Replication Features of a ZFS Storage Pool

Managing ZFS File Systems in Oracle^® Solaris 11.2

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Chapter 1 Oracle Solaris ZFS File System (Introduction)

What's New in ZFS for Oracle Solaris?

What Is Oracle Solaris ZFS?

ZFS Pooled Storage

Transactional Semantics

Checksums and Self-Healing Data

Unparalleled Scalability

ZFS Snapshots

Simplified Administration

ZFS Terminology

ZFS Component Naming Requirements

Oracle Solaris ZFS and Traditional File System Differences

ZFS File System Granularity

ZFS Disk Space Accounting

Out of Space Behavior

Mounting ZFS File Systems

Traditional Volume Management

Solaris ACL Model Based on NFSv4

Chapter 2 Getting Started With Oracle Solaris ZFS

ZFS Rights Profiles

ZFS Hardware and Software Requirements and Recommendations

Creating a Basic ZFS File System

Creating a Basic ZFS Storage Pool

How to Identify Storage Requirements for Your ZFS Storage Pool

How to Create a ZFS Storage Pool

Creating a ZFS File System Hierarchy

How to Determine Your ZFS File System Hierarchy

How to Create ZFS File Systems

Chapter 3 Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS Storage Pools

Components of a ZFS Storage Pool

Using Disks in a ZFS Storage Pool

Using Slices in a ZFS Storage Pool

Using Files in a ZFS Storage Pool

Considerations for ZFS Storage Pools

Replication Features of a ZFS Storage Pool

Mirrored Storage Pool Configuration

RAID-Z Storage Pool Configuration

ZFS Hybrid Storage Pool

Self-Healing Data in a Redundant Configuration

Dynamic Striping in a Storage Pool

Creating and Destroying ZFS Storage Pools

Creating ZFS Storage Pools

Creating a Basic Storage Pool

Creating a Mirrored Storage Pool

Creating a ZFS Root Pool

Creating a RAID-Z Storage Pool

Creating a ZFS Storage Pool With Log Devices

Creating a ZFS Storage Pool With Cache Devices

Cautions For Creating Storage Pools

Displaying Storage Pool Virtual Device Information

Handling ZFS Storage Pool Creation Errors

Detecting In-Use Devices

Mismatched Replication Levels

Doing a Dry Run of Storage Pool Creation

Default Mount Point for Storage Pools

Destroying ZFS Storage Pools

Destroying a Pool With Unavailable Devices

Managing Devices in ZFS Storage Pools

Adding Devices to a Storage Pool

Attaching and Detaching Devices in a Storage Pool

Creating a New Pool By Splitting a Mirrored ZFS Storage Pool

Onlining and Offlining Devices in a Storage Pool

Taking a Device Offline

Bringing a Device Online

Clearing Storage Pool Device Errors

Replacing Devices in a Storage Pool

Designating Hot Spares in Your Storage Pool

Activating and Deactivating Hot Spares in Your Storage Pool

Managing ZFS Storage Pool Properties

Querying ZFS Storage Pool Status

Displaying Information About ZFS Storage Pools

Displaying Information About All Storage Pools or a Specific Pool

Displaying Pool Devices by Physical Locations

Displaying Specific Storage Pool Statistics

Scripting ZFS Storage Pool Output

Displaying ZFS Storage Pool Command History

Viewing I/O Statistics for ZFS Storage Pools

Listing Pool-Wide I/O Statistics

Listing Virtual Device I/O Statistics

Determining the Health Status of ZFS Storage Pools

Basic Storage Pool Health Status

Detailed Health Status

Gathering ZFS Storage Pool Status Information

Migrating ZFS Storage Pools

Preparing for ZFS Storage Pool Migration

Exporting a ZFS Storage Pool

Determining Available Storage Pools to Import

Importing ZFS Storage Pools From Alternate Directories

Importing ZFS Storage Pools

Importing a Pool With a Missing Log Device

Importing a Pool in Read-Only Mode

Importing a Pool By a Specific Device Path

Recovering Destroyed ZFS Storage Pools

Upgrading ZFS Storage Pools

Chapter 4 Managing ZFS Root Pool Components

About Managing ZFS Root Pool Components

Identifying ZFS Root Pool Requirements

ZFS Root Pool Space Requirements

ZFS Root Pool Configuration Requirements

Managing Your ZFS Root Pool

Installing a ZFS Root Pool

How to Update Your ZFS Boot Environment

How to Mount an Alternate BE

How to Configure a Mirrored Root Pool (SPARC or x86/VTOC)

