[HOWTO] Instal ZFS-Plugin & use ZFS on OMV

I've imported the pool (Data), then I went into sharefolders, selected /Data then the subfolder and created the 4 sharefolders that you can see in the screenshot. Should I have folloewd a different path?

If I try to edit an existing sharefolder I get this error:

Failed to execute XPath query '//system/fstab/mntent[uuid='deeebb5e-adaf-4717-9912-1ec691d7120b']'.

Error #0:
OMV\Config\DatabaseException: Failed to execute XPath query '//system/fstab/mntent[uuid='deeebb5e-adaf-4717-9912-1ec691d7120b']'. in /usr/share/php/openmediavault/config/database.inc:78
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/sharemgmt.inc(233): OMV\Config\Database->get('conf.system.fil...', 'deeebb5e-adaf-4...')
#1 [internal function]: Engined\Rpc\ShareMgmt->get(Array, Array)
#2 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(123): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#3 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(86): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod('get', Array, Array)
#4 /usr/sbin/omv-engined(537): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call('ShareMgmt', 'get', Array, Array, 1)
#5 {main}

Maybe I wasn't clear:

1) I created the pool Data

2) I created 4 sharefolder using Data

3) Now I need to add a 5° sharedfolder but I can't select Data from the Device list, I can only see the backup disk.

I don't get why Data and the already created sharefolders are working even if

- I can't find Data in the device list to create a new sharefolder

- The 4 sharefolder instead of /Data or /Data/anime have n/a and I can't edit them. If I try to edit them I get the error of the preview post.

Update: not sure what happen but now I can see Data in the Device list

Hi,

I have a ODROID-HC with OMV5 installed.

It has a 1Tb disk and I just got a 4Tb to substitute it.

I 'm considering format this new disk as ZFS.

I 'd like to know if ZFS on OMV5 is stable to use, and if I will get any benefits on using it on a one-disk configuration. HC2 has only one SATA interface and only one disk.

Thanks.

Zitat von alexantao

I 'd like to know if ZFS on OMV5 is stable to use, and if I will get any benefits on using it on a one-disk configuration.

With ZFS on a one-disk-configuration you will get no self-healing feature because for that some redundancy information or a mirror is needed. But you could benefit of the checksum feature of ZFS. Therefore e.g. a hidden bitrot should be detected nevertheless by a scrub. But ZFS would not be able to repair it but you should then know that you have to restore the damaged file from backup.

Hi all, looking for a bit of help. I ran a FreeNAS system for about 3 or 4 years. Was all good until I wanted to upgrade - no matter what I did I couldn't get permissions working like i wanted. It was clearly an issue on my end but I moved to OMV using the ZFS plugin and haven't looked back - it just works.

All has gone well until I decided to add another vdev to my array. Currently I have 6x10tb drives in a Z2 pool. I am trying to add another vdev in the form of 12x6tb in a Z2 pool but am getting an error saying 'raidz contains devices of different sizes'. I thought as long as the drives in the vdev were the same size (which these are) then you could add them? I am using the expand button in the ZFS tab in OMV. What am i doing wrong or is what I am looking for not possible? I am using the PVE kernel and am on OMV4 running all the updates.

Any help appreciated.

