ZFS Installation Features

The following ZFS installation features are provided in this Solaris release:

• Using the Solaris interactive text installer, you can install a UFS or a ZFS root file system. The default file system is still UFS for this Solaris release. You can access the interactive text installer option in the following ways:

  • On SPARC based system, use the following syntax from the Solaris installation DVD:

    ok boot cdrom - text

  • On SPARC based system, use the following syntax when booting from the network:

    ok boot net - text

  • On an x86 based system, select the text-mode install option when presented.

• Custom JumpStart^TM features enable you to set up a profile to create a ZFS storage pool and designate a bootable ZFS file system.

• Using the Solaris Live Upgrade feature, you can migrate a UFS root file system to a ZFS root file system. The lucreate and luactivate commands have been enhanced to support ZFS pools and file systems.

• You can set up a mirrored ZFS root pool by selecting two disks during installation. Or, you can attach additional disks after installation to create a mirrored ZFS root pool.

• Swap and dump devices are automatically created on ZFS volumes in the ZFS root pool.

The following installation features are not provided in this release:

• The GUI installation feature for installing a ZFS root file system is not currently available.

• The Solaris^TM Flash installation feature for installing a ZFS root file system is not currently available.

• You cannot use the standard upgrade program to upgrade your UFS root file system to a ZFS root file system.