ZTEST(1)                FreeBSD General Commands Manual               ZTEST(1)

NAME
     ztest - was written by the ZFS Developers as a ZFS unit test

SYNOPSIS
     ztest [-VEG] [-v vdevs] [-s size_of_each_vdev] [-a alignment_shift]
           [-m mirror_copies] [-r raidz_disks/draid_disks] [-R raid_parity]
           [-K raid_kind] [-D draid_data] [-S draid_spares]
           [-C vdev_class_state] [-d datasets] [-t threads]
           [-g gang_block_threshold] [-i initialize_pool_i_times]
           [-k kill_percentage] [-p pool_name] [-T time] [-z zil_failure_rate]

DESCRIPTION
     ztest was written by the ZFS Developers as a ZFS unit test.  The tool was
     developed in tandem with the ZFS functionality and was executed nightly
     as one of the many regression test against the daily build.  As features
     were added to ZFS, unit tests were also added to ztest.  In addition, a
     separate test development team wrote and executed more functional and
     stress tests.

     By default ztest runs for ten minutes and uses block files (stored in
     /tmp) to create pools rather than using physical disks.  Block files
     afford ztest its flexibility to play around with zpool components without
     requiring large hardware configurations.  However, storing the block
     files in /tmp may not work for you if you have a small tmp directory.

     By default is non-verbose.  This is why entering the command above will
     result in ztest quietly executing for 5 minutes.  The -V option can be
     used to increase the verbosity of the tool.  Adding multiple -V options
     is allowed and the more you add the more chatty ztest becomes.

     After the ztest run completes, you should notice many ztest.* files lying
     around.  Once the run completes you can safely remove these files.  Note
     that you shouldn't remove these files during a run.  You can re-use these
     files in your next ztest run by using the -E option.

OPTIONS
     -h, -?, --help
           Print a help summary.

     -v, --vdevs= (default: 5)
           Number of vdevs.

     -s, --vdev-size= (default: 64M)
           Size of each vdev.

     -a, --alignment-shift= (default: 9) (use 0 for random)
           Alignment shift used in test.

     -m, --mirror-copies= (default: 2)
           Number of mirror copies.

     -r, --raid-disks= (default: 4 for raidz/16 for draid)
           Number of raidz/draid disks.

     -R, --raid-parity= (default: 1)
           Raid parity (raidz & draid).

     -K, --raid-kind=raidz|draid|random (default: random)
           The kind of RAID config to use.  With random the kind alternates
           between raidz and draid.

     -D, --draid-data= (default: 4)
           Number of data disks in a dRAID redundancy group.

     -S, --draid-spares= (default: 1)
           Number of dRAID distributed spare disks.

     -d, --datasets= (default: 7)
           Number of datasets.

     -t, --threads= (default: 23)
           Number of threads.

     -g, --gang-block-threshold= (default: 32K)
           Gang block threshold.

     -i, --init-count= (default: 1)
           Number of pool initializations.

     -k, --kill-percentage= (default: 70%)
           Kill percentage.

     -p, --pool-name= (default: ztest)
           Pool name.

     -f, --vdev-file-directory= (default: /tmp)
           File directory for vdev files.

     -M, --multi-host
           Multi-host; simulate pool imported on remote host.

     -E, --use-existing-pool
           Use existing pool (use existing pool instead of creating new one).

     -T, --run-time= (default: 300s)
           Total test run time.

     -P, --pass-time= (default: 60s)
           Time per pass.

     -F, --freeze-loops= (default: 50)
           Max loops in spa_freeze().

     -B, --alt-ztest=
           Alternate ztest path.

     -C, --vdev-class-state=on|off|random (default: random)
           The vdev allocation class state.

     -o, --option=variable=value
           Set global variable to an unsigned 32-bit integer value (little-
           endian only).

     -G, --dump-debug
           Dump zfs_dbgmsg buffer before exiting due to an error.

     -V, --verbose
           Verbose (use multiple times for ever more verbosity).

EXAMPLES
     To override /tmp as your location for block files, you can use the -f
     option:
           # ztest -f /

     To get an idea of what ztest is actually testing try this:
           # ztest -f / -VVV

     Maybe you'd like to run ztest for longer? To do so simply use the -T
     option and specify the runlength in seconds like so:
           # ztest -f / -V -T 120

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     ZFS_HOSTID=id
         Use id instead of the SPL hostid to identify this host.  Intended for
         use with ztest, but this environment variable will affect any utility
         which uses libzpool, including zpool(8).  Since the kernel is unaware
         of this setting, results with utilities other than ztest are
         undefined.

     ZFS_STACK_SIZE=stacksize
         Limit the default stack size to stacksize bytes for the purpose of
         detecting and debugging kernel stack overflows.  This value defaults
         to 32K which is double the default 16K Linux kernel stack size.

         In practice, setting the stack size slightly higher is needed because
         differences in stack usage between kernel and user space can lead to
         spurious stack overflows (especially when debugging is enabled).  The
         specified value will be rounded up to a floor of PTHREAD_STACK_MIN
         which is the minimum stack required for a NULL procedure in user
         space.

         By default the stack size is limited to 256K.

SEE ALSO
     zdb(1), zfs(1), zpool(1), spl(4)

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6          May 26, 2021          FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6