diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 33b510d..f0de17b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ default for SSH transport since v1.4.6. Syncoid runs will fail if one of them
 is not available on either end of the transport.
 
 On Ubuntu: apt install pv lzop mbuffer
-On CentOS: yum install lzo pv mbuffer lzop
+On CentOS: yum install lzo pv mbuffer lzop perl-Data-Dumper
 On FreeBSD: pkg install pv mbuffer lzop
 
 FreeBSD notes: FreeBSD may place pv and lzop in somewhere other than
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a551c38..b8c1697 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,10 +132,18 @@ As of 1.4.18, syncoid also automatically supports and enables resume of interrup
 
 	This is the destination dataset. It can be either local or remote.
 
++ --identifier=
+
+	Adds the given identifier to the snapshot name after "syncoid_" prefix and before the hostname. This enables the use case of reliable replication to multiple targets from the same host. The following chars are allowed: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, -, : and . .
+
 + -r --recursive
 
 	This will also transfer child datasets.
 
++ --skip-parent
+
+	This will skip the syncing of the parent dataset. Does nothing without '--recursive' option.
+
 + --compress <compression type>
 
 	Currently accepted options: gzip, pigz-fast, pigz-slow, lzo (default) & none. If the selected compression method is unavailable on the source and destination, no compression will be used.
diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index e3b3591..fcbb630 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -976,6 +976,11 @@ sub check_zpool() {
 			## other cases
 			my ($dev, $sta) = /^\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)/;
 
+			if (!defined($sta)) {
+				# cache and logs are special and don't have a status
+				next;
+			}
+
 			## pool online, not degraded thanks to dead/corrupted disk
 			if ($state eq "OK" && $sta eq "UNAVAIL") {
 				$state="WARNING";
@@ -1111,7 +1116,7 @@ sub checklock {
 	# make sure lockfile contains something
 	if ( -z $lockfile) {
 	        # zero size lockfile, something is wrong
-	        die "ERROR: something is wrong! $lockfile is empty\n"; 
+	        die "ERROR: something is wrong! $lockfile is empty\n";
 	}
 
 	# lockfile exists. read pid and mutex from it. see if it's our pid.  if not, see if
diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 327a740..af31d70 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use Sys::Hostname;
 my %args = ('sshkey' => '', 'sshport' => '', 'sshcipher' => '', 'sshoption' => [], 'target-bwlimit' => '', 'source-bwlimit' => '');
 GetOptions(\%args, "no-command-checks", "monitor-version", "compress=s", "dumpsnaps", "recursive|r",
                    "source-bwlimit=s", "target-bwlimit=s", "sshkey=s", "sshport=i", "sshcipher|c=s", "sshoption|o=s@",
-                   "debug", "quiet", "no-stream", "no-sync-snap", "no-clone-rollback", "no-rollback", "no-resume", "exclude=s@") or pod2usage(2);
+                   "debug", "quiet", "no-stream", "no-sync-snap", "no-resume", "exclude=s@", "skip-parent", "identifier=s", "no-clone-rollback", "no-rollback") or pod2usage(2);
 
 my %compressargs = %{compressargset($args{'compress'} || 'default')}; # Can't be done with GetOptions arg, as default still needs to be set
 
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ if (length $args{'sshkey'}) {
 }
 my $sshoptions = join " ", map { "-o " . $_ } @{$args{'sshoption'}}; # deref required
 
+my $identifier = "";
+if (length $args{'identifier'}) {
+	if ($args{'identifier'} !~ /^[a-zA-Z0-9-_:.]+$/) {
+		# invalid extra identifier
+		print("CRITICAL: extra identifier contains invalid chars!\n");
+		pod2usage(2);
+		exit 127;
+	}
+	$identifier = "$args{'identifier'}_";
+}
+
 # figure out if source and/or target are remote.
 $sshcmd = "$sshcmd $args{'sshcipher'} $sshoptions $args{'sshport'} $args{'sshkey'}";
 if ($debug) { print "DEBUG: SSHCMD: $sshcmd\n"; }
@@ -141,6 +152,11 @@ sub getchilddatasets {
 	my @children = <FH>;
 	close FH;
 
+	if (defined $args{'skip-parent'}) {
+		# parent dataset is the first element
+		shift @children;
+	}
+
 	if (defined $args{'exclude'}) {
 		my $excludes = $args{'exclude'};
 		foreach (@$excludes) {
@@ -849,7 +865,7 @@ sub pruneoldsyncsnaps {
 
 	# only prune snaps beginning with syncoid and our own hostname
 	foreach my $snap(@snaps) {
-		if ($snap =~ /^syncoid_\Q$hostid\E/) {
+		if ($snap =~ /^syncoid_\Q$identifier$hostid\E/) {
 			# no matter what, we categorically refuse to
 			# prune the new sync snap we created for this run
 			if ($snap ne $newsyncsnap) {
@@ -935,7 +951,7 @@ sub newsyncsnap {
 	if ($isroot) { $mysudocmd = ''; } else { $mysudocmd = $sudocmd; }
 	my $hostid = hostname();
 	my %date = getdate();
-	my $snapname = "syncoid\_$hostid\_$date{'stamp'}";
+	my $snapname = "syncoid\_$identifier$hostid\_$date{'stamp'}";
 	my $snapcmd = "$rhost $mysudocmd $zfscmd snapshot $fsescaped\@$snapname\n";
 	system($snapcmd) == 0
 		or die "CRITICAL ERROR: $snapcmd failed: $?";
@@ -1173,7 +1189,9 @@ syncoid - ZFS snapshot replication tool
 Options:
 
   --compress=FORMAT     Compresses data during transfer. Currently accepted options are gzip, pigz-fast, pigz-slow, lzo (default) & none
+  --identifier=EXTRA    Extra identifier which is included in the snapshot name. Can be used for replicating to multiple targets.
   --recursive|r         Also transfers child datasets
+  --skip-parent         Skips syncing of the parent dataset. Does nothing without '--recursive' option.
   --source-bwlimit=<limit k|m|g|t>  Bandwidth limit on the source transfer
   --target-bwlimit=<limit k|m|g|t>  Bandwidth limit on the target transfer
   --no-stream           Replicates using newest snapshot instead of intermediates