How to Configure a Mirrored Root Pool (x86/EFI (GPT))

How to Replace a Disk in a ZFS Root Pool (SPARC or x86/VTOC)

How to Replace a Disk in a ZFS Root Pool (SPARC or x86/EFI (GPT))

How to Create a BE in Another Root Pool (SPARC or x86/EFI (GPT))

Managing Your ZFS Swap and Dump Devices

Adjusting the Sizes of Your ZFS Swap and Dump Devices

Troubleshooting ZFS Dump Device Issues

Booting From a ZFS Root File System

Booting From an Alternate Disk in a Mirrored ZFS Root Pool

Booting From a ZFS Root File System on a SPARC Based System

Booting From a ZFS Root File System on an x86 Based System

Booting For Recovery Purposes in a ZFS Root Environment

How to Boot the System For Recovery Purposes

Chapter 5 Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS File Systems

Managing ZFS File Systems

Creating, Destroying, and Renaming ZFS File Systems

Creating a ZFS File System

Destroying a ZFS File System

Renaming a ZFS File System

Introducing ZFS Properties

ZFS Read-Only Native Properties

The used Property

Settable ZFS Native Properties

The canmount Property

The casesensitivity Property

The copies Property

The dedup Property

The encryption Property

The recordsize Property

The share.smb Property

The volsize Property

ZFS User Properties

Querying ZFS File System Information

Listing Basic ZFS Information

Creating Complex ZFS Queries

Managing ZFS Properties

Setting ZFS Properties

Inheriting ZFS Properties

Querying ZFS Properties

Querying ZFS Properties for Scripting

Mounting ZFS File Systems

Managing ZFS Mount Points

Automatic Mount Points

Legacy Mount Points

Mounting ZFS File Systems

Using Temporary Mount Properties

Unmounting ZFS File Systems

Sharing and Unsharing ZFS File Systems

Legacy ZFS Sharing Syntax

New ZFS Sharing Syntax

ZFS Sharing with Per-Property Inheritance

ZFS Sharing Inheritance in Older Pools

ZFS Named Shares

ZFS Automatic Shares

Displaying ZFS Share Information

Changing ZFS Share Property Values

Publishing and Unpublishing ZFS Shares

Removing a ZFS Share

ZFS File Sharing Within a Non-Global Zone

ZFS Sharing Migration/Transition Issues

Troubleshooting ZFS File System Sharing Problems

Setting ZFS Quotas and Reservations

Setting Quotas on ZFS File Systems

Setting User and Group Quotas on a ZFS File System

Setting Reservations on ZFS File Systems

Encrypting ZFS File Systems

Changing an Encrypted ZFS File System's Keys

Managing ZFS Encryption Keys

Delegating ZFS Key Operation Permissions

Mounting an Encrypted ZFS File System

Upgrading Encrypted ZFS File Systems

Interactions Between ZFS Compression, Deduplication, and Encryption Properties

Examples of Encrypting ZFS File Systems

Migrating ZFS File Systems

How to Migrate a File System to a ZFS File System

Troubleshooting ZFS File System Migrations

Upgrading ZFS File Systems

Chapter 6 Working With Oracle Solaris ZFS Snapshots and Clones

Overview of ZFS Snapshots

Creating and Destroying ZFS Snapshots

Holding ZFS Snapshots

Renaming ZFS Snapshots

Displaying and Accessing ZFS Snapshots

Disk Space Accounting for ZFS Snapshots

Rolling Back a ZFS Snapshot

Identifying ZFS Snapshot Differences (zfs diff)

Overview of ZFS Clones

Creating a ZFS Clone

Destroying a ZFS Clone

Replacing a ZFS File System With a ZFS Clone

Sending and Receiving ZFS Data

Saving ZFS Data With Other Backup Products

Identifying ZFS Snapshot Streams

Sending a ZFS Snapshot

Receiving a ZFS Snapshot

Monitoring the Progress of ZFS Send Streams

Applying Different Property Values to a ZFS Snapshot Stream

Sending and Receiving Complex ZFS Snapshot Streams

Remote Replication of ZFS Data

Chapter 7 Using ACLs and Attributes to Protect Oracle Solaris ZFS Files

Solaris ACL Model

Syntax Descriptions for Setting ACLs

ZFS ACL Sets

ACL Inheritance

ACL Properties

Setting ACLs on ZFS Files

Setting and Displaying ACLs on ZFS Files in Verbose Format

Setting ACL Inheritance on ZFS Files in Verbose Format

Setting and Displaying ACLs on ZFS Files in Compact Format

Applying Special Attributes to ZFS Files

Chapter 8 Oracle Solaris ZFS Delegated Administration

Overview of ZFS Delegated Administration

Disabling ZFS Delegated Permissions

Delegating ZFS Permissions

Delegating ZFS Permissions (zfs allow)

