to the pool. The default behavior is off. This property can also be referred to by its
shortened column name, expand.
autoreplace=on|off
Controls automatic device replacement. If set to off, device replacement must be initiated by the
administrator by using the zpool replace command. If set to on, any new device, found in the same
physical location as a device that previously belonged to the pool, is automatically formatted and
replaced. The default behavior is off. This property can also be referred to by its shortened
column name, replace. Autoreplace can also be used with virtual disks (like device mapper)
provided that you use the /dev/disk/by-vdev paths setup by vdev_id.conf. See the vdev_id(8) man
page for more details. Autoreplace and autoonline require the ZFS Event Daemon be configured and
running. See the zed(8) man page for more details.
bootfs=(unset)|pool/dataset
Identifies the default bootable dataset for the root pool. This property is expected to be set
mainly by the installation and upgrade programs. Not all Linux distribution boot processes use the
bootfs property.
cachefile=path|none
Controls the location of where the pool configuration is cached. Discovering all pools on system
startup requires a cached copy of the configuration data that is stored on the root file system.
All pools in this cache are automatically imported when the system boots. Some environments, such
as install and clustering, need to cache this information in a different location so that pools are
not automatically imported. Setting this property caches the pool configuration in a different
location that can later be imported with zpool import -c. Setting it to the special value none
creates a temporary pool that is never cached, and the special value "" (empty string) uses the
default location.
Multiple pools can share the same cache file. Because the kernel destroys and recreates this file
when pools are added and removed, care should be taken when attempting to access this file. When
the last pool using a cachefile is exported or destroyed, the file is removed.
comment=text
A text string consisting of printable ASCII characters that will be stored such that it is
available even if the pool becomes faulted. An administrator can provide additional information
about a pool using this property.
dedupditto=number
Threshold for the number of block ditto copies. If the reference count for a deduplicated block
increases above this number, a new ditto copy of this block is automatically stored. The default
setting is 0 which causes no ditto copies to be created for deduplicated blocks. The minimum legal
nonzero setting is 100.
delegation=on|off
Controls whether a non-privileged user is granted access based on the dataset permissions defined
on the dataset. See zfs(8) for more information on ZFS delegated administration.
failmode=wait|continue|panic
Controls the system behavior in the event of catastrophic pool failure. This condition is
typically a result of a loss of connectivity to the underlying storage device(s) or a failure of
all devices within the pool. The behavior of such an event is determined as follows:
wait Blocks all I/O access until the device connectivity is recovered and the errors are
cleared. This is the default behavior.
continue Returns EIO to any new write I/O requests but allows reads to any of the remaining
healthy devices. Any write requests that have yet to be committed to disk would be
blocked.
panic Prints out a message to the console and generates a system crash dump.
feature@feature_name=enabled
The value of this property is the current state of feature_name. The only valid value when setting
this property is enabled which moves feature_name to the enabled state. See zpool-features(5) for
details on feature states.
listsnapshots=on|off
Controls whether information about snapshots associated with this pool is output when zfs list is
run without the -t option. The default value is off. This property can also be referred to by its
shortened name, listsnaps.
multihost=on|off
Controls whether a pool activity check should be performed during zpool import. When a pool is
determined to be active it cannot be imported, even with the -f option. This property is intended
to be used in failover configurations where multiple hosts have access to a pool on shared storage.
When this property is on, periodic writes to storage occur to show the pool is in use. See
zfs_multihost_interval in the zfs-module-parameters(5) man page. In order to enable this property
each host must set a unique hostid. See genhostid(1) zgenhostid(8) spl-module-paramters(5) for
additional details. The default value is off.
version=version
The current on-disk version of the pool. This can be increased, but never decreased. The
preferred method of updating pools is with the zpool upgrade command, though this property can be
used when a specific version is needed for backwards compatibility. Once feature flags are enabled
on a pool this property will no longer have a value.
Subcommands
All subcommands that modify state are logged persistently to the pool in their original form.
The zpool command provides subcommands to create and destroy storage pools, add capacity to storage pools,
and provide information about the storage pools. The following subcommands are supported:
zpool -?
Displays a help message.
zpool add [-fgLnP] [-o property=value] pool vdev...
Adds the specified virtual devices to the given pool. The vdev specification is described in the
Virtual Devices section. The behavior of the -f option, and the device checks performed are
described in the zpool create subcommand.
-f Forces use of vdevs, even if they appear in use or specify a conflicting replication level.
Not all devices can be overridden in this manner.
-g Display vdev, GUIDs instead of the normal device names. These GUIDs can be used in place of
device names for the zpool detach/offline/remove/replace commands.
