Pool Related Commands # zpool create datapool c0t0d0Create a basic pool named datapool # zpool create -f datapool c0t0d0Force the creation of a pool # zpool create -m /data datapool c0t0d0Create a pool with a different mount point than the default. # zpool create datapool raidz c3t0d0 c3t1d0 c3t2d0Create RAID-Z vdev pool # zpool add datapool raidz c4t0d0 c4t1d0 c4t2d0Add RAID-Z vdev to pool datapool # zpool create datapool raidz1 c0t0d0 c0t1d0 c0t2d0 c0t3d0 c0t4d0 c0t5d0Create … [Read more...] about Solaris ZFS command line reference (Cheat sheet)
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How to share ZFS as NFS in Solaris 11
ZFS is the default file system when it comes to Solaris 11. In solaris 11, Oracle made it even easy to share ZFS as NFS file system. The major change that oracle made in NFS sharing is that it removed the dependency of /etc/dfs/dfstab to share NFS permanently. The file /etc/dfs/dfstab is obsolete in Solaris 11, so even if you make any changes to it, they are ignored. Solaris 11 makes use of SMF services to share the NFS file systems automatically while booting. In solaris 11 the ZFS file … [Read more...] about How to share ZFS as NFS in Solaris 11
How to replace a disk under ZFS in Solaris
How to replace a Failed disk under VxVM How to replace failed root disk under Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) Let us discuss 3 different cases for a disk failure under ZFS. 1. The drive went offline and came online. 2. Drive actually failed. New drive in place with same target number. 3. Drive actually failed. New drive in place with different target number. Drive went Offline and came online There might be a case when the drive goes offline and comes online and there is no actual hardware … [Read more...] about How to replace a disk under ZFS in Solaris
ZFS Tutorials : Creating ZFS snapshot and clones
ZFS snapshots zfs snapshot is a read-only copy of zfs file system or volume. They consume no extra space in the zfs pool and can be created instantly. They can be used to save a state of file system at particular point of time and can later be rolled back to exactly same state. You can also extract some of the files from the snapshot if required and not doing a complete roll back. Let us take a look at the steps involved in creating a snapshot of zfs file system. Creating and destroying … [Read more...] about ZFS Tutorials : Creating ZFS snapshot and clones
ZFS Tutorials : Creating ZFS pools and file systems
Creating a ZFS pool We can create a ZFS pool using different devices as: a. using whole disks b. using disk slices c. using files a. Using whole disks # echo | format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c1t0d0 /pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@0,0 1. c1t1d0 <VMware,-VMware Virtual S-1.0-1.00GB> /pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@1,0 2. c1t2d0 /pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@2,0 3. c1t3d0 … [Read more...] about ZFS Tutorials : Creating ZFS pools and file systems