From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (gate001.proxmox.com [IPv6:2a0f:8001:1:32::40]) by lore.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED8031FF09F for ; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:01:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gate001.proxmox.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by gate001.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 0AACA21537; Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:01:35 +0200 (CEST) From: Jonas Theisen 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 Message-ID: <20260903080120.61911-1-j.theisen@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Bm-Milter-Handled: 55990f41-d878-4baa-be0a-ee34c49e34d2 X-Bm-Transport-Timestamp: 1788422485409 X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.560 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address DMARC_MISSING 0.1 Missing DMARC policy KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment (newer systems) RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED -2.3 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Message-ID-Hash: TB2HBHM2OVIY5YPD6WAXVMKYHTJW6PM6 X-Message-ID-Hash: TB2HBHM2OVIY5YPD6WAXVMKYHTJW6PM6 X-MailFrom: j.theisen@proxmox.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; loop; banned-address; emergency; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.10 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: 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 --- 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 log ---- +[[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 spare +---- [[sysadmin_zfs_change_failed_dev]] Changing a failed device -- 2.47.3