-L Display real paths for vdevs resolving all symbolic links. This can be used to look up the
current block device name regardless of the /dev/disk/ path used to open it.
-n Displays the configuration that would be used without actually adding the vdevs. The
actual pool creation can still fail due to insufficient privileges or device sharing.
-P Display real paths for vdevs instead of only the last component of the path. This can be
used in conjunction with the -L flag.
-o property=value
Sets the given pool properties. See the Properties section for a list of valid properties
that can be set. The only property supported at the moment is ashift.
zpool attach [-f] [-o property=value] pool device new_device
Attaches new_device to the existing device. The existing device cannot be part of a raidz
configuration. If device is not currently part of a mirrored configuration, device automatically
transforms into a two-way mirror of device and new_device. If device is part of a two-way mirror,
attaching new_device creates a three-way mirror, and so on. In either case, new_device begins to
resilver immediately.
-f Forces use of new_device, even if its appears to be in use. Not all devices can be
overridden in this manner.
-o property=value
Sets the given pool properties. See the Properties section for a list of valid properties
that can be set. The only property supported at the moment is ashift.
zpool clear pool [device]
Clears device errors in a pool. If no arguments are specified, all device errors within the pool
are cleared. If one or more devices is specified, only those errors associated with the specified
device or devices are cleared.
zpool create [-dfn] [-m mountpoint] [-o property=value]... [-o feature@feature=value]... [-O
file-system-property=value]... [-R root] [-t tname] pool vdev...
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 ("."), colon (":"), space ("-"), and period ("."). The pool names mirror, raidz, spare
and log are reserved, as are names beginning with the pattern c[0-9]. The vdev specification is
described in the Virtual Devices section.
The command verifies that each device specified is accessible and not currently in use by another
subsystem. There are some uses, such as being currently mounted, or specified as the dedicated
dump device, that prevents a device from ever being used by ZFS. Other uses, such as having a
preexisting UFS file system, can be overridden with the -f option.
The command also checks that the replication strategy for the pool is consistent. An attempt to
combine redundant and non-redundant storage in a single pool, or to mix disks and files, results in
an error unless -f is specified. The use of differently sized devices within a single raidz or
mirror group is also flagged as an error unless -f is specified.
Unless the -R option is specified, the default mount point is /pool. The mount point must not
exist or must be empty, or else the root dataset cannot be mounted. This can be overridden with
the -m option.
By default all supported features are enabled on the new pool unless the -d option is specified.
-d Do not enable any features on the new pool. Individual features can be enabled by setting
their corresponding properties to enabled with the -o option. See zpool-features(5) for
details about feature properties.
-f Forces use of vdevs, even if they appear in use or specify a conflicting replication level.
Not all devices can be overridden in this manner.
-m mountpoint
Sets the mount point for the root dataset. The default mount point is /pool or
altroot/pool if altroot is specified. The mount point must be an absolute path, legacy, or
none. For more information on dataset mount points, see zfs(8).
-n Displays the configuration that would be used without actually creating the pool. The
actual pool creation can still fail due to insufficient privileges or device sharing.
-o property=value
Sets the given pool properties. See the Properties section for a list of valid properties
that can be set.
-o feature@feature=value
Sets the given pool feature. See the zpool-features(5) section for a list of valid features
that can be set. Value can be either disabled or enabled.
-O file-system-property=value
Sets the given file system properties in the root file system of the pool. See the
Properties section of zfs(8) for a list of valid properties that can be set.
-R root
Equivalent to -o cachefile=none -o altroot=root
-t tname
Sets the in-core pool name to tname while the on-disk name will be the name specified as
the pool name pool. This will set the default cachefile property to none. This is intended
to handle name space collisions when creating pools for other systems, such as virtual
machines or physical machines whose pools live on network block devices.
zpool destroy [-f] pool
Destroys the given pool, freeing up any devices for other use. This command tries to unmount any
active datasets before destroying the pool.
-f Forces any active datasets contained within the pool to be unmounted.
zpool detach pool device
Detaches device from a mirror. The operation is refused if there are no other valid replicas of
the data. If device may be re-added to the pool later on then consider the zpool offline command
instead.
zpool events [-cfHv] [pool...]
Lists all recent events generated by the ZFS kernel modules. These events are consumed by the
zed(8) and used to automate administrative tasks such as replacing a failed device with a hot
spare. For more information about the subclasses and event payloads that can be generated see the
zfs-events(5) man page.
-c Clear all previous events.
-f Follow mode.
-H Scripted mode. Do not display headers, and separate fields by a single tab instead of
arbitrary space.
-v Print the entire payload for each event.
zpool export [-a] [-f] pool...
