You don't need to export the pool on shutdown. Even an unclean shutdown should survive automatically on the reboot.
I can't think of a reason ZFS would fail like you describe. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Walter Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have 2.4.2 installed on an SG-2220 from Netgate [nice box]. I just bought > a 6TB powered USB drive from Costco and it works great (the drive has its > own power supply and a USB hub). I want to use it take ZFS backups from my > home server. > > I edited /boot/loader.conf.local and /etc/rc.conf.local to load ZFS on boot > and created a pool and a file system. That worked, but the memory ran low > so I restricted the ARC cache to 1G to keep a bit more memory free and > rebooted. When the system rebooted it did not remount the pool (and > therefore the file system) because the pool what marked as in use by > another system (itself). That means that the pool was not properly > exported/umounted at shutdown. > > Taking a quick look a rc.shutdown, I notice that it calls a customized > pfsense shutdown script at the beginning and then exits. Is there a good > place in the configuration where I can put/call the proper zfs shutdown > script so that the pool is properly stopped/exported so that it imports > correctly on boot? > > > Walter > > -- > The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of > zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. -- Justice Louis D. > Brandeis > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
