zfs: update documentation about ZED

[pve-docs.git] / local-zfs.adoc

diff --git a/local-zfs.adoc b/local-zfs.adoc
index d38a4c9531150f6cd338b3ac7412c1cfd72dc716..e77595fc2f858c1d4c75aee004066917f6105677 100644 (file)
--- a/local-zfs.adoc
+++ b/local-zfs.adoc
@@ -426,20 +426,17 @@ xref:sysboot_proxmox_boot_setup[Setting up a new partition for use as synced ESP
 # grub-install <new disk>
 ----
 
-Activate E-Mail Notification
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Configure 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 ship the daemon in a separate package,
-and you can install it using `apt-get`:
+ZFS comes with an event daemon `ZED`, which monitors events generated by the ZFS
+kernel module. The daemon can also send emails on ZFS events like pool errors.
+Newer ZFS packages ship the daemon in a separate `zfs-zed` package, which should
+already be installed by default in {pve}.
 
-----
-# apt-get install zfs-zed
-----
-
-To activate the daemon it is necessary to edit `/etc/zfs/zed.d/zed.rc` with your
-favorite editor, and uncomment the `ZED_EMAIL_ADDR` setting:
+You can configure the daemon via the file `/etc/zfs/zed.d/zed.rc` with your
+favorite editor. The required setting for email notification is
+`ZED_EMAIL_ADDR`, which is set to `root` by default.
 
 --------
 ZED_EMAIL_ADDR="root"
@@ -448,9 +445,6 @@ ZED_EMAIL_ADDR="root"
 Please note {pve} forwards mails to `root` to the email address
 configured for the root user.
 
-IMPORTANT: The only setting that is required is `ZED_EMAIL_ADDR`. All
-other settings are optional.
-
 
 [[sysadmin_zfs_limit_memory_usage]]
 Limit ZFS Memory Usage