salt.modules.zfs

Module for running ZFS command

codeauthor:	Nitin Madhok <nmadhok@clemson.edu>, Jorge Schrauwen <sjorge@blackdot.be>
maintainer:	Jorge Schrauwen <sjorge@blackdot.be>
maturity:	new
depends:	salt.utils.zfs
platform:	illumos,freebsd,linux

salt.modules.zfs.bookmark(snapshot, bookmark)

Creates a bookmark of the given snapshot

Note

Bookmarks mark the point in time when the snapshot was created, and can be used as the incremental source for a zfs send command.

This feature must be enabled to be used. See zpool-features(5) for details on ZFS feature flags and the bookmarks feature.

snapshot : string

name of snapshot to bookmark

bookmark : string

name of bookmark

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.bookmark myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/mydataset#complete

salt.modules.zfs.clone(name_a, name_b, **kwargs)

Creates a clone of the given snapshot.

name_a : string

name of snapshot

name_b : string

name of filesystem or volume

create_parent : boolean

creates all the non-existing parent datasets. any property specified on the command line using the -o option is ignored.

properties : dict

additional zfs properties (-o)

Note

ZFS properties can be specified at the time of creation of the filesystem by passing an additional argument called "properties" and specifying the properties with their respective values in the form of a python dictionary:

properties="{'property1': 'value1', 'property2': 'value2'}"

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.clone myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/mydataset_yesterday

salt.modules.zfs.create(name, **kwargs)

Create a ZFS File System.

name : string

name of dataset or volume

volume_size : string

if specified, a zvol will be created instead of a dataset

sparse : boolean

create sparse volume

create_parent : boolean

creates all the non-existing parent datasets. any property specified on the command line using the -o option is ignored.

properties : dict

additional zfs properties (-o)

Note

ZFS properties can be specified at the time of creation of the filesystem by passing an additional argument called "properties" and specifying the properties with their respective values in the form of a python dictionary:

properties="{'property1': 'value1', 'property2': 'value2'}"

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/mydataset [create_parent=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/mydataset properties="{'mountpoint': '/export/zfs', 'sharenfs': 'on'}"
salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/volume volume_size=1G [sparse=True|False]`
salt '*' zfs.create myzpool/volume volume_size=1G properties="{'volblocksize': '512'}" [sparse=True|False]

salt.modules.zfs.destroy(name, **kwargs)

Destroy a ZFS File System.

name : string

name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

force : boolean

force an unmount of any file systems using the unmount -f command.

recursive : boolean

recursively destroy all children. (-r)

recursive_all : boolean

recursively destroy all dependents, including cloned file systems outside the target hierarchy. (-R)

Warning

watch out when using recursive and recursive_all

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.destroy myzpool/mydataset [force=True|False]

salt.modules.zfs.diff(name_a, name_b=None, **kwargs)

Display the difference between a snapshot of a given filesystem and another snapshot of that filesystem from a later time or the current contents of the filesystem.

name_a : string

name of snapshot

name_b : string

(optional) name of snapshot or filesystem

show_changetime : boolean

display the path's inode change time as the first column of output. (default = True)

show_indication : boolean

display an indication of the type of file. (default = True)

parsable : boolean

if true we don't parse the timestamp to a more readable date (default = True)

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.diff myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/mydataset

salt.modules.zfs.exists(name, **kwargs)

Check if a ZFS filesystem or volume or snapshot exists.

name : string

name of dataset

type : string

also check if dataset is of a certain type, valid choices are: filesystem, snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.exists myzpool/mydataset
salt '*' zfs.exists myzpool/myvolume type=volume

salt.modules.zfs.get(*dataset, **kwargs)

Displays properties for the given datasets.

dataset : string

name of snapshot(s), filesystem(s), or volume(s)

properties : string

comma-separated list of properties to list, defaults to all

recursive : boolean

recursively list children

depth : int

recursively list children to depth

fields : string

comma-separated list of fields to include, the name and property field will always be added

type : string

comma-separated list of types to display, where type is one of filesystem, snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.

