Get all zfs and zpool attributes

It is often useful to get a complete listing of all attributes pertaining to a ZFS pool or share in Solaris. ZFS provides an easy way to do this using the “get” parameter. An example of getting attributes on a zpool:

root@solaris:~# zfs get all pool
NAME  PROPERTY              VALUE                  SOURCE
pool  type                  filesystem             -
pool  creation              Thu Jul 28  4:26 2011  -
pool  used                  233K                   -
pool  available             357M                   -
pool  referenced            41.4K                  -
pool  compressratio         1.00x                  -
pool  mounted               yes                    -
pool  quota                 none                   default
pool  reservation           none                   default
pool  recordsize            128K                   default
pool  mountpoint            /pool                  default
pool  sharenfs              off                    default
pool  checksum              on                     default
pool  compression           off                    default
pool  atime                 on                     default
pool  devices               on                     default
pool  exec                  on                     default
pool  setuid                on                     default
pool  readonly              off                    default
pool  zoned                 off                    default
pool  snapdir               hidden                 default
pool  aclinherit            restricted             default
pool  canmount              on                     default
pool  xattr                 on                     default
pool  copies                1                      default
pool  version               5                      -
pool  utf8only              off                    -
pool  normalization         none                   -
pool  casesensitivity       sensitive              -
pool  vscan                 off                    default
pool  nbmand                off                    default
pool  sharesmb              off                    default
pool  refquota              none                   default
pool  refreservation        none                   default
pool  primarycache          all                    default
pool  secondarycache        all                    default
pool  usedbysnapshots       0                      -
pool  usedbydataset         41.4K                  -
pool  usedbychildren        192K                   -
pool  usedbyrefreservation  0                      -
pool  logbias               latency                default
pool  dedup                 off                    default
pool  mlslabel              none                   default
pool  sync                  standard               default
pool  encryption            off                    -
pool  keysource             none                   default
pool  keystatus             none                   -
pool  rekeydate             -                      default
pool  rstchown              on                     default

This can also be performed on a share within a pool. It is important to note that there is often inheritance that takes place. If an attribute is set on the pool, and a share is created within the pool, the share will inherit the attributes from the pool.

Solaris ZFS uses attribute based features which greatly improves file system management.