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Preface

1.  Oracle Solaris ZFS File System (Introduction)

2.  Getting Started With Oracle Solaris ZFS

3.  Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS Storage Pools

4.  Installing and Booting an Oracle Solaris ZFS Root File System

5.  Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS File Systems

6.  Working With Oracle Solaris ZFS Snapshots and Clones

7.  Using ACLs and Attributes to Protect Oracle Solaris ZFS Files

8.  Oracle Solaris ZFS Delegated Administration

9.  Oracle Solaris ZFS Advanced Topics

10.  Oracle Solaris ZFS Troubleshooting and Pool Recovery

Identifying ZFS Problems

Resolving General Hardware Problems

Identifying Hardware and Device Faults

System Reporting of ZFS Error Messages

Identifying Problems With ZFS Storage Pools

Determining If Problems Exist in a ZFS Storage Pool

Reviewing zpool status Output

Overall Pool Status Information

ZFS Storage Pool Configuration Information

ZFS Storage Pool Scrubbing Status

ZFS Data Corruption Errors

Resolving ZFS Storage Device Problems

Resolving a Missing or Removed Device

Resolving a Removed Device

Physically Reattaching a Device

Notifying ZFS of Device Availability

Replacing or Repairing a Damaged Device

Determining the Type of Device Failure

Clearing Transient Device Errors

Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool

Determining If a Device Can Be Replaced

Devices That Cannot be Replaced

Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool

Viewing Resilvering Status

Resolving ZFS File System Problems

Resolving Data Problems in a ZFS Storage Pool

Checking ZFS File System Integrity

File System Repair

File System Validation

Controlling ZFS Data Scrubbing

Explicit ZFS Data Scrubbing

ZFS Data Scrubbing and Resilvering

Corrupted ZFS Data

Resolving ZFS Space Issues

ZFS File System Space Reporting

ZFS Storage Pool Space Reporting

Repairing Damaged Data

Identifying the Type of Data Corruption

Repairing a Corrupted File or Directory

Repairing Corrupted Data With Multiple Block References

Repairing ZFS Storage Pool-Wide Damage

Repairing a Damaged ZFS Configuration

Repairing an Unbootable System

11.  Recommended Oracle Solaris ZFS Practices

A.  Oracle Solaris ZFS Version Descriptions

Index

Identifying ZFS Problems

As a combined file system and volume manager, ZFS can exhibit many different failures. This chapter outlines how to diagnose general hardware failures and then how to resolve pool device and file system problems. You can encounter the following types of problems:

Note that a single pool can experience all three errors, so a complete repair procedure involves finding and correcting one error, proceeding to the next error, and so on.