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    Solaris 10 ZFS Basic Example

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    This document provides instructions for setting up and configuring a ZFS storage pool and filesystems ("datasets") on Solaris 10. It describes creating a storage pool using spare disk partitions, creating datasets within the pool, adding devices to an existing pool, and monitoring and managing the ZFS file systems.

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    This document provides instructions for setting up and configuring a ZFS storage pool and filesystems ("datasets") on Solaris 10. It describes creating a storage pool using spare disk partitions, creating datasets within the pool, adding devices to an existing pool, and monitoring and managing the ZFS file systems.

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    This document provides instructions for setting up and configuring a ZFS storage pool and filesystems ("datasets") on Solaris 10. It describes creating a storage pool using spare disk partitions, creating datasets within the pool, adding devices to an existing pool, and monitoring and managing the ZFS file systems.

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    This document provides instructions for setting up and configuring a ZFS storage pool and filesystems ("datasets") on Solaris 10. It describes creating a storage pool using spare disk partitions, creating datasets within the pool, adding devices to an existing pool, and monitoring and managing the ZFS file systems.

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    QUESTION

    How can I set up and configure a ZFS storage pool under Solaris 10?

    ANSWER
    This is a brief example of setting up a ZFS storage
    pool and a couple of filesystems ("datasets") on Solaris 10.
    You'll need the Solaris Update 2 release (dated June 2006) or later, as ZFS was
    not in the earlier standard releases of Solaris 10.

    Useful documentation reference:-

    http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zfs/docs

    Once you have the Solaris system up and running, this is how to proceed:-

    1. You'll need a spare disk partition or two for the storage pool. You can
    use files (see mkfile) if you're stuck for spare hard partitions, but only for experimentation. The partitions
    will be OVERWRITTEN by this procedure.

    2. Login as root and create a storage pool using the spare partitions:-
    # zpool create lake c0t2d0s0 c0t2d0s1
    (The # indicates the type-in prompt)

    If the above partitions contain exiting file systems, you may need to use
    the -f (force) option:-
    # zpool create -f lake c0t2d0s0 c0t2d0s1

    The pool(called lake) has been created.

    3. Use zpool list to view your pool stats:-


    # zpool list
    NAME SIZE USED AVAIL CAP HEALTH ALTROOT
    lake 38.2G 32.5K 38.2G 0% ONLINE -
    A df listing will also show it:-
    # df -h /lake
    Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
    lake 38G 8K 38G 1% /lake

    4. Now create a file system within the pool (Sun call these datasets):-

    # zfs create lake/fa


    # zfs list
    NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
    lake 43.0K 38.0G 8.50K /lake
    lake/fa 8K 38.0G 8K /lake/fa

    To destroy a storage pool (AND ALL ITS DATA)


    # zpool destroy lake
    To destroy a dataset:-
    # zfs destroy lake/fa

    5. zpool can also create mirror devices:-


    # zpool create lake mirror c0t2d0s0 c0t2d0s1
    and something called RAID Z (similar to RAID 5):-

    # zpool create lake raidz c0t2d0s0 c0t2d0s1 c0t2d0s3

    6. To add further devices to a pool (not mirrors or RAIDZ - these must be extended only with similar
    datasets):-
    # zpool add lake c0t2d0s3 c0t2d0s4
    # zpool status
    pool: lake
    state: ONLINE
    scrub: none requested
    config:

    NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM


    lake ONLINE 0 0 0
    c0t2d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
    c0t2d0s1 ONLINE 0 0 0
    c0t2d0s3 ONLINE 0 0 0
    c0t2d0s4 ONLINE 0 0 0

    Note that datasets are automatically mounted, so no more


    updating of /etc/vfstab!

    You can also offline/online components, take snapshots (recursive since update 3), clone
    filesystems, and apply properties such as quotas, NFS sharing, etc.
    Entire pools can be exported, then imported on another system, Intel or SPARC.

    There are even built-in backup and restore facilities, not to mention
    performance tools:-

    # zpool iostat -v
    capacity operations bandwidth
    pool used avail read write read write
    ------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
    lake 305M 9.39G 0 0 43.7K 74.7K
    mirror 153M 4.69G 0 0 38.6K 37.5K
    c0t2d0s0 - - 0 0 39.1K 38.5K
    c0t2d0s1 - - 0 1 81 114K
    mirror 152M 4.69G 0 0 5.11K 37.5K
    c0t2d0s3 - - 0 0 5.13K 38.2K
    c0t2d0s4 - - 0 0 27 38.2K
    ------------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----

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