source : string

comma-separated list of sources to display. Must be one of the following: local, default, inherited, temporary, and none. The default value is all sources.

parsable : boolean

display numbers in parsable (exact) values (default = True) .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0

Note

If no datasets are specified, then the command displays properties for all datasets on the system.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.get
salt '*' zfs.get myzpool/mydataset [recursive=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.get myzpool/mydataset properties="sharenfs,mountpoint" [recursive=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.get myzpool/mydataset myzpool/myotherdataset properties=available fields=value depth=1

salt.modules.zfs.hold(tag, *snapshot, **kwargs)

Adds a single reference, named with the tag argument, to the specified snapshot or snapshots.

Note

Each snapshot has its own tag namespace, and tags must be unique within that space.

If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by using the zfs destroy command return EBUSY.

tag : string

name of tag

snapshot : string

name of snapshot(s)

recursive : boolean

specifies that a hold with the given tag is applied recursively to the snapshots of all descendent file systems.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

As of 2018.3.1 the tag parameter no longer accepts a comma-separated value. It's is now possible to create a tag that contains a comma, this was impossible before.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.hold mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot [recursive=True]
salt '*' zfs.hold mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot myzpool/mydataset@myothersnapshot

salt.modules.zfs.holds(snapshot, **kwargs)

Lists all existing user references for the given snapshot or snapshots.

snapshot : string

name of snapshot

recursive : boolean

lists the holds that are set on the named descendent snapshots also.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.holds myzpool/mydataset@baseline

salt.modules.zfs.inherit(prop, name, **kwargs)

Clears the specified property

prop : string

name of property

name : string

name of the filesystem, volume, or snapshot

recursive : boolean

recursively inherit the given property for all children.

revert : boolean

revert the property to the received value if one exists; otherwise operate as if the -S option was not specified.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.inherit canmount myzpool/mydataset [recursive=True|False]

salt.modules.zfs.list_(name=None, **kwargs)

Return a list of all datasets or a specified dataset on the system and the values of their used, available, referenced, and mountpoint properties.

name : string

name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

recursive : boolean

recursively list children

depth : int

limit recursion to depth

properties : string

comma-separated list of properties to list, the name property will always be added

type : string

comma-separated list of types to display, where type is one of filesystem, snapshot, volume, bookmark, or all.

sort : string

property to sort on (default = name)

order : string [ascending|descending]

sort order (default = ascending)

parsable : boolean

display numbers in parsable (exact) values .. versionadded:: 2018.3.0

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.list
salt '*' zfs.list myzpool/mydataset [recursive=True|False]
salt '*' zfs.list myzpool/mydataset properties="sharenfs,mountpoint"

salt.modules.zfs.list_mount()

List mounted zfs filesystems

New in version 2018.3.1.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.list_mount

salt.modules.zfs.mount(name=None, **kwargs)

Mounts ZFS file systems

name : string

name of the filesystem, having this set to None will mount all filesystems. (this is the default)

overlay : boolean

perform an overlay mount.

options : string

optional comma-separated list of mount options to use temporarily for the duration of the mount.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

Passing '-a' as name is deprecated and will be removed in Sodium.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.mount
salt '*' zfs.mount myzpool/mydataset
salt '*' zfs.mount myzpool/mydataset options=ro

salt.modules.zfs.promote(name)

Promotes a clone file system to no longer be dependent on its "origin" snapshot.

Note

This makes it possible to destroy the file system that the clone was created from. The clone parent-child dependency relationship is reversed, so that the origin file system becomes a clone of the specified file system.

The snapshot that was cloned, and any snapshots previous to this snapshot, are now owned by the promoted clone. The space they use moves from the origin file system to the promoted clone, so enough space must be available to accommodate these snapshots. No new space is consumed by this operation, but the space accounting is adjusted. The promoted clone must not have any conflicting snapshot names of its own. The rename subcommand can be used to rename any conflicting snapshots.

name : string

name of clone-filesystem

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.promote myzpool/myclone

salt.modules.zfs.release(tag, *snapshot, **kwargs)

Removes a single reference, named with the tag argument, from the specified snapshot or snapshots.

