Solaris ZFS Administration Guide

Overall Pool Status Information

This header section in the zpool status output contains the following fields, some of which are only displayed for pools exhibiting problems:

pool

The name of the pool.

state

The current health of the pool. This information refers only to the ability of the pool to provide the necessary replication level.

status

A description of what is wrong with the pool. This field is omitted if no problems are found.

action

A recommended action for repairing the errors. This field is an abbreviated form directing the user to one of the following sections. This field is omitted if no problems are found.

see

A reference to a knowledge article containing detailed repair information. Online articles are updated more often than this guide can be updated, and should always be referenced for the most up-to-date repair procedures. This field is omitted if no problems are found.

scrub

Identifies the current status of a scrub operation, which might include the date and time that the last scrub was completed, a scrub in progress, or if no scrubbing was requested.

errors

Identifies known data errors or the absence of known data errors.