The following installation programs perform an initial installation of a ZFS root pool.
Solaris installation program text installer
Custom JumpStart with an installation profile
Solaris Live Upgrade can migrate a UFS file system to a ZFS root pool. Also, Solaris Live Upgrade can create ZFS boot environments that can be upgraded.
Table 6–2 ZFS Installation Programs and Limitations
ZFS Installation Program |
Description |
Limitations |
Information |
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Solaris Installation program text installer |
The Solaris text installer performs an initial installation for a ZFS root pool. During the installation, you can choose to install either a UFS file system or a ZFS root pool. You can set up a mirrored ZFS root pool by selecting two or more slices during the installation. Or, you can attach or add additional disks after the installation to create a mirrored ZFS root pool. Swap and dump devices on ZFS volumes are automatically created in the ZFS root pool. |
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Solaris Live Upgrade |
You can use the Solaris Live Upgrade feature to perform the following tasks:
After you have used the lucreate command to create a ZFS boot environment, you can use the other Solaris Live Upgrade commands on the boot environment. |
A storage pool must be created before you use the lucreate command. | |
JumpStart |
Starting with the Solaris 10 10/09 release, you can set up a JumpStart profile to identify a flash archive of a ZFS root pool. See What's New in the Solaris 10 10/09 Release. You can create a profile to create a ZFS storage pool and designate a bootable ZFS file system. New ZFS keywords provide an initial installation. |
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