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Solaris ZFS command line reference (Cheat sheet)

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Sandeep Shenoy

Pool Related Commands

# zpool create datapool c0t0d0 Create a basic pool named datapool

# zpool create -f datapool c0t0d0 Force the creation of a pool

# zpool create -m /data datapool c0t0d0 Create a pool with a different mount point
than the default.

# zpool create datapool raidz c3t0d0 Create RAID-Z vdev pool

c3t1d0 c3t2d0

# zpool add datapool raidz c4t0d0 c4t1d0 Add RAID-Z vdev to pool datapool
c4t2d0

# zpool create datapool raidz1 c0t0d0 Create RAID-Z1 pool

c0t1d0 c0t2d0 c0t3d0 c0t4d0 c0t5d0

# zpool create datapool raidz2 c0t0d0 Create RAID-Z2 pool

c0t1d0 c0t2d0 c0t3d0 c0t4d0 c0t5d0

# zpool create datapool mirror c0t0d0 Mirror c0t0d0 to c0t5d0

c0t5d0

# zpool create datapool mirror c0t0d0 disk c0t0d0 is mirrored with c0t5d0 and
c0t5d0 mirror c0t2d0 c0t4d0 disk c0t2d0 is mirrored with c0t4d0

# zpool add datapool mirror c3t0d0 c3t1d0 Add new mirrored vdev to datapool

# zpool add datapool spare c1t3d0 Add spare device c1t3d0 to the datapool

## zpool create -n geekpool c1t3d0 Do a dry run on pool creation

Show Pool Information

# zpool status -x Show pool status

# zpool status -v datapool Show individual pool status in verbose

mode

# zpool list Show all the pools

# zpool list -o name,size Show particular properties of all the pools

(here, name and size)

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# zpool list -Ho name Show all pools without headers and
columns

File-system/Volume related commands

# zfs create datapool/fs1 Create file-system fs1 under datapool

# zfs create -V 1gb datapool/vol01 Create 1 GB volume (Block device) in

datapool

# zfs destroy -r datapool destroy datapool and all datasets under it.

# zfs destroy -fr datapool/data destroy file-system or volume (data) and

all related snapshots

Set ZFS file system properties

# zfs set quota=1G datapool/fs1 Set quota of 1 GB on filesystem fs1

# zfs set reservation=1G datapool/fs1 Set Reservation of 1 GB on filesystem fs1

# zfs set mountpoint=legacy datapool/fs1 Disable ZFS auto mounting and enable
mounting through /etc/vfstab.

# zfs set sharenfs=on datapool/fs1 Share fs1 as NFS

# zfs set compression=on datapool/fs1 Enable compression on fs1

File-system/Volume related commands

# zfs create datapool/fs1 Create file-system fs1 under datapool

# zfs create -V 1gb datapool/vol01 Create 1 GB volume (Block device) in

datapool

# zfs destroy -r datapool destroy datapool and all datasets under it.

# zfs destroy -fr datapool/data destroy file-system or volume (data) and

all related snapshots

Show file system info

# zfs list List all ZFS file system
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# zfs get all datapool” List all properties of a ZFS file system

Mount/Umount Related Commands

# zfs set mountpoint=/data datapool/fs1 Set the mount-point of file system fs1 to
/data

# zfs mount datapool/fs1 Mount fs1 file system

# zfs umount datapool/fs1 Umount ZFS file system fs1

# zfs mount -a Mount all ZFS file systems

# zfs umount -a Umount all ZFS file systems

ZFS I/O performance

# zpool iostat 2 Display ZFS I/O Statistics every 2 seconds

# zpool iostat -v 2 Display detailed ZFS I/O statistics every 2

seconds

ZFS maintenance commands

# zpool scrub datapool Run scrub on all file systems under data
pool

# zpool offline -t datapool c0t0d0 Temporarily offline a disk (until next reboot)

# zpool online Online a disk to clear error count

# zpool clear Clear error count without a need to the disk

Import/Export Commands
# zpool import List pools available for import

# zpool import -a Imports all pools found in the search

directories

# zpool import -d To search for pools with block devices not

located in /dev/dsk

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# zpool import -d /zfs datapool Search for a pool with block devices
created in /zfs

# zpool import oldpool newpool Import a pool originally named oldpool

under new name newpool

# zpool import 3987837483 Import pool using pool ID

# zpool export datapool Deport a ZFS pool named mypool

# zpool export -f datapool Force the unmount and deport of a ZFS

pool

Snapshot Commands
Combine the send and receive operation
# zfs snapshot datapool/fs1@12jan2014 Create a snapshot named 12jan2014 of
the fs1 filesystem

# zfs list -t snapshot List snapshots

# zfs rollback -r datapool/fs1@10jan2014 Roll back to 10jan2014 (recursively

destroy intermediate snapshots)

# zfs rollback -rf datapool/fs1@10jan2014 Roll back must and force unmount and
remount

# zfs destroy datapool/fs1@10jan2014 Destroy snapshot created earlier

# zfs send datapool/fs1@oct2013 > Take a backup of ZFS snapshot locally

/geekpool/fs1/oct2013.bak

# zfs receive anotherpool/fs1 < Restore from the snapshot backup

/geekpool/fs1/oct2013.bak backup taken

# zfs send datapool/fs1@oct2013 | zfs

receive anotherpool/fs1

# zfs send datapool/fs1@oct2013 | ssh Send the snapshot to a remote system

node02 “zfs receive testpool/testfs” node02

Clone Commands
# zfs clone datapool/fs1@10jan2014 Clone an existing snapshot
/clones/fs1

# zfs destroy datapool/fs1@10jan2014 Destroy clone

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