System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems

Managing Disks With EFI Disks Labels

Use the following table to locate information on managing disks with EFI disk labels.

Task 

For More Information 

If the system is already installed, connect the disk to the system and perform a reconfiguration boot. 

SPARC: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map) or x86: Adding a System Disk or a Secondary Disk (Task Map)

Repartition the disk by using the format utility, if necessary.

SPARC: How to Create Disk Slices and Label a Disk or x86: How to Create Disk Slices and Label a Disk

Create disk volumes, and if needed, create soft partitions by using Solaris Volume Manager. Or, set up a ZFS storage pool. 

Chapter 2, Storage Management Concepts, in Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide or Creating a ZFS Storage Pool in Solaris ZFS Administration Guide

Create UFS file systems for the new disk by using the newfs command.

SPARC: How to Create a UFS File System or x86: How to Create File Systems

Or, create a ZFS file system.* 

How to Create ZFS File Systems in Solaris ZFS Administration Guide

Clone a disk with an EFI label 

Example 29–2

*If a ZFS file system or UFS file system does not meet your needs, consider a QFS file system.