+[[chapter_zfs]]
ZFS on Linux
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Bootloader
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-The default ZFS disk partitioning scheme does not use the first 2048
-sectors. This gives enough room to install a GRUB boot partition. The
-{pve} installer automatically allocates that space, and installs the
-GRUB boot loader there. If you use a redundant RAID setup, it installs
-the boot loader on all disk required for booting. So you can boot
-even if some disks fail.
-
-NOTE: It is not possible to use ZFS as root file system with UEFI
-boot.
+Depending on whether the system is booted in EFI or legacy BIOS mode the
+{pve} installer sets up either `grub` or `systemd-boot` as main bootloader.
+See the chapter on xref:sysboot[{pve} host bootladers] for details.
ZFS Administration
.Changing a failed device
- zpool replace -f <pool> <old device> <new-device>
+ zpool replace -f <pool> <old device> <new device>
+
+.Changing a failed bootable device when using systemd-boot
+
+ sgdisk <healthy bootable device> -R <new device>
+ sgdisk -G <new device>
+ zpool replace -f <pool> <old zfs partition> <new zfs partition>
+ pve-efiboot-tool format <new disk's ESP>
+ pve-efiboot-tool init <new disk's ESP>
+
+NOTE: `ESP` stands for EFI System Partition, which is setup as partition #2 on
+bootable disks setup by the {pve} installer since version 5.4. For details, see
+xref:sysboot_systemd_boot_setup[Setting up a new partition for use as synced ESP].
Activate E-Mail Notification
ZFS comes with an event daemon, which monitors events generated by the
ZFS kernel module. The daemon can also send emails on ZFS events like
-pool errors. Newer ZFS packages ships the daemon in a sparate package,
+pool errors. Newer ZFS packages ships the daemon in a separate package,
and you can install it using `apt-get`:
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+[[zfs_swap]]
.SWAP on ZFS
-SWAP on ZFS on Linux may generate some troubles, like blocking the
+Swap-space created on a zvol may generate some troubles, like blocking the
server or generating a high IO load, often seen when starting a Backup
to an external Storage.
We strongly recommend to use enough memory, so that you normally do not
-run into low memory situations. Additionally, you can lower the
+run into low memory situations. Should you need or want to add swap, it is
+preferred to create a partition on a physical disk and use it as swapdevice.
+You can leave some space free for this purpose in the advanced options of the
+installer. Additionally, you can lower the
``swappiness'' value. A good value for servers is 10:
sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10