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Booting and Shutting Down Oracle Solaris on x86 Platforms     Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library
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1.  Booting and Shutting Down an x86 Based System (Overview)

2.  Booting an x86 Based System to a Specified State (Tasks)

3.  Shutting Down a System (Tasks)

4.  Rebooting an x86 Based System (Tasks)

5.  Booting an x86 Based System From the Network (Tasks)

6.  Modifying Boot Parameters on an x86 Based System (Tasks)

7.  Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments on x86 Platforms (Tasks)

Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments (Task Map)

Creating and Administering Boot Environments

How to Create a New Boot Environment

How to Create a Snapshot of a Boot Environment

How to Create a Boot Environment From an Existing Snapshot

How to Activate a Newly Created Boot Environment

How to Display a List of Available Boot Environments, Snapshots, and Datasets

How to Destroy a Boot Environment

Booting From a ZFS Boot Environment or Root File System on x86 Platforms

8.  Keeping an x86 Based System Bootable (Tasks)

9.  Troubleshooting Booting an x86 Based System (Tasks)

Index

Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments (Task Map)

Table 7-1 Creating, Administering, and Booting From ZFS Boot Environments: Task Map

Task
Description
For Instructions
Create a new boot environment.
Create a new boot environment by using the beadm create command.
Create a snapshot of a boot environment.
Create a snapshot of an existing boot environment by using the beadm create beName@snapshot command.
Create a boot environment from an existing snapshot.
Create a new boot environment from an existing snapshot by using the beadm command.
Activate a newly created boot environment.
Activate a newly created boot environment by using the beadm activate command.
Display a list of boot environments, snapshots, and datasets.
To display a list of boot environments, snapshots, and datasets, use the beadm list command.
Destroy a boot environment.
Destroy a boot environment by using the beadm destroy command.
Boot from a specified boot environment, dataset, or root file system on an x86 based system.
If you install or upgrade your system to an Oracle Solaris release that supports a ZFS boot loader, the GRUB menu entry for the default ZFS boot environment contains the -B $ZFS-BOOTFS boot argument. The system therefore automatically boots from a ZFS root.

Note - This option is supported only for boot devices that contain a ZFS pool.