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NAME

     zfs_prepare_disk — special script that gets run before bringing a disk into a pool

DESCRIPTION

     zfs_prepare_disk is an optional script that gets called by libzfs before bringing a disk
     into a pool.  It can be modified by the user to run whatever commands are necessary to
     prepare a disk for inclusion into the pool.  For example, users can add lines to
     zfs_prepare_disk to do things like update the drive's firmware or check the drive's health.
     zfs_prepare_disk is optional and can be removed if not needed.  libzfs will look for the
     script at /zfs_prepare_disk.

   Properties
     zfs_prepare_disk will be passed the following environment variables:

     POOL_NAME            Name of the pool
     VDEV_PATH            Path to the disk (like /dev/sda)
     VDEV_PREPARE         Reason why the disk is being prepared for inclusion ('create', 'add',
                          'replace', or 'autoreplace').  This can be useful if you only want the
                          script to be run under certain actions.
     VDEV_UPATH           Path to one of the underlying devices for the disk.  For multipath this
                          would return one of the /dev/sd* paths to the disk.  If the device is
                          not a device mapper device, then VDEV_UPATH just returns the same value
                          as VDEV_PATH
     VDEV_ENC_SYSFS_PATH  Path to the disk's enclosure sysfs path, if available

     Note that some of these variables may have a blank value.  POOL_NAME is blank at pool
     creation time, for example.

ENVIRONMENT

     zfs_prepare_disk runs with a limited $PATH.

EXIT STATUS

     zfs_prepare_disk should return 0 on success, non-zero otherwise.  If non-zero is returned,
     the disk will not be included in the pool.