Note

The tag must already exist for each snapshot. If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by using the zfs destroy command return EBUSY.

tag : string

name of tag

snapshot : string

name of snapshot(s)

recursive : boolean

recursively releases a hold with the given tag on the snapshots of all descendent file systems.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

As of 2018.3.1 the tag parameter no longer accepts a comma-separated value. It's is now possible to create a tag that contains a comma, this was impossible before.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.release mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot [recursive=True]
salt '*' zfs.release mytag myzpool/mydataset@mysnapshot myzpool/mydataset@myothersnapshot

salt.modules.zfs.rename(name, new_name, **kwargs)

Rename or Relocate a ZFS File System.

name : string

name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

new_name : string

new name of dataset, volume, or snapshot

force : boolean

force unmount any filesystems that need to be unmounted in the process.

create_parent : boolean

creates all the nonexistent parent datasets. Datasets created in this manner are automatically mounted according to the mountpoint property inherited from their parent.

recursive : boolean

recursively rename the snapshots of all descendent datasets. snapshots are the only dataset that can be renamed recursively.

New in version 2015.5.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.rename myzpool/mydataset myzpool/renameddataset

salt.modules.zfs.rollback(name, **kwargs)

Roll back the given dataset to a previous snapshot.

name : string

name of snapshot

recursive : boolean

destroy any snapshots and bookmarks more recent than the one specified.

recursive_all : boolean

destroy any more recent snapshots and bookmarks, as well as any clones of those snapshots.

force : boolean

used with the -R option to force an unmount of any clone file systems that are to be destroyed.

Warning

When a dataset is rolled back, all data that has changed since the snapshot is discarded, and the dataset reverts to the state at the time of the snapshot. By default, the command refuses to roll back to a snapshot other than the most recent one.

In order to do so, all intermediate snapshots and bookmarks must be destroyed by specifying the -r option.

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.rollback myzpool/mydataset@yesterday

salt.modules.zfs.set(*dataset, **kwargs)

Sets the property or list of properties to the given value(s) for each dataset.

dataset : string

name of snapshot(s), filesystem(s), or volume(s)

properties : string

additional zfs properties pairs

Note

properties are passed as key-value pairs. e.g.

compression=off

Note

Only some properties can be edited.

See the Properties section for more information on what properties can be set and acceptable values.

Numeric values can be specified as exact values, or in a human-readable form with a suffix of B, K, M, G, T, P, E (for bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes, or exabytes respectively).

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.set myzpool/mydataset compression=off
salt '*' zfs.set myzpool/mydataset myzpool/myotherdataset compression=off
salt '*' zfs.set myzpool/mydataset myzpool/myotherdataset compression=lz4 canmount=off

salt.modules.zfs.snapshot(*snapshot, **kwargs)

Creates snapshots with the given names.

snapshot : string

name of snapshot(s)

recursive : boolean

recursively create snapshots of all descendent datasets.

properties : dict

additional zfs properties (-o)

Note

ZFS properties can be specified at the time of creation of the filesystem by passing an additional argument called "properties" and specifying the properties with their respective values in the form of a python dictionary:

properties="{'property1': 'value1', 'property2': 'value2'}"

New in version 2016.3.0.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.snapshot myzpool/mydataset@yesterday [recursive=True]
salt '*' zfs.snapshot myzpool/mydataset@yesterday myzpool/myotherdataset@yesterday [recursive=True]

salt.modules.zfs.unmount(name, **kwargs)

Unmounts ZFS file systems

name : string

name of the filesystem, you can use None to unmount all mounted filesystems.

force : boolean

forcefully unmount the file system, even if it is currently in use.

Warning

Using -a for the name parameter will probably break your system, unless your rootfs is not on zfs.

New in version 2016.3.0.

Changed in version 2018.3.1.

Warning

Passing '-a' as name is deprecated and will be removed in Sodium.

CLI Example:

salt '*' zfs.unmount myzpool/mydataset [force=True|False]