[SOLVED] proxmox failed to start import zfs pool {pool name}

[krikey]

I recently removed all the zfs pools from the GUI in PVE 7.2.11 and there are none showing now in the GUI, however during boot there is a delay and I get the following errors:

proxmox failed to start import zfs pool {poolname}

I have a number of these message referring to old pools that were set up before I removed them all. How do I clear these errrors?

 

[apoc]

I think your cache-file for auto-starting those pools might need an update.
Have you checked the content?
Refer to https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Project and Community/FAQ.html#the-etc-zfs-zpool-cache-file
Also check if the pools still exist in /etc/pve/storage.cfg
I'd expect it is not in there but maybe there are relicts.

 

[fiona]

Hi,
you might also want to check ls /etc/systemd/system/zfs-import.target.wants/ and for each obsolete entry, run systemctl disable zfs-import@<poolname>.service. This is done automatically if you use the /nodes/{node}/disks/zfs/{name} endpoint to delete the storage or do it via [Node] > Disks > ZFS > More > Destroy in the UI.

 

[krikey]

Thanks apoc/fiona,

systemctl disable zfs-import@<poolname>.service

seems to have cleared out all the old pools now and I then recreated the cache file by using...

zpool set cachefile=/etc/zfs/zpool.cache <poolname>