Removing ZFS Delegated Permissions (zfs unallow)

Delegating ZFS Permissions Examples

Displaying ZFS Delegated Permissions Examples

Removing ZFS Delegated Permissions Examples

Chapter 9 Oracle Solaris ZFS Advanced Topics

ZFS Volumes

Using a ZFS Volume as a Swap or Dump Device

Using a ZFS Volume as an iSCSI LUN

Using ZFS on a Solaris System With Zones Installed

Adding ZFS File Systems to a Non-Global Zone

Delegating Datasets to a Non-Global Zone

Adding ZFS Volumes to a Non-Global Zone

Using ZFS Storage Pools Within a Zone

Managing ZFS Properties Within a Zone

Understanding the zoned Property

Copying Zones to Other Systems

Using a ZFS Pool With an Alternate Root Location

Creating a ZFS Pool With an Alternate Root Location

Importing a Pool With an Alternate Root Location

Importing a Pool With a Temporary Name

Chapter 10 Oracle Solaris ZFS Troubleshooting and Pool Recovery

Identifying ZFS Problems

Resolving General Hardware Problems

Identifying Hardware and Device Faults

Resolving Persistent or Transient Transport Errors

System Reporting of ZFS Error Messages

Identifying Problems With ZFS Storage Pools

Determining If Problems Exist in a ZFS Storage Pool

Reviewing ZFS Storage Pool Status Information

Overall Pool Status Information

ZFS Storage Pool Configuration Information

ZFS Storage Pool Scrubbing Status

ZFS Data Corruption Errors

Resolving ZFS Storage Device Problems

Resolving a Missing or Removed Device

Resolving a Removed Device

Physically Reattaching a Device

Notifying ZFS of Device Availability

Replacing or Repairing a Damaged Device

Determining the Type of Device Failure

Clearing Transient or Persistent Device Errors

Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool

Determining If a Device Can Be Replaced

Devices That Cannot be Replaced

Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool

Viewing Resilvering Status

Changing Pool Devices

Resolving Data Problems in a ZFS Storage Pool

Resolving ZFS Space Issues

ZFS File System Space Reporting

ZFS Storage Pool Space Reporting

Checking ZFS File System Integrity

File System Repair

File System Validation

Controlling ZFS Data Scrubbing

Explicit ZFS Data Scrubbing

ZFS Data Scrubbing and Resilvering

Repairing Corrupted ZFS Data

Identifying the Type of Data Corruption

Repairing a Corrupted File or Directory

Repairing Corrupted Data With Multiple Block References

Repairing ZFS Storage Pool-Wide Damage

Repairing a Damaged ZFS Configuration

Repairing an Unbootable System

Chapter 11 Recommended Oracle Solaris ZFS Practices

Recommended Storage Pool Practices

General System Practices

ZFS Storage Pool Creation Practices

General Storage Pool Practices

Root Pool Creation Practices

Non-Root Pool Creation Practices

Pool Creation Practices on Local or Network Attached Storage Arrays

Pool Creation Practices for an Oracle Database

Using ZFS Storage Pools in VirtualBox

Storage Pool Practices for Performance

ZFS Storage Pool Maintenance and Monitoring Practices

Recommended File System Practices

Root File System Practices

File System Creation Practices

File System Creation Practices for an Oracle Database

Monitoring ZFS File System Practices

Appendix A Oracle Solaris ZFS Version Descriptions

Overview of ZFS Versions

ZFS Pool Versions

ZFS File System Versions

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ZFS provides data redundancy, as well as self-healing properties, in mirrored and RAID-Z configurations.

Mirrored Storage Pool Configuration
RAID-Z Storage Pool Configuration
Self-Healing Data in a Redundant Configuration
Dynamic Striping in a Storage Pool
ZFS Hybrid Storage Pool