Native ZFS encryption (OpenZFS): create, inherit, change-key

encryption=on at create. Children inherit. On Linux, rotate with zfs change-key.

August 19, 2026 · 2 min

zfs send/recv from an unencrypted dataset into an encrypted one

No -w. -o encryption=on only on the first recv. The destination dataset name is required.

August 19, 2026 · 1 min