How to Create an ZFS File System

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

2. Create a ZFS storage pool.

   The following example illustrates how to create a simple mirrored storage pool named tank and a ZFS file system named tank in one command. Assume that the whole disks /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 and /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 are available for use.

   # zpool create tank mirror c1t0d0 c2t0d0

3. Create a ZFS file system.

   # zfs create tank/fs

   The new ZFS file system, tank/fs, can use as much of the disk space as needed, and is automatically mounted at /tank/fs.

4. Confirm that the file system is created.

   # zfs list -r tank
   NAME      USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
   tank      117K   268G    21K  /tank
   tank/fs    21K   268G    21K  /tank/fs