Exports the given pools from the system. All devices are marked as exported, but are still
considered in use by other subsystems. The devices can be moved between systems (even those of
different endianness) and imported as long as a sufficient number of devices are present.
Before exporting the pool, all datasets within the pool are unmounted. A pool can not be exported
if it has a shared spare that is currently being used.
For pools to be portable, you must give the zpool command whole disks, not just partitions, so that
ZFS can label the disks with portable EFI labels. Otherwise, disk drivers on platforms of
different endianness will not recognize the disks.
-a Exports all pools imported on the system.
-f Forcefully unmount all datasets, using the unmount -f command.
This command will forcefully export the pool even if it has a shared spare that is
currently being used. This may lead to potential data corruption.
zpool get [-Hp] [-o field[,field]...] all|property[,property]... pool...
Retrieves the given list of properties (or all properties if all is used) for the specified storage
pool(s). These properties are displayed with the following fields:
name Name of storage pool
property Property name
value Property value
source Property source, either 'default' or 'local'.
See the Properties section for more information on the available pool properties.
-H Scripted mode. Do not display headers, and separate fields by a single tab instead of
arbitrary space.
-o field
A comma-separated list of columns to display. name,property,value,source is the default
value.
-p Display numbers in parsable (exact) values.
zpool history [-il] [pool]...
Displays the command history of the specified pool(s) or all pools if no pool is specified.
-i Displays internally logged ZFS events in addition to user initiated events.
-l Displays log records in long format, which in addition to standard format includes, the
user name, the hostname, and the zone in which the operation was performed.
zpool import [-D] [-c cachefile|-d dir]
Lists pools available to import. If the -d option is not specified, this command searches for
devices in /dev. The -d option can be specified multiple times, and all directories are searched.
If the device appears to be part of an exported pool, this command displays a summary of the pool
with the name of the pool, a numeric identifier, as well as the vdev layout and current health of
the device for each device or file. Destroyed pools, pools that were previously destroyed with the
zpool destroy command, are not listed unless the -D option is specified.
The numeric identifier is unique, and can be used instead of the pool name when multiple exported
pools of the same name are available.
-c cachefile
Reads configuration from the given cachefile that was created with the cachefile pool
property. This cachefile is used instead of searching for devices.
-d dir Searches for devices or files in dir. The -d option can be specified multiple times.
-D Lists destroyed pools only.
zpool import -a [-DfmN] [-F [-n] [-T] [-X]] [-c cachefile|-d dir] [-o mntopts] [-o property=value]... [-R
root] [-s]
Imports all pools found in the search directories. Identical to the previous command, except that
all pools with a sufficient number of devices available are imported. Destroyed pools, pools that
were previously destroyed with the zpool destroy command, will not be imported unless the -D option
is specified.
-a Searches for and imports all pools found.
-c cachefile
Reads configuration from the given cachefile that was created with the cachefile pool
property. This cachefile is used instead of searching for devices.
-d dir Searches for devices or files in dir. The -d option can be specified multiple times. This
option is incompatible with the -c option.
-D Imports destroyed pools only. The -f option is also required.
-f Forces import, even if the pool appears to be potentially active.
-F Recovery mode for a non-importable pool. Attempt to return the pool to an importable state
by discarding the last few transactions. Not all damaged pools can be recovered by using
this option. If successful, the data from the discarded transactions is irretrievably
lost. This option is ignored if the pool is importable or already imported.
-m Allows a pool to import when there is a missing log device. Recent transactions can be
lost because the log device will be discarded.
-n Used with the -F recovery option. Determines whether a non-importable pool can be made
importable again, but does not actually perform the pool recovery. For more details about
pool recovery mode, see the -F option, above.
-N Import the pool without mounting any file systems.
-o mntopts
Comma-separated list of mount options to use when mounting datasets within the pool. See
zfs(8) for a description of dataset properties and mount options.
-o property=value
Sets the specified property on the imported pool. See the Properties section for more
information on the available pool properties.
-R root
Sets the cachefile property to none and the altroot property to root.
-s Scan using the default search path, the libblkid cache will not be consulted. A custom
search path may be specified by setting the ZPOOL_IMPORT_PATH environment variable.
-X Used with the -F recovery option. Determines whether extreme measures to find a valid txg
should take place. This allows the pool to be rolled back to a txg which is no longer
guaranteed to be consistent. Pools imported at an inconsistent txg may contain
uncorrectable checksum errors. For more details about pool recovery mode, see the -F
option, above. WARNING: This option can be extremely hazardous to the health of your pool
and should only be used as a last resort.