Error #0:
OMV\ExecException: Failed to execute command 'export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin; export LANG=C.UTF-8; zpool add "NASPool" raidz2 ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1_WD-WX21DB509H6X ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WXN1H8464WML ata-WDC_WD60EFRX-68L0BN1_WD-WX11D389L200 ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WX11D55PXJ16 ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WX61D9783HX3 ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WX31D96KN40T ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1_WD-WX21D25HE0SU ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WX61DC742T8Y ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WX11D65CUYSU ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WXN1H844EA1N ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1_WD-WXA1D65E3KV0 ata-WDC_WD60EZRZ-00GZ5B1_WD-WX11DC6H1K3H 2>&1' with exit code '1': invalid vdev specification
use '-f' to override the following errors:
raidz contains devices of different sizes in /usr/share/php/openmediavault/system/process.inc:182
Stack trace:
#0 /usr/share/omvzfs/Utils.php(432): OMV\System\Process->execute(Array, 1)
#1 /usr/share/omvzfs/Zpool.php(101): OMVModuleZFSUtil::exec('zpool add "NASP...', Array, 1)
#2 /usr/share/openmediavault/engined/rpc/zfs.inc(496): OMVModuleZFSZpool->addVdev(Array, NULL)
#3 [internal function]: OMVRpcServiceZFS->expandPool(Array, Array)
#4 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/serviceabstract.inc(123): call_user_func_array(Array, Array)
#5 /usr/share/php/openmediavault/rpc/rpc.inc(86): OMV\Rpc\ServiceAbstract->callMethod('expandPool', Array, Array)
#6 /usr/sbin/omv-engined(537): OMV\Rpc\Rpc::call('ZFS', 'expandPool', Array, Array, 1)
#7 {main}

Zitat von osmononame

. What am i doing wrong or is what I am looking for not possible?

This is a known bug in the ZFS plugin. See here (just one example): https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/29036-omv5-zfs-unable-to-add-mirrored-vdev-to-pool/

Unfortunately ZFS is only rudimentarily supported in OMV. And that won't change until there is someone to take care of the plugin.

Hi!

I installed the script for creating auto-snaphots. May be you already use it too

apt install zfs-auto-snaphot

Does anyone get "Previous version" folder visible for shared zfs dataset via Samba on OMV?

I tried many variations of additional options in "smb/cifs" properties but couldn't get my autosnaphots visible.

https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs-auto-snapshot/wiki/Samba

Wanted to try ZFS, read last 4 pages and everything is fine. My algorithm:

• Install Proxmox kernel
• Reboot
• Remove non-Proxmox kernels
• Install plugin zfs
  • Realized that with new kernel I have a lot of updates (just in case install all of them)
  • Copy all my data from patient (WD RED 3TB bought it in 2014) to another drive
  • Remove all shared folders from OMV UI which located on patient
  • Unmount drive
• From SSH:
  • check disk sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdX
  • sudo zpool create -o ashift=12 zfs1 /dev/sdX
  • sudo zpool status
  • zfs set aclinherit=passthrough zfs1
  • zfs set acltype=posixacl zfs1
  • zfs set xattr=sa zfs1
  • zfs set compression=lz4 zfs1
  • zfs set atime=off zfs1
• Open UI and check displayed new device in 'File systems' and in ZFS plugin
• In ZFS plugin created new Filesystem as child of pool by pressing 'Add Object'
• Add this folder to 'Shared folders' and to 'Samba'

Right now copying my data back to zfs1 disk from another ext4 HDD.

From all these flags for zfs only 2 I checked very carefully and decided to give a try: atime=off and ashift=12, not sure how it will affect performance.

What I can see now after copying 40 GB back of my data and have to copy more (~900 GB)

1. ZFS uses 40% of RAM, previously (on ext4) was 20%. 40% without any operations

2. RAM utilization graphics looks like saw even without any operations

And maybe someone can explain me, why I have different amount of folders/files of the same data?

Just copied from ext4 to zfs via samba.

Different size - probably because compression=lz4, but folder and files...

Zitat von d13m

What I can see now after copying 40 GB back of my data and have to copy more (~900 GB)

1. ZFS uses 40% of RAM, previously (on ext4) was 20%. 40% without any operations

2. RAM utilization graphics looks like saw even without any operations

ZFS uses half of the RAM size as file cache per default. ZFS writes to disk only every 5 seconds (write flush). Therefore the RAM is heavily used as cache.

Zitat von d13m

And maybe someone can explain me, why I have different amount of folders/files of the same data?

I would say that this is not ZFS related and must have other reasons. If one file is copied from ext4 to ZFS you must see one additional file on ZFS.

Zitat von Shperrung

Does anyone get "Previous version" folder visible for shared zfs dataset via Samba on OMV?

Yes.