Provided by: zfsutils-linux_2.3.2-1ubuntu3_amd64 
NAME
zpool-remove — remove devices from ZFS storage pool
SYNOPSIS
zpool remove [-npw] pool device…
zpool remove -s pool
DESCRIPTION
zpool remove [-npw] pool device…
Removes the specified device from the pool. This command supports removing hot spare, cache,
log, and both mirrored and non-redundant primary top-level vdevs, including dedup and special
vdevs.
Top-level vdevs can only be removed if the primary pool storage does not contain a top-level
raidz vdev, all top-level vdevs have the same sector size, and the keys for all encrypted
datasets are loaded.
Removing a top-level vdev reduces the total amount of space in the storage pool. The specified
device will be evacuated by copying all allocated space from it to the other devices in the pool.
In this case, the zpool remove command initiates the removal and returns, while the evacuation
continues in the background. The removal progress can be monitored with zpool status. If an I/O
error is encountered during the removal process it will be canceled. The device_removal feature
flag must be enabled to remove a top-level vdev, see zpool-features(7).
A mirrored top-level device (log or data) can be removed by specifying the top- level mirror for
the same. Non-log devices or data devices that are part of a mirrored configuration can be
removed using the zpool detach command.
-n Do not actually perform the removal ("No-op"). Instead, print the estimated amount of
memory that will be used by the mapping table after the removal completes. This is
nonzero only for top-level vdevs.
-p Used in conjunction with the -n flag, displays numbers as parsable (exact) values.
-w Waits until the removal has completed before returning.
zpool remove -s pool
Stops and cancels an in-progress removal of a top-level vdev.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Removing a Mirrored top-level (Log or Data) Device
The following commands remove the mirrored log device mirror-2 and mirrored top-level data device
mirror-1.
Given this configuration:
pool: tank
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
sda ONLINE 0 0 0
sdb ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-1 ONLINE 0 0 0
sdc ONLINE 0 0 0
sdd ONLINE 0 0 0
logs
mirror-2 ONLINE 0 0 0
sde ONLINE 0 0 0
sdf ONLINE 0 0 0
The command to remove the mirrored log mirror-2 is:
# zpool remove tank mirror-2
At this point, the log device no longer exists (both sides of the mirror have been removed):
pool: tank
state: ONLINE
scan: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
sda ONLINE 0 0 0
sdb ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-1 ONLINE 0 0 0
sdc ONLINE 0 0 0
sdd ONLINE 0 0 0
The command to remove the mirrored data mirror-1 is:
# zpool remove tank mirror-1
After mirror-1 has been evacuated, the pool remains redundant, but the total amount of space is reduced:
pool: tank
state: ONLINE
scan: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
tank ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
sda ONLINE 0 0 0
sdb ONLINE 0 0 0
SEE ALSO
zpool-add(8), zpool-detach(8), zpool-labelclear(8), zpool-offline(8), zpool-replace(8), zpool-split(8)
OpenZFS March 16, 2022 ZPOOL-REMOVE(8)