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+Quick and dirty script to check if ZFS-ZPools are "Online" (e.g. not degraded) or Missing.
+
+Requires: Bash 
+
+Install the ... template.xml in Zabbix
+
+
+Example crontab:
+```
+*/10 * * * *    root    /opt/scripts/zbx-zpool.bash main1,bulk1
+```
+First parameter is ","-delimited list of pools to check
+Optional second parameter allows to specifiy an alternate Zabbix-Server-address
+