How to Create a Dump Volume

This procedure applies whether you are using a root pool or a non-root pool.

1. Create a ZFS volume to use for dump.

   $ zfs create -V size new-pool/dump

2. Activate the new swap volume.

   $ dumpadm -d new-pool/dump

3. (Optional) Activate swap on the dump volume.

   $ swap -a new-pool/dump

4. If necessary, reboot the system.

Example 6-9 Manually Creating a Dump Volume

This example creates a new 4 GB dump volume in the rpool2 pool.

$ zfs create -V 4g rpool2/dump
$ dumpadm -d rpool2/dump