from what I can see is that its trying to do importing before the disks have been mapped because /etc/multipath.conf is being read just after zfs failed
Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Started Mount ZFS filesystems. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Starting Mount ZFS filesystems... Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Reached target ZFS pool import target. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Failed to start Import ZFS pools by cache file. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: zfs-import-cache.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: zfs-import-cache.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Dec 11 23:04:57 aio zpool[3622]: a backup source. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio zpool[3622]: Destroy and re-create the pool from Dec 11 23:04:57 aio zpool[3622]: cannot import 'ZFS3WAY': no such pool or dataset Dec 11 23:04:57 aio multipathd[3627]: path checkers start up Dec 11 23:04:57 aio multipathd[3627]: read /etc/multipath.conf Dec 11 23:04:57 aio multipathd[3627]: --------start up-------- Dec 11 23:04:57 aio kernel: rdac: device handler registered Dec 11 23:04:57 aio kernel: emc: device handler registered Dec 11 23:04:57 aio kernel: alua: device handler registered Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Starting Import ZFS pools by cache file... Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Started Install ZFS kernel module. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Starting Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller... Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Starting Install ZFS kernel module... Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Started udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio kernel: ZFS: Loaded module v0.8.2-1, ZFS pool version 5000, ZFS filesystem version 5 Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Forward Password Requests to Plymouth Directory Watch being skipped. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Show Plymouth Boot Screen being skipped. Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Starting LVM event activation on device 9:0... Dec 11 23:04:57 aio systemd[1]: Created slice system-lvm2\x2dpvscan.slice. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850130 Title: zpools fail to import after reboot on fresh install of eoan To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zfs-linux/+bug/1850130/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs