Creating new ZFS pool(s)
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:25 pm
1. Find available devices (disks) using "format" command:
2. Choose the unused device(s) to create a new pool:
3. Use "zpool status -v" to check pool status and device information:
4. Use "df" to check disk block and file information and verify new pool is in the list:
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orazone01:/%format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c3t3EDC40EB4E13BFC7d0 <LSI-LogicalVolume-3000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 64 sec 139>
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@e/scsi@0/iport@v0/disk@w3edc40eb4e13bfc7,0
1. c3t3718410C46D7BFE8d0 <LSI-LogicalVolume-3000 cyl 65533 alt 2 hd 64 sec 139>
/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@e/scsi@0/iport@v0/disk@w3718410c46d7bfe8,0
2. c4t2d3 <drive not available>
/pci@500/pci@2/pci@0/pci@a/SUNW,emlxs@0/fp@0,0/ssd@w202500a0b875f936,3
Specify disk (enter its number):
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zpool create zonepool c3t3EDC40EB4E13BFC7d0
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orazone01:/%zpool status -v
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
c3t3718410C46D7BFE8d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
pool: zonepool
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
zonepool ONLINE 0 0 0
c3t3EDC40EB4E13BFC7d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
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orazone01:/%df -h
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
rpool/ROOT/root_ds 272G 5.8G 261G 3% /
/devices 0K 0K 0K 0% /devices
ctfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/contract
proc 0K 0K 0K 0% /proc
mnttab 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 50G 816K 50G 1% /etc/svc/volatile
objfs 0K 0K 0K 0% /system/object
sharefs 0K 0K 0K 0% /etc/dfs/sharetab
/platform/sun4v/lib/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap2.so.1
266G 5.8G 261G 3% /platform/sun4v/lib/libc_psr.so.1
/platform/sun4v/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr/libc_psr_hwcap2.so.1
266G 5.8G 261G 3% /platform/sun4v/lib/sparcv9/libc_psr.so.1
fd 0K 0K 0K 0% /dev/fd
rpool/ROOT/root_ds/var
272G 199M 261G 1% /var
swap 50G 17M 50G 1% /tmp
swap 50G 56K 50G 1% /var/run
rpool/export 272G 23K 261G 1% /export
rpool/export/home 272G 1.1G 261G 1% /export/home
rpool 272G 96K 261G 1% /rpool
zonepool 274G 21K 274G 1% /zonepool