-T Specify the txg to use for rollback. Implies -FX. For more details about pool recovery
mode, see the -X option, above. WARNING: This option can be extremely hazardous to the
health of your pool and should only be used as a last resort.
zpool import [-Dfm] [-F [-n] [-t] [-T] [-X]] [-c cachefile|-d dir] [-o mntopts] [-o property=value]... [-R
root] [-s] pool|id [newpool]
Imports a specific pool. A pool can be identified by its name or the numeric identifier. If
newpool is specified, the pool is imported using the name newpool. Otherwise, it is imported with
the same name as its exported name.
If a device is removed from a system without running zpool export first, the device appears as
potentially active. It cannot be determined if this was a failed export, or whether the device is
really in use from another host. To import a pool in this state, the -f option is required.
-c cachefile
Reads configuration from the given cachefile that was created with the cachefile pool
property. This cachefile is used instead of searching for devices.
-d dir Searches for devices or files in dir. The -d option can be specified multiple times. This
option is incompatible with the -c option.
-D Imports destroyed pool. The -f option is also required.
-f Forces import, even if the pool appears to be potentially active.
-F Recovery mode for a non-importable pool. Attempt to return the pool to an importable state
by discarding the last few transactions. Not all damaged pools can be recovered by using
this option. If successful, the data from the discarded transactions is irretrievably
lost. This option is ignored if the pool is importable or already imported.
-m Allows a pool to import when there is a missing log device. Recent transactions can be
lost because the log device will be discarded.
-n Used with the -F recovery option. Determines whether a non-importable pool can be made
importable again, but does not actually perform the pool recovery. For more details about
pool recovery mode, see the -F option, above.
-o mntopts
Comma-separated list of mount options to use when mounting datasets within the pool. See
zfs(8) for a description of dataset properties and mount options.
-o property=value
Sets the specified property on the imported pool. See the Properties section for more
information on the available pool properties.
-R root
Sets the cachefile property to none and the altroot property to root.
-s Scan using the default search path, the libblkid cache will not be consulted. A custom
search path may be specified by setting the ZPOOL_IMPORT_PATH environment variable.
-X Used with the -F recovery option. Determines whether extreme measures to find a valid txg
should take place. This allows the pool to be rolled back to a txg which is no longer
guaranteed to be consistent. Pools imported at an inconsistent txg may contain
uncorrectable checksum errors. For more details about pool recovery mode, see the -F
option, above. WARNING: This option can be extremely hazardous to the health of your pool
and should only be used as a last resort.
-T Specify the txg to use for rollback. Implies -FX. For more details about pool recovery
mode, see the -X option, above. WARNING: This option can be extremely hazardous to the
health of your pool and should only be used as a last resort.
-t Used with newpool. Specifies that newpool is temporary. Temporary pool names last until
export. Ensures that the original pool name will be used in all label updates and therefore
is retained upon export. Will also set -o cachefile=none when not explicitly specified.
zpool iostat [[[-c SCRIPT] [-lq]]|-rw] [-T u|d] [-ghHLpPvy] [[pool...]|[pool vdev...]|[vdev...]] [interval
[count]]
Displays I/O statistics for the given pools/vdevs. You can pass in a list of pools, a pool and list
of vdevs in that pool, or a list of any vdevs from any pool. If no items are specified, statistics
for every pool in the system are shown. When given an interval, the statistics are printed every
interval seconds until ^C is pressed. If count is specified, the command exits after count reports
are printed. The first report printed is always the statistics since boot regardless of whether
interval and count are passed. However, this behavior can be suppressed with the -y flag. Also note
that the units of K, M, G ... that are printed in the report are in base 1024. To get the raw
values, use the -p flag.
-c [SCRIPT1[,SCRIPT2]...]
Run a script (or scripts) on each vdev and include the output as a new column in the zpool
iostat output. Users can run any script found in their ~/.zpool.d directory or from the
system /etc/zfs/zpool.d directory. Script names containing the slash (/) character are not
allowed. The default search path can be overridden by setting the ZPOOL_SCRIPTS_PATH
environment variable. A privileged user can run -c if they have the ZPOOL_SCRIPTS_AS_ROOT
environment variable set. If a script requires the use of a privileged command, like
smartctl(8), then it's recommended you allow the user access to it in /etc/sudoers or add
the user to the /etc/sudoers.d/zfs file.
If -c is passed without a script name, it prints a list of all scripts. -c also sets
verbose mode (-v).
Script output should be in the form of "name=value". The column name is set to "name" and
the value is set to "value". Multiple lines can be used to output multiple columns. The
first line of output not in the "name=value" format is displayed without a column title,
and no more output after that is displayed. This can be useful for printing error messages.
