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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man8')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/zdb.8 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/man8/zpool.8 | 93 |
2 files changed, 97 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/zdb.8 b/man/man8/zdb.8 index 0ce4d852d..f00d9c0cf 100644 --- a/man/man8/zdb.8 +++ b/man/man8/zdb.8 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .Nd display zpool debugging and consistency information .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl AbcdDFGhiLMPsvX +.Op Fl AbcdDFGhikLMPsvX .Op Fl e Oo Fl V Oc Op Fl p Ar path ... .Op Fl I Ar inflight I/Os .Oo Fl o Ar var Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns ... @@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ Display information about intent log .Pq ZIL entries relating to each dataset. If specified multiple times, display counts of each intent log transaction type. +.It Fl k +Examine the checkpointed state of the pool. +Note, the on disk format of the pool is not reverted to the checkpointed state. .It Fl l Ar device Read the vdev labels from the specified device. .Nm Fl l diff --git a/man/man8/zpool.8 b/man/man8/zpool.8 index 228051809..ddcba2e72 100644 --- a/man/man8/zpool.8 +++ b/man/man8/zpool.8 @@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ .Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc .Ar pool device new_device .Nm +.Cm checkpoint +.Op Fl d, -discard +.Ar pool +.Nm .Cm clear .Ar pool .Op Ar device @@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ .Fl a .Op Fl DflmN .Op Fl F Oo Fl n Oc Oo Fl T Oc Oo Fl X Oc +.Op Fl -rewind-to-checkpoint .Op Fl c Ar cachefile Ns | Ns Fl d Ar dir Ns | Ns device .Op Fl o Ar mntopts .Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns ... @@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ .Cm import .Op Fl Dflm .Op Fl F Oo Fl n Oc Oo Fl T Oc Oo Fl X Oc +.Op Fl -rewind-to-checkpoint .Op Fl c Ar cachefile Ns | Ns Fl d Ar dir Ns | Ns device .Op Fl o Ar mntopts .Oo Fl o Ar property Ns = Ns Ar value Oc Ns ... @@ -470,6 +476,50 @@ configuration. .Pp The content of the cache devices is considered volatile, as is the case with other system caches. +.Ss Pool checkpoint +Before starting critical procedures that include destructive actions (e.g +.Nm zfs Cm destroy +), an administrator can checkpoint the pool's state and in the case of a +mistake or failure, rewind the entire pool back to the checkpoint. +Otherwise, the checkpoint can be discarded when the procedure has completed +successfully. +.Pp +A pool checkpoint can be thought of as a pool-wide snapshot and should be used +with care as it contains every part of the pool's state, from properties to vdev +configuration. +Thus, while a pool has a checkpoint certain operations are not allowed. +Specifically, vdev removal/attach/detach, mirror splitting, and +changing the pool's guid. +Adding a new vdev is supported but in the case of a rewind it will have to be +added again. +Finally, users of this feature should keep in mind that scrubs in a pool that +has a checkpoint do not repair checkpointed data. +.Pp +To create a checkpoint for a pool: +.Bd -literal +# zpool checkpoint pool +.Ed +.Pp +To later rewind to its checkpointed state, you need to first export it and +then rewind it during import: +.Bd -literal +# zpool export pool +# zpool import --rewind-to-checkpoint pool +.Ed +.Pp +To discard the checkpoint from a pool: +.Bd -literal +# zpool checkpoint -d pool +.Ed +.Pp +Dataset reservations (controlled by the +.Nm reservation +or +.Nm refreservation +zfs properties) may be unenforceable while a checkpoint exists, because the +checkpoint is allowed to consume the dataset's reservation. +Finally, data that is part of the checkpoint but has been freed in the +current state of the pool won't be scanned during a scrub. .Ss Properties Each pool has several properties associated with it. Some properties are read-only statistics while others are configurable and @@ -856,6 +906,39 @@ supported at the moment is ashift. .El .It Xo .Nm +.Cm checkpoint +.Op Fl d, -discard +.Ar pool +.Xc +Checkpoints the current state of +.Ar pool +, which can be later restored by +.Nm zpool Cm import --rewind-to-checkpoint . +The existence of a checkpoint in a pool prohibits the following +.Nm zpool +commands: +.Cm remove , +.Cm attach , +.Cm detach , +.Cm split , +and +.Cm reguid . +In addition, it may break reservation boundaries if the pool lacks free +space. +The +.Nm zpool Cm status +command indicates the existence of a checkpoint or the progress of discarding a +checkpoint from a pool. +The +.Nm zpool Cm list +command reports how much space the checkpoint takes from the pool. +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl d, -discard +Discards an existing checkpoint from +.Ar pool . +.El +.It Xo +.Nm .Cm clear .Ar pool .Op Ar device @@ -1290,6 +1373,16 @@ and the .Sy altroot property to .Ar root . +.It Fl -rewind-to-checkpoint +Rewinds pool to the checkpointed state. +Once the pool is imported with this flag there is no way to undo the rewind. +All changes and data that were written after the checkpoint are lost! +The only exception is when the +.Sy readonly +mounting option is enabled. +In this case, the checkpointed state of the pool is opened and an +administrator can see how the pool would look like if they were +to fully rewind. .It Fl s Scan using the default search path, the libblkid cache will not be consulted. A custom search path may be specified by setting the |