zpool-events8

Usage

Overview

Lists all recent events generated by the ZFS kernel modules. These events are consumed by the zed(8) and used to automate administrative tasks such as replacing a failed device with a hot spare. For more information about the subclasses and event payloads that can be generated see EVENTS and the following sections.

Options

-c

Clear all previous events.

-f

Follow mode.

-H

Scripted mode. Do not display headers, and separate fields by a single tab instead of arbitrary space.

-v

Print the entire payload for each event.

Events

These are the different event subclasses. The full event name would be ereport.fs.zfs.SUBCLASS, but only the last part is listed here.

checksum

Issued when a checksum error has been detected.

io

Issued when there is an I/O error in a vdev in the pool.

data

Issued when there have been data errors in the pool.

deadman

Issued when an I/O request is determined to be "hung", this can be caused by lost completion events due to flaky hardware or drivers. See zfs_deadman_failmode in zfs(4) for additional information regarding "hung" I/O detection and configuration.

delay

Issued when a completed I/O request exceeds the maximum allowed time specified by the zio_slow_io_ms module parameter. This can be an indicator of problems with the underlying storage device. The number of delay events is ratelimited by the zfs_slow_io_events_per_second module parameter.

dio_verify_rd

Issued when there was a checksum verify error after a Direct I/O read has been issued.

dio_verify_wr

Issued when there was a checksum verify error after a Direct I/O write has been issued. This event can only take place if the module parameter zfs_vdev_direct_write_verify is not set to zero. See zfs(4) for more details on the zfs_vdev_direct_write_verify module parameter.

config

Issued every time a vdev change have been done to the pool.

zpool

Issued when a pool cannot be imported.

zpool.destroy

Issued when a pool is destroyed.

zpool.export

Issued when a pool is exported.

zpool.import

Issued when a pool is imported.

zpool.reguid

Issued when a REGUID (new unique identifier for the pool have been regenerated) have been detected.

vdev.unknown

Issued when the vdev is unknown. Such as trying to clear device errors on a vdev that have failed/been kicked from the system/pool and is no longer available.

vdev.open_failed

Issued when a vdev could not be opened (because it didn't exist for example).

vdev.corrupt_data

Issued when corrupt data have been detected on a vdev.

vdev.no_replicas

Issued when there are no more replicas to sustain the pool. This would lead to the pool being DEGRADED.

vdev.bad_guid_sum

Issued when a missing device in the pool have been detected.

vdev.too_small

Issued when the system (kernel) have removed a device, and ZFS notices that the device isn't there any more. This is usually followed by a probe_failure event.

vdev.bad_label

Issued when the label is OK but invalid.

vdev.bad_ashift

Issued when the ashift alignment requirement has increased.

vdev.remove

Issued when a vdev is detached from a mirror (or a spare detached from a vdev where it have been used to replace a failed drive - only works if the original drive have been re-added).

vdev.clear

Issued when clearing device errors in a pool. Such as running zpool clear on a device in the pool.

vdev.check

Issued when a check to see if a given vdev could be opened is started.

vdev.spare

Issued when a spare have kicked in to replace a failed device.

vdev.autoexpand

Issued when a vdev can be automatically expanded.

io_failure

Issued when there is an I/O failure in a vdev in the pool.

probe_failure

Issued when a probe fails on a vdev. This would occur if a vdev have been kicked from the system outside of ZFS (such as the kernel have removed the device).

log_replay

Issued when the intent log cannot be replayed. The can occur in the case of a missing or damaged log device.

resilver.start

Issued when a resilver is started.

resilver.finish

Issued when the running resilver have finished.

scrub.start

Issued when a scrub is started on a pool.

scrub.finish

Issued when a pool has finished scrubbing.

scrub.abort

Issued when a scrub is aborted on a pool.

scrub.resume

Issued when a scrub is resumed on a pool.

scrub.paused

Issued when a scrub is paused on a pool.

bootfs.vdev.attach

Payloads

This is the payload (data, information) that accompanies an event.