Blank or NULL values are printed as a '-' to make output awk-able.
The following environment variables are set before running each script:
VDEV_PATH Full path to the vdev
VDEV_UPATH Underlying path to the vdev (/dev/sd*). For use with device mapper, multipath,
or partitioned vdevs.
VDEV_ENC_SYSFS_PATH The sysfs path to the enclosure for the vdev (if any).
-T u|d Display a time stamp. Specify u for a printed representation of the internal
representation of time. See time(2). Specify d for standard date format. See date(1).
-g Display vdev GUIDs instead of the normal device names. These GUIDs can be used in place of
device names for the zpool detach/offline/remove/replace commands.
-H Scripted mode. Do not display headers, and separate fields by a single tab instead of
arbitrary space.
-L Display real paths for vdevs resolving all symbolic links. This can be used to look up the
current block device name regardless of the /dev/disk/ path used to open it.
-p Display numbers in parsable (exact) values. Time values are in nanoseconds.
-P Display full paths for vdevs instead of only the last component of the path. This can be
used in conjunction with the -L flag.
-r Print request size histograms for the leaf ZIOs. This includes histograms of individual
ZIOs ( ind) and aggregate ZIOs ( agg ). These stats can be useful for seeing how well the
ZFS IO aggregator is working. Do not confuse these request size stats with the block layer
requests; it's possible ZIOs can be broken up before being sent to the block device.
-v Verbose statistics Reports usage statistics for individual vdevs within the pool, in
addition to the pool-wide statistics.
-y
-w
-l Include average latency statistics:
total_wait: Average total IO time (queuing + disk IO time). disk_wait: Average disk IO
time (time reading/writing the disk). syncq_wait: Average amount of time IO spent in
synchronous priority queues. Does not include disk time. asyncq_wait: Average amount of
time IO spent in asynchronous priority queues. Does not include disk time. scrub: Average
queuing time in scrub queue. Does not include disk time.
-q Include active queue statistics. Each priority queue has both pending ( pend) and active (
activ) IOs. Pending IOs are waiting to be issued to the disk, and active IOs have been
issued to disk and are waiting for completion. These stats are broken out by priority
queue:
syncq_read/write: Current number of entries in synchronous priority queues.
asyncq_read/write: Current number of entries in asynchronous priority queues. scrubq_read:
Current number of entries in scrub queue.
All queue statistics are instantaneous measurements of the number of entries in the queues.
If you specify an interval, the measurements will be sampled from the end of the interval.
zpool labelclear [-f] device
Removes ZFS label information from the specified device. The device must not be part of an active
pool configuration.
-f Treat exported or foreign devices as inactive.
zpool list [-HgLpPv] [-o property[,property]...] [-T u|d] [pool]... [interval [count]]
Lists the given pools along with a health status and space usage. If no pools are specified, all
pools in the system are listed. When given an interval, the information is printed every interval
seconds until ^C is pressed. If count is specified, the command exits after count reports are
printed.
-g Display vdev GUIDs instead of the normal device names. These GUIDs can be used in place of
device names for the zpool detach/offline/remove/replace commands.
-H Scripted mode. Do not display headers, and separate fields by a single tab instead of
arbitrary space.
-o property
Comma-separated list of properties to display. See the Properties section for a list of
valid properties. The default list is name, size, alloc, free, fragmentation, expandsize,
capacity, dedupratio, health, altroot.
-L Display real paths for vdevs resolving all symbolic links. This can be used to look up the
current block device name regardless of the /dev/disk/ path used to open it.
-p Display numbers in parsable (exact) values.
-P Display full paths for vdevs instead of only the last component of the path. This can be
used in conjunction with the -L -flag.
-T u|d Display a time stamp. Specify -u for a printed representation of the internal
representation of time. See time(2). Specify -d for standard date format. See date(1).
-v Verbose statistics. Reports usage statistics for individual vdevs within the pool, in
addition to the pool-wise statistics.
zpool offline [-f] [-t] pool device...
Takes the specified physical device offline. While the device is offline, no attempt is made to
read or write to the device. This command is not applicable to spares.
-f Force fault. Instead of offlining the disk, put it into a faulted state. The fault will
persist across imports unless the -t flag was specified.
-t Temporary. Upon reboot, the specified physical device reverts to its previous state.
zpool online [-e] pool device...
Brings the specified physical device online. This command is not applicable to spares or cache
devices.
-e Expand the device to use all available space. If the device is part of a mirror or raidz
then all devices must be expanded before the new space will become available to the pool.
zpool reguid pool
Generates a new unique identifier for the pool. You must ensure that all devices in this pool are
online and healthy before performing this action.
zpool reopen pool
Reopen all the vdevs associated with the pool.
zpool remove pool device...
