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NAME
zfs-set — set properties on ZFS datasets
SYNOPSIS
zfs set [-u] property=value [property=value]… filesystem|volume|snapshot…
zfs get [-r|-d depth] [-Hp] [-o field[,field]…] [-s source[,source]…] [-t type[,type]…]
all|property[,property]… [filesystem|volume|snapshot|bookmark]…
zfs inherit [-rS] property filesystem|volume|snapshot…
DESCRIPTION
zfs set [-u] property=value [property=value]… filesystem|volume|snapshot…
Only some properties can be edited. See zfsprops(7) for more information on what
properties can be set and acceptable values. Numeric values can be specified as exact
values, or in a human-readable form with a suffix of B, K, M, G, T, P, E, Z (for bytes,
kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, exabytes, or zettabytes,
respectively). User properties can be set on snapshots. For more information, see the
User Properties section of zfsprops(7).
-u Update mountpoint, sharenfs, sharesmb property but do not mount or share the dataset.
zfs get [-r|-d depth] [-Hp] [-o field[,field]…] [-s source[,source]…] [-t type[,type]…]
all|property[,property]… [filesystem|volume|snapshot|bookmark]…
Displays properties for the given datasets. If no datasets are specified, then the
command displays properties for all datasets on the system. For each property, the
following columns are displayed:
name Dataset name
property Property name
value Property value
source Property source local, default, inherited, temporary, received, or - (none).
All columns are displayed by default, though this can be controlled by using the -o
option. This command takes a comma-separated list of properties as described in the
Native Properties and User Properties sections of zfsprops(7).
The value all can be used to display all properties that apply to the given dataset's type
(filesystem, volume, snapshot, or bookmark).
-H Display output in a form more easily parsed by scripts. Any headers are
omitted, and fields are explicitly separated by a single tab instead of an
arbitrary amount of space.
-d depth Recursively display any children of the dataset, limiting the recursion to
depth. A depth of 1 will display only the dataset and its direct children.
-o field A comma-separated list of columns to display, defaults to
name,property,value,source.
-p Display numbers in parsable (exact) values.
-r Recursively display properties for any children.
-s source A comma-separated list of sources to display. Those properties coming from a
source other than those in this list are ignored. Each source must be one of
the following: local, default, inherited, temporary, received, or none. The
default value is all sources.
-t type A comma-separated list of types to display, where type is one of filesystem,
snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.
zfs inherit [-rS] property filesystem|volume|snapshot…
Clears the specified property, causing it to be inherited from an ancestor, restored to
default if no ancestor has the property set, or with the -S option reverted to the
received value if one exists. See zfsprops(7) for a listing of default values, and
details on which properties can be inherited.
-r Recursively inherit the given property for all children.
-S Revert the property to the received value, if one exists; otherwise, for non-
inheritable properties, to the default; otherwise, operate as if the -S option was not
specified.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Creating a ZFS File System Hierarchy
The following commands create a file system named pool/home and a file system named
pool/home/bob. The mount point /export/home is set for the parent file system, and is
automatically inherited by the child file system.
# zfs create pool/home
# zfs set mountpoint=/export/home pool/home
# zfs create pool/home/bob
Example 2: Disabling and Enabling File System Compression
The following command disables the compression property for all file systems under
pool/home. The next command explicitly enables compression for pool/home/anne.
# zfs set compression=off pool/home
# zfs set compression=on pool/home/anne
Example 3: Setting a Quota on a ZFS File System
The following command sets a quota of 50 Gbytes for pool/home/bob:
# zfs set quota=50G pool/home/bob
Example 4: Listing ZFS Properties
The following command lists all properties for pool/home/bob:
# zfs get all pool/home/bob
NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE
pool/home/bob type filesystem -
pool/home/bob creation Tue Jul 21 15:53 2009 -
pool/home/bob used 21K -
pool/home/bob available 20.0G -
pool/home/bob referenced 21K -
pool/home/bob compressratio 1.00x -
pool/home/bob mounted yes -
pool/home/bob quota 20G local
pool/home/bob reservation none default
pool/home/bob recordsize 128K default
pool/home/bob mountpoint /pool/home/bob default
pool/home/bob sharenfs off default
pool/home/bob checksum on default
pool/home/bob compression on local
pool/home/bob atime on default
pool/home/bob devices on default
pool/home/bob exec on default
pool/home/bob setuid on default
pool/home/bob readonly off default
pool/home/bob zoned off default
pool/home/bob snapdir hidden default
pool/home/bob acltype off default
pool/home/bob aclmode discard default
pool/home/bob aclinherit restricted default
pool/home/bob canmount on default
pool/home/bob xattr on default
pool/home/bob copies 1 default
pool/home/bob version 4 -
pool/home/bob utf8only off -
pool/home/bob normalization none -
pool/home/bob casesensitivity sensitive -
pool/home/bob vscan off default
pool/home/bob nbmand off default
pool/home/bob sharesmb off default
pool/home/bob refquota none default
pool/home/bob refreservation none default
pool/home/bob primarycache all default
pool/home/bob secondarycache all default
pool/home/bob usedbysnapshots 0 -
pool/home/bob usedbydataset 21K -
pool/home/bob usedbychildren 0 -
pool/home/bob usedbyrefreservation 0 -
The following command gets a single property value:
# zfs get -H -o value compression pool/home/bob
on
The following command lists all properties with local settings for pool/home/bob:
# zfs get -r -s local -o name,property,value all pool/home/bob
NAME PROPERTY VALUE
pool/home/bob quota 20G
pool/home/bob compression on
Example 5: Inheriting ZFS Properties
The following command causes pool/home/bob and pool/home/anne to inherit the checksum
property from their parent.
# zfs inherit checksum pool/home/bob pool/home/anne
Example 6: Setting User Properties
The following example sets the user-defined com.example:department property for a dataset:
# zfs set com.example:department=12345 tank/accounting
Example 7: Setting sharenfs Property Options on a ZFS File System
The following commands show how to set sharenfs property options to enable read-write access
for a set of IP addresses and to enable root access for system "neo" on the tank/home file
system:
# zfs set sharenfs='rw=@123.123.0.0/16:[::1],root=neo' tank/home
If you are using DNS for host name resolution, specify the fully-qualified hostname.
SEE ALSO
zfsprops(7), zfs-list(8)