Local ZFS Pool Backend
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Storage pool type: `zfspool`
-This backend allows you to access local ZFS pools (or ZFS filesystems
+This backend allows you to access local ZFS pools (or ZFS file systems
inside such pools).
+
Configuration
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
sparse
----
+
File naming conventions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
`<NAME>`::
-This scan be an arbitrary name (`ascii`) without white spaces. The
+This can be an arbitrary name (`ascii`) without white space. The
backend uses `disk[N]` as default, where `[N]` is replaced by an
integer to make the name unique.
|images rootdir |raw subvol |no |yes |yes
|==============================================================================
+
Examples
~~~~~~~~
-It is recommended to create and extra ZFS filesystem to store your VM images:
+It is recommended to create an extra ZFS file system to store your VM images:
# zfs create tank/vmdata
-To enable compression on that newly allocated filesystem:
+To enable compression on that newly allocated file system:
# zfs set compression=on tank/vmdata