Removes the specified device from the pool. This command currently only supports removing hot
spares, cache, and log devices. A mirrored log device can be removed by specifying the top-level
mirror for the log. Non-log devices that are part of a mirrored configuration can be removed using
the zpool detach command. Non-redundant and raidz devices cannot be removed from a pool.
zpool replace [-f] [-o property=value] pool device [new_device]
Replaces old_device with new_device. This is equivalent to attaching new_device, waiting for it to
resilver, and then detaching old_device.
The size of new_device must be greater than or equal to the minimum size of all the devices in a
mirror or raidz configuration.
new_device is required if the pool is not redundant. If new_device is not specified, it defaults
to old_device. This form of replacement is useful after an existing disk has failed and has been
physically replaced. In this case, the new disk may have the same /dev path as the old device,
even though it is actually a different disk. ZFS recognizes this.
-f Forces use of new_device, even if its appears to be in use. Not all devices can be
overridden in this manner.
-o property=value
Sets the given pool properties. See the Properties section for a list of valid properties
that can be set. The only property supported at the moment is ashift.
zpool scrub [-s | -p] pool...
Begins a scrub or resumes a paused scrub. The scrub examines all data in the specified pools to
verify that it checksums correctly. For replicated (mirror or raidz) devices, ZFS automatically
repairs any damage discovered during the scrub. The zpool status command reports the progress of
the scrub and summarizes the results of the scrub upon completion.
Scrubbing and resilvering are very similar operations. The difference is that resilvering only
examines data that ZFS knows to be out of date (for example, when attaching a new device to a
mirror or replacing an existing device), whereas scrubbing examines all data to discover silent
errors due to hardware faults or disk failure.
Because scrubbing and resilvering are I/O-intensive operations, ZFS only allows one at a time. If
a scrub is paused, the zpool scrub resumes it. If a resilver is in progress, ZFS does not allow a
scrub to be started until the resilver completes.
-s Stop scrubbing.
-p Pause scrubbing. Scrub progress is periodically synced to disk so if the system is
restarted or pool is exported during a paused scrub, the scrub will resume from the place
where it was last checkpointed to disk. To resume a paused scrub issue zpool scrub again.
zpool set property=value pool
Sets the given property on the specified pool. See the Properties section for more information on
what properties can be set and acceptable values.
zpool split [-gLnP] [-o property=value]... [-R root] pool newpool [device ...]
Splits devices off pool creating newpool. All vdevs in pool must be mirrors and the pool must not
be in the process of resilvering. At the time of the split, newpool will be a replica of pool. By
default, the last device in each mirror is split from pool to create newpool.
The optional device specification causes the specified device(s) to be included in the new pool
and, should any devices remain unspecified, the last device in each mirror is used as would be by
default.
-g Display vdev GUIDs instead of the normal device names. These GUIDs can be used in place of
device names for the zpool detach/offline/remove/replace commands.
-L Display real paths for vdevs resolving all symbolic links. This can be used to look up the
current block device name regardless of the /dev/disk/ path used to open it.
-n Do dry run, do not actually perform the split. Print out the expected configuration of
newpool.
-P Display full paths for vdevs instead of only the last component of the path. This can be
used in conjunction with the -L -flag.
-o property=value
Sets the specified property for newpool. See the Properties section for more information
on the available pool properties.
-R root
Set altroot for newpool to root and automatically import it.
zpool status [-c [SCRIPT1[,SCRIPT2]...]] [-gLPvxD] [-T u|d] [pool]... [interval [count]]
Displays the detailed health status for the given pools. If no pool is specified, then the status
of each pool in the system is displayed. For more information on pool and device health, see the
Device Failure and Recovery section.
If a scrub or resilver is in progress, this command reports the percentage done and the estimated
time to completion. Both of these are only approximate, because the amount of data in the pool and
the other workloads on the system can change.
-c [SCRIPT1[,SCRIPT2]...]
Run a script (or scripts) on each vdev and include the output as a new column in the zpool
status output. See the -c option of zpool iostat for complete details.
-g Display vdev GUIDs instead of the normal device names. These GUIDs can be used in place of
device names for the zpool detach/offline/remove/replace commands.
-L Display real paths for vdevs resolving all symbolic links. This can be used to look up the
current block device name regardless of the /dev/disk/ path used to open it.
-P Display full paths for vdevs instead of only the last component of the path. This can be
used in conjunction with the -L -flag.
-D Display a histogram of deduplication statistics, showing the allocated (physically present
on disk) and referenced (logically referenced in the pool) block counts and sizes by
reference count.
