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System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Information Library |
1. Managing Removable Media (Overview/Tasks)
2. Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)
4. Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)
5. Managing USB Devices (Tasks)
6. Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)
9. Administering Disks (Tasks)
10. SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)
11. x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)
12. Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets (Tasks)
13. The format Utility (Reference)
14. Managing File Systems (Overview)
15. Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)
Mounting and Unmounting Oracle Solaris File Systems
Field Descriptions for the /etc/vfstab File
Prerequisites for Unmounting Oracle Solaris File Systems
Creating and Mounting Oracle Solaris File Systems
How to Create an ZFS File System
How to Create and Mount a Legacy UFS File System
How to Create and Mount a TMPFS File System
How to Create and Mount an LOFS File System
How to Add an Entry to the /etc/vfstab File
How to Mount a File System (/etc/vfstab File)
How to Mount an NFS File System (mount Command)
x86: How to Mount a PCFS (DOS) File System From a Hard Disk (mount Command)
How to Stop All Processes That Are Accessing a File System
16. Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)
17. Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)
18. UFS File System (Reference)
19. Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview/Tasks)
20. Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)
21. Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)
22. Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)
This section provides an overview of creating Oracle Solaris file systems.
A ZFS file system is not directly tied to a specific disk partition. A ZFS file system is contained with a ZFS storage pool that can contain many devices. Either whole disks or disk slices can be added to a ZFS storage pool. Within a pool, you will probably want to create additional file systems. File systems provide points of administration that allow you to manage different sets of data within the same pool.
A ZFS file system is created by using the zfs create command. A ZFS file system is automatically mounted when it is created. For more information, see How to Create an ZFS File System.
For more information about creating ZFS storage pools and file systems, see Oracle Solaris ZFS Administration Guide.
A temporary file system (TMPFS) uses local memory for file system reads and writes. TMPFS file systems can improve system performance by saving the cost of reading and writing temporary files to a local disk or across the network. Files in TMPFS file systems do not survive across reboots or unmounts.
If you create multiple TMPFS file systems, be aware that they all use the same system resources. Files created under one TMPFS file system use up space available for any other TMPFS file system, unless you limit TMPFS sizes by using the -o size option of the mount command.
For more information about creating and mounting a TMPFS file system, see How to Create and Mount a TMPFS File System.
For general information, see tmpfs(7FS).
An LOFS file system is a virtual file system that provides an alternate path to an existing file system. When other file systems are mounted onto an LOFS file system, the original file system does not change.
For more information about creating and mounting a LOFS file system, see How to Create and Mount an LOFS File System.
For general information, see lofs(7FS).
Note - Be careful when creating LOFS file systems. Because LOFS file systems are virtual file systems, the potential for confusing both users and applications is enormous.