Solaris Installation Tool Support of ZFS File Systems

In this release, the following Solaris installation tool support is provided:

• Custom Solaris Jumpstart - You cannot include ZFS file systems in a Jumpstart profile. However, you can run following scripts from a ZFS storage pool to set up an install server or an install client:

  • setup_install_server

  • add_install_server

  • add_install_client

• Solaris Live Upgrade - Preserves your original boot environment and carries over your ZFS storage pools into the new environment. Currently, ZFS cannot be used as a bootable root file system. Therefore, your existing ZFS file systems are not copied into the boot environment (BE).

• Solaris Initial Install - ZFS file systems are not recognized during an initial installation. However, if you do not specify any of the disk devices that contain ZFS storage pools to be used for the installation, you should be able to recover your storage pools by using the zpool import command after the installation. For more information, see the zpool(1M) man page.

  As with most reinstallation scenarios, you should back up your ZFS files before proceeding with the initial installation option.

• Solaris Upgrade – Your ZFS file systems and storage pools are preserved.