-T u|d Display a time stamp. Specify -u for a printed representation of the internal
representation of time. See time(2). Specify -d for standard date format. See date(1).
-v Displays verbose data error information, printing out a complete list of all data errors
since the last complete pool scrub.
-x Only display status for pools that are exhibiting errors or are otherwise unavailable.
Warnings about pools not using the latest on-disk format will not be included.
zpool sync [pool ...]
This command forces all in-core dirty data to be written to the primary pool storage and not the
ZIL. It will also update administrative information including quota reporting. Without arguments,
zpool sync will sync all pools on the system. Otherwise, it will sync only the specified pool(s).
zpool upgrade
Displays pools which do not have all supported features enabled and pools formatted using a legacy
ZFS version number. These pools can continue to be used, but some features may not be available.
Use zpool upgrade -a to enable all features on all pools.
zpool upgrade -v
Displays legacy ZFS versions supported by the current software. See zpool-features(5) for a
description of feature flags features supported by the current software.
zpool upgrade [-V version] -a|pool...
Enables all supported features on the given pool. Once this is done, the pool will no longer be
accessible on systems that do not support feature flags. See zfs-features(5) for details on
compatibility with systems that support feature flags, but do not support all features enabled on
the pool.
-a Enables all supported features on all pools.
-V version
Upgrade to the specified legacy version. If the -V flag is specified, no features will be
enabled on the pool. This option can only be used to increase the version number up to the
last supported legacy version number.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
1 An error occurred.
2 Invalid command line options were specified.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Creating a RAID-Z Storage Pool
The following command creates a pool with a single raidz root vdev that consists of six disks.
# zpool create tank raidz sda sdb sdc sdd sde sdf
Example 2 Creating a Mirrored Storage Pool
The following command creates a pool with two mirrors, where each mirror contains two disks.
# zpool create tank mirror sda sdb mirror sdc sdd
Example 3 Creating a ZFS Storage Pool by Using Partitions
The following command creates an unmirrored pool using two disk partitions.
# zpool create tank sda1 sdb2
Example 4 Creating a ZFS Storage Pool by Using Files
The following command creates an unmirrored pool using files. While not recommended, a pool based
on files can be useful for experimental purposes.
# zpool create tank /path/to/file/a /path/to/file/b
Example 5 Adding a Mirror to a ZFS Storage Pool
The following command adds two mirrored disks to the pool tank, assuming the pool is already made
up of two-way mirrors. The additional space is immediately available to any datasets within the
pool.
# zpool add tank mirror sda sdb
Example 6 Listing Available ZFS Storage Pools
The following command lists all available pools on the system. In this case, the pool zion is
faulted due to a missing device. The results from this command are similar to the following:
# zpool list
NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE FRAG EXPANDSZ CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT
rpool 19.9G 8.43G 11.4G 33% - 42% 1.00x ONLINE -
tank 61.5G 20.0G 41.5G 48% - 32% 1.00x ONLINE -
zion - - - - - - - FAULTED -
Example 7 Destroying a ZFS Storage Pool
The following command destroys the pool tank and any datasets contained within.
# zpool destroy -f tank
Example 8 Exporting a ZFS Storage Pool
The following command exports the devices in pool tank so that they can be relocated or later
imported.
# zpool export tank
Example 9 Importing a ZFS Storage Pool
The following command displays available pools, and then imports the pool tank for use on the
system. The results from this command are similar to the following:
# zpool import
pool: tank
id: 15451357997522795478
state: ONLINE
action: The pool can be imported using its name or numeric identifier.
config:
tank ONLINE
mirror ONLINE
sda ONLINE
sdb ONLINE
# zpool import tank
Example 10 Upgrading All ZFS Storage Pools to the Current Version
The following command upgrades all ZFS Storage pools to the current version of the software.
# zpool upgrade -a
This system is currently running ZFS version 2.
