A script to test the health of ZFS pools.

zfs_report.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This script checks the state of all zpools. If an error is found, it
# emails the contents of zpool status to the administrator.

mkdir -p ~/.zpool_status
cd ~/.zpool_status

result=`zpool status -x`

if [ "$result" == "all pools are healthy" ]; then
    exit 0
else
    zpool status > status.txt
    send_email status.txt
fi