primarily in order to warn users booting from ZFS with grub.
Signed-off-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.iva...@proxmox.com>
Reviewed-By: Aaron Lauterer <a.laute...@proxmox.com>
---
* incorporated Dylan's excellent and almost sed'able feedback
* added Aaron's Reviewed-By tag despite sending a v2, since the content
did not change - hope that's ok
local-zfs.adoc | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/local-zfs.adoc b/local-zfs.adoc
index 4819678..2b6042f 100644
--- a/local-zfs.adoc
+++ b/local-zfs.adoc
@@ -699,3 +699,38 @@ in the pool will opt in for small file blocks).
----
# zfs set special_small_blocks=0 <pool>/<filesystem>
----
+
+[[sysadmin_zfs_features]]
+ZFS Pool Features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Changes to the on-disk format in ZFS are only made between major version
changes
+and are specified through *features*. All features, as well as the general
+mechanism are well documented in the `zpool-features(5)` manpage.
+
+Since enabling new features can render a pool not importable by an older
version
+of ZFS, this needs to be done actively by the administrator, by running
+`zpool upgrade` on the pool (see the `zpool-upgrade(8)` manpage).
+
+Unless you need to use one of the new features, there is no upside to enabling
+them.
+
+In fact, there are some downsides to enabling new features:
+
+* A system with root on ZFS, that still boots using `grub` will become
+ unbootable if a new feature is active on the rpool, due to the incompatible
+ implementation of ZFS in grub.
+* The system will not be able to boot with an older kernel, which still ships
+ with the old ZFS modules.
+* Booting an older {pve} ISO to repair a non-booting system will likewise not
+ work.
+
+IMPORTANT: Do not upgrade your rpool if your system is still booted with
`grub`,
+as this will render your system unbootable. This includes systems installed
+before {pve} 5.4, and systems booting with legacy BIOS boot (see
+xref:sysboot_determine_bootloader_used[how to determine the bootloader]).
+
+.Enable new features for a pool:
+----
+# zpool upgrade <pool>
+----
--
2.20.1
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