Example 11 Managing Hot Spares
The following command creates a new pool with an available hot spare:
# zpool create tank mirror sda sdb spare sdc
If one of the disks were to fail, the pool would be reduced to the degraded state. The failed
device can be replaced using the following command:
# zpool replace tank sda sdd
Once the data has been resilvered, the spare is automatically removed and is made available for use
should another device fails. The hot spare can be permanently removed from the pool using the
following command:
# zpool remove tank sdc
Example 12 Creating a ZFS Pool with Mirrored Separate Intent Logs
The following command creates a ZFS storage pool consisting of two, two-way mirrors and mirrored
log devices:
# zpool create pool mirror sda sdb mirror sdc sdd log mirror \
sde sdf
Example 13 Adding Cache Devices to a ZFS Pool
The following command adds two disks for use as cache devices to a ZFS storage pool:
# zpool add pool cache sdc sdd
Once added, the cache devices gradually fill with content from main memory. Depending on the size
of your cache devices, it could take over an hour for them to fill. Capacity and reads can be
monitored using the iostat option as follows:
# zpool iostat -v pool 5
Example 14 Removing a Mirrored Log Device
The following command removes the mirrored log device mirror-2. Given this configuration:
pool: tank
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
sda ONLINE 0 0 0
sdb ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-1 ONLINE 0 0 0
sdc ONLINE 0 0 0
sdd ONLINE 0 0 0
logs
mirror-2 ONLINE 0 0 0
sde ONLINE 0 0 0
sdf ONLINE 0 0 0
The command to remove the mirrored log mirror-2 is:
# zpool remove tank mirror-2
Example 15 Displaying expanded space on a device
The following command displays the detailed information for the pool data. This pool is comprised
of a single raidz vdev where one of its devices increased its capacity by 10GB. In this example,
the pool will not be able to utilize this extra capacity until all the devices under the raidz vdev
have been expanded.
# zpool list -v data
NAME SIZE ALLOC FREE FRAG EXPANDSZ CAP DEDUP HEALTH ALTROOT
data 23.9G 14.6G 9.30G 48% - 61% 1.00x ONLINE -
raidz1 23.9G 14.6G 9.30G 48% -
sda - - - - -
sdb - - - - 10G
sdc - - - - -
Example 16 Adding output columns
Additional columns can be added to the zpool status and zpool iostat output with -c option.
# zpool status -c vendor,model,size
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM vendor model size
tank ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
U1 ONLINE 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST8000NM0075 7.3T
U10 ONLINE 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST8000NM0075 7.3T
U11 ONLINE 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST8000NM0075 7.3T
U12 ONLINE 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST8000NM0075 7.3T
U13 ONLINE 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST8000NM0075 7.3T
U14 ONLINE 0 0 0 SEAGATE ST8000NM0075 7.3T
# zpool iostat -vc slaves
capacity operations bandwidth
pool alloc free read write read write slaves
---------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---------
tank 20.4G 7.23T 26 152 20.7M 21.6M
mirror 20.4G 7.23T 26 152 20.7M 21.6M
U1 - - 0 31 1.46K 20.6M sdb sdff
U10 - - 0 1 3.77K 13.3K sdas sdgw
U11 - - 0 1 288K 13.3K sdat sdgx
U12 - - 0 1 78.4K 13.3K sdau sdgy
U13 - - 0 1 128K 13.3K sdav sdgz
U14 - - 0 1 63.2K 13.3K sdfk sdg
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
ZFS_ABORT Cause zpool to dump core on exit for the purposes of running
ZPOOL_IMPORT_PATH The search path for devices or files to use with the pool. This is a colon-separated
list of directories in which zpool looks for device nodes and files. Similar to the -d
option in zpool import.
ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_GUID Cause zpool subcommands to output vdev guids by default. This behavior is identical
to the zpool status -g command line option.
ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_FOLLOW_LINKS Cause zpool subcommands to follow links for vdev names by default. This
behavior is identical to the zpool status -L command line option.
ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH Cause zpool subcommands to output full vdev path names by default. This behavior is
identical to the zpool status -p command line option.
ZFS_VDEV_DEVID_OPT_OUT Older ZFS on Linux implementations had issues when attempting to display pool
config VDEV names if a devid NVP value is present in the pool's config.
For example, a pool that originated on illumos platform would have a devid value in
the config and zpool status would fail when listing the config. This would also be
true for future Linux based pools.
A pool can be stripped of any devid values on import or prevented from adding them
on zpool create or zpool add by setting ZFS_VDEV_DEVID_OPT_OUT.
ZPOOL_SCRIPTS_AS_ROOT Allow a privileged user to run the zpool status/iostat with the -c option.
Normally, only unprivileged users are allowed to run -c.
ZPOOL_SCRIPTS_PATH The search path for scripts when running zpool status/iostat with the -c option. This
is a colon-separated list of directories and overrides the default ~/.zpool.d and
/etc/zfs/zpool.d search paths.
ZPOOL_SCRIPTS_ENABLED Allow a user to run zpool status/iostat with the -c option. If ZPOOL_SCRIPTS_ENABLED
is not set, it is assumed that the user is allowed to run zpool status/iostat -c.
INTERFACE STABILITY
Evolving
SEE ALSO
zed(8), zfs(8), zfs-events(5), zfs-module-parameters(5), zpool-features(5)