After performing a fresh default Oracle Solaris installation, the following root pool file systems and components are available:
# zfs list -r rpool NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT rpool 13.0G 121G 4.58M /rpool rpool/ROOT 6.81G 121G 31K legacy rpool/ROOT/solaris 6.81G 121G 4.07G / rpool/ROOT/solaris/var 364M 121G 207M /var rpool/VARSHARE 50K 121G 50K /var/share rpool/dump 4.13G 121G 4.00G - rpool/export 63K 121G 32K /export rpool/export/home 31K 121G 31K /export/home rpool/swap 2.06G 121G 2.00G -
rpool – Is the root pool and a mount point containing boot-related components.
rpool/ROOT – Is a special component that is not accessible and requires no administration.
rpool/ROOT/solaris – Is the actual root ZFS BE, which is accessible from the / directory.
rpool/ROOT/solaris/var – Is the separate var file system.
rpool/VARSHARE – Is a special component for the /var/share file system (starting with Oracle Solaris 11.1). See Root File System Requirements.
rpool/dump – Is the dump volume.
rpool/swap – Is the swap volume.
rpool/export/home – Is a default mount point for home directories. In an enterprise environment with many users, you might consider moving export/home to another pool.