NAME

     zpool-remove — remove devices from ZFS storage pool

SYNOPSIS

     zpool remove [-npw] pool device…
     zpool remove -s pool

DESCRIPTION

     zpool remove [-npw] pool device…
             Removes the specified device from the pool.  This command supports removing hot spare, cache, log,
             and both mirrored and non-redundant primary top-level vdevs, including dedup and special vdevs.

             Top-level vdevs can only be removed if the primary pool storage does not contain a top-level raidz
             vdev, all top-level vdevs have the same sector size, and the keys for all encrypted datasets are
             loaded.

             Removing a top-level vdev reduces the total amount of space in the storage pool.  The specified
             device will be evacuated by copying all allocated space from it to the other devices in the pool.
             In this case, the zpool remove command initiates the removal and returns, while the evacuation
             continues in the background.  The removal progress can be monitored with zpool status.  If an I/O
             error is encountered during the removal process it will be cancelled.  The device_removal feature
             flag must be enabled to remove a top-level vdev, see zpool-features(7).

             A mirrored top-level device (log or data) can be removed by specifying the top- level mirror for
             the same.  Non-log devices or data devices that are part of a mirrored configuration can be removed
             using the zpool detach command.

             -n      Do not actually perform the removal ("No-op").  Instead, print the estimated amount of
                     memory that will be used by the mapping table after the removal completes.  This is nonzero
                     only for top-level vdevs.

             -p      Used in conjunction with the -n flag, displays numbers as parsable (exact) values.

             -w      Waits until the removal has completed before returning.

     zpool remove -s pool
             Stops and cancels an in-progress removal of a top-level vdev.

EXAMPLES

   Example 1: Removing a Mirrored top-level (Log or Data) Device
     The following commands remove the mirrored log device mirror-2 and mirrored top-level data device mirror-1.

     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

     The command to remove the mirrored data mirror-1 is:
           # zpool remove tank mirror-1

SEE ALSO

     zpool-add(8), zpool-detach(8), zpool-labelclear(8), zpool-offline(8), zpool-replace(8), zpool-split(8)