ZPOOL-DESTROY(8)

💅 ZPOOL-DESTROY — ok bestie, we're deleting a whole pool

section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, ZFS girlies only, iykyk 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

zpool-destroy — destroy a ZFS storage pool 💀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

zpool destroy [-f] pool

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so. this command destroys the given pool, which frees up any devices for other use. the whole thing. gone. not me being dramatic, that's literally what it does 😭

it also tries to unmount any active datasets before destroying the pool — like, it's being polite about it, giving them a heads up first.

• -f — forcefully unmount all active datasets. no negotiating, no asking twice, we're going in 💅

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🦋 EXAMPLES 🦋

Example 1: Destroying a ZFS Storage Pool

the following command destroys the pool tank and any datasets contained within:

# zpool destroy -f tank

the way that one line takes out the entire tank pool and everything inside it… main character energy fr fr 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this absolute icon of a manual page is brought to you by OpenZFS, dated July 11, 2022 — shoutout to the ZPOOL-DESTROY(8) girlies, stay slay, and please double-check which pool you typed before you hit enter 💖✨🎀🦋