zfs management

[Dick Ollett]

I suggest a "feature", specifically to have the option to change the rpool name on installation, perhaps to the "hostname -s" also to have zpool create it by whatever rpool name with the -d /dev/disk/by-id. option.

Surely it would make the whole zfs subsystem easier to manage downline and after self induced fu's, especially if you have more than one machine/cluster to manage.

Regards

 

[fabian]

the first one is pretty much the standard convention when using zfs, why would you want to change it?
using the disk-by-id was originally planned, but did not work reliably at install time unfortunately. feel free to file a enhancement bug report at bugzilla.proxmox.com for this, but it is already on our TODO list for the next round of ZFS/Grub updates..

 

[Dick Ollett]

Because if all root zpools are named rpool, it is hard to import a zpool into another system for recovery/messing with because you already have a "generic" zpool called rpool.

So although I would agree it is "standard" for a stand-alone system there are many users who prefer a non-standard but scale-able zfs solution, particularly for a project like ProxMox that will almost always have more than one machine. JM2CW

It shows up LOUDLY in your grub.cfg's.

 

[fabian]

Because if all root zpools are named rpool, it is hard to import a zpool into another system for recovery/messing with because you already have a "generic" zpool called rpool.

So although I would agree it is "standard" for a stand-alone system there are many users who prefer a non-standard but scale-able zfs solution, particularly for a project like ProxMox that will almost always have more than one machine. JM2CW

It shows up LOUDLY in your grub.cfg's.

If you want such a setup, you can simply rename the pool with "zpool import" (since it's a root pool, you will need a live environment for this) and update Proxmox's storage.cfg and the Grub settings (don't forget to update-grub/grub-install afterwards). I don't think this will be supported out of the box for now.

 

[Dick Ollett]

Thanks, that is exactly what I do now, It was just a wish to do it it on install, I am sure many would ultimately appreciate it.