ZPOOL-CHECKPOINT(8)

✨ zpool-checkpoint(8) ✨

okay bestie, so this is the zpool-checkpoint page from section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, and it's literally the "save point" button for your ZFS pool 💾✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

zpool-checkpoint — check-point current ZFS storage pool state. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it takes a lil snapshot of the pool's state so you can rewind to it later 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

zpool checkpoint [-d [-w]] pool

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Checkpoints the current state of pool, bestie. think of it as a lil bookmark you can rewind to later — you restore it with zpool import --rewind-to-checkpoint 🫶

okay so this is the part where I need you to lock in 🔒 — having a checkpoint sitting on a pool prohibits these zpool subcommands: remove, attach, detach, split, and reguid. like, they just won't go through. no cap. 💀

also, and this is important: it may break reservation boundaries if the pool lacks free space 😭 so keep an eye on that.

how do you know if you even have a checkpoint? zpool status will tell you — it indicates the existence of a checkpoint, or the progress of discarding a checkpoint from a pool. and if you wanna know how much space this lil guy is eating, zpool list can be used to check how much space the checkpoint takes from the pool 👑✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -d, --discard — Discards an existing checkpoint from pool. bye bye bookmark 🗑️✨
• -w, --wait — Waits until the checkpoint has finished being discarded before returning. it's giving "patient main character energy" 🧚

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• zfs-snapshot(8)
• zpool-import(8)
• zpool-status(8)

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💜 ngl that's the whole page. go forth and checkpoint responsibly, queen. 🔥

OpenZFS 🦋 July 11, 2022 🌸 — mwah, that's the version and date, and the manual name is ZPOOL-CHECKPOINT(8) if you were wondering. periodt. 💅✨