ZPOOL-LABELCLEAR(8)

💖 zpool-labelclear(8) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the System Manager's Manual section for zpool-labelclear — yes she's a section 8 girly, and yes she is that girl. pull up a chair 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

zpool-labelclear — remove ZFS label information from device 🧹💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

zpool labelclear [-f] device

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. one command, one device, no notes 💜

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So basically: she removes ZFS label information from the device you point at. bye bye label, no cap. 🫶

and okay here's a lil extra detail that's lowkey important: if the device you're clearing is a cache device, she also yeets the L2ARC header (that's the persistent L2ARC, iykyk). so it's giving thorough. it's giving full clean. ✨

🚨 THE BIG RULE, bestie, please read this one: the device must not be part of an active pool configuration. like. it literally has to not be in an active pool. do not test her. do not be cute about it. 💀

here's the flag, and yes there's only one, she's a minimalist:

• -f — treat exported or foreign devices as inactive. so if your device is giving "hmm I'm exported" or "hmm I'm foreign", this flag is how you go "no babe you're inactive, it's fine, do the thing." 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the girlies in the same friend group, go say hi:

• zpool-destroy(8)
• zpool-detach(8)
• zpool-remove(8)
• zpool-replace(8)

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OpenZFS 🌟 — this lil masterpiece was dated July 11, 2022, and that's the whole ZPOOL-LABELCLEAR(8) moment. mwah. go clear some labels responsibly, bestie 🍓🧚💜