From: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [PATCH pve-docs] zfs: Add paragraph on adding hot-spares
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 10:01:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903080120.61911-1-j.theisen@proxmox.com> (raw)
Add command to add hot spare to existing ZFS pool since it came up
in a Proxmox VE Training.
Reference https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/gcvcw/index.html
Signed-off-by: Jonas Theisen <j.theisen@proxmox.com>
---
local-zfs.adoc | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/local-zfs.adoc b/local-zfs.adoc
index cdc17a4..029f628 100644
--- a/local-zfs.adoc
+++ b/local-zfs.adoc
@@ -504,6 +504,17 @@ You can also add ZIL and cache separately.
# zpool add <pool> log <log-device>
----
+[[sysadmin_zfs_add_hot_spare]]
+Adding a hot spare drive to an existing pool
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ZFS supports hot spare drives which allow the system to automatically replace
+a failed disk with the spare without manual intervention.
+
+.Add a hot spare to an existing pool
+----
+# zpool add <pool> spare <spare-device>
+----
[[sysadmin_zfs_change_failed_dev]]
Changing a failed device
--
2.47.3
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