Naming ZFS Components
Each ZFS component, such as datasets and pools, must be named according to the following rules:
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Each component can contain only alphanumeric characters in addition to the following special characters:
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Underscore (_)
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Hyphen (-)
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Colon (:)
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Period (.)
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Blank (" ")
Note:
Tabs and other white spaces are not valid.
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Pool names must begin with a letter and can contain only alphanumeric characters as well as underscore (_), dash (-), and period (.). Note the following pool name restrictions:
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The beginning sequence
c
[0-9]
is not allowed. -
The name
log
is reserved. -
A name that begins with
mirror
,raidz
,raidz1
,raidz2
,raidz3
, orspare
is not allowed because these names are reserved. -
Pool names must not contain a percent sign (
%
).
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Dataset names must begin with an alphanumeric character.
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Dataset names must not contain a percent sign (
%
). -
Empty components are not allowed.