How to Create an Oracle Solaris ZFS File System

1. You must be superuser or assume an equivalent role.

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