For zed(8), these are set to uppercase and prefixed with ZEVENT_.

pool

Pool name.

pool_failmode

Failmode - wait, continue, or panic. See the failmode property in zpoolprops(7) for more information.

pool_guid

The GUID of the pool.

pool_context

The load state for the pool (0=none, 1=open, 2=import, 3=tryimport, 4=recover 5=error).

vdev_guid

The GUID of the vdev in question (the vdev failing or operated upon with zpool clear, etc.).

vdev_type

Type of vdev - disk, file, mirror, etc. See the Virtual Devices section of zpoolconcepts(7) for more information on possible values.

vdev_path

Full path of the vdev, including any -partX.

vdev_devid

ID of vdev (if any).

vdev_fru

Physical FRU location.

vdev_state

State of vdev (0=uninitialized, 1=closed, 2=offline, 3=removed, 4=failed to open, 5=faulted, 6=degraded, 7=healthy).

vdev_ashift

The ashift value of the vdev.

vdev_complete_ts

The time the last I/O request completed for the specified vdev.

vdev_delta_ts

The time since the last I/O request completed for the specified vdev.

vdev_spare_paths

List of spares, including full path and any -partX.

vdev_spare_guids

GUID(s) of spares.

vdev_read_errors

How many read errors that have been detected on the vdev.

vdev_write_errors

How many write errors that have been detected on the vdev.

vdev_cksum_errors

How many checksum errors that have been detected on the vdev.

parent_guid

GUID of the vdev parent.

parent_type

Type of parent. See vdev_type.

parent_path

Path of the vdev parent (if any).

parent_devid

ID of the vdev parent (if any).

zio_objset

The object set number for a given I/O request.

zio_object

The object number for a given I/O request.

zio_level

The indirect level for the block. Level 0 is the lowest level and includes data blocks. Values > 0 indicate metadata blocks at the appropriate level.

zio_blkid

The block ID for a given I/O request.

zio_err

The error number for a failure when handling a given I/O request, compatible with errno(3) with the value of EBADE used to indicate a ZFS checksum error.

zio_offset

The offset in bytes of where to write the I/O request for the specified vdev.

zio_size

The size in bytes of the I/O request.

zio_flags

The current flags describing how the I/O request should be handled. See the I/O FLAGS section for the full list of I/O flags.

zio_stage

The current stage of the I/O in the pipeline. See the I/O STAGES section for a full list of all the I/O stages.

zio_pipeline

The valid pipeline stages for the I/O. See the I/O STAGES section for a full list of all the I/O stages.

zio_delay

The time elapsed (in nanoseconds) waiting for the block layer to complete the I/O request. Unlike zio_delta, this does not include any vdev queuing time and is therefore solely a measure of the block layer performance.

zio_timestamp

The time when a given I/O request was submitted.

zio_delta

The time required to service a given I/O request.

prev_state

The previous state of the vdev.

cksum_algorithm

Checksum algorithm used. See zfsprops(7) for more information on the available checksum algorithms.

cksum_byteswap

Whether or not the data is byteswapped.

bad_ranges

[start, end) pairs of corruption offsets. Offsets are always aligned on a 64-bit boundary, and can include some gaps of non-corruption. (See bad_ranges_min_gap)

bad_ranges_min_gap

In order to bound the size of the bad_ranges array, gaps of non-corruption less than or equal to bad_ranges_min_gap bytes have been merged with adjacent corruption. Always at least 8 bytes, since corruption is detected on a 64-bit word basis.

bad_range_sets

This array has one element per range in bad_ranges. Each element contains the count of bits in that range which were clear in the good data and set in the bad data.

bad_range_clears

This array has one element per range in bad_ranges. Each element contains the count of bits for that range which were set in the good data and clear in the bad data.

bad_set_bits

If this field exists, it is an array of (bad data & ~(good data)); that is, the bits set in the bad data which are cleared in the good data. Each element corresponds a byte whose offset is in a range in bad_ranges, and the array is ordered by offset. Thus, the first element is the first byte in the first bad_ranges range, and the last element is the last byte in the last bad_ranges range.

bad_cleared_bits

Like bad_set_bits, but contains (good data & ~(bad data)); that is, the bits set in the good data which are cleared in the bad data.

I/o stages

The ZFS I/O pipeline is comprised of various stages which are defined below. The individual stages are used to construct these basic I/O operations: Read, Write, Free, Claim, Flush and Trim. These stages may be set on an event to describe the life cycle of a given I/O request.

I/o flags

Every I/O request in the pipeline contains a set of flags which describe its function and are used to govern its behavior. These flags will be set in an event as a zio_flags payload entry.