Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Using This Documentation
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• 1 Introducing the Oracle Solaris ZFS File System
  • What's New in ZFS for Oracle Solaris
  • Oracle Solaris ZFS Features
  • Components of a ZFS Storage Pool
    • Using Disks in a ZFS Storage Pool
    • Using Files in a ZFS Storage Pool
  • Redundancy Features of a ZFS Storage Pool
    • Mirrored Storage Pool Configuration
    • RAID-Z Storage Pool Configuration
    • ZFS Hybrid Storage Pool
    • Dynamic Striping in a Storage Pool
• 2 Getting Started With Oracle Solaris ZFS
  • Hardware and Software Requirements
  • Planning the ZFS Implementation
    • Naming ZFS Components
    • Identifying Storage Requirements
    • Choosing the Type of Data Redundancy
    • Determining the ZFS File System Hierarchy
      • Selecting the File System Granularity
      • Grouping File Systems
      • Choosing File System Properties
• 3 Creating and Destroying Oracle Solaris ZFS Storage Pools
  • Creating ZFS Storage Pools
    • How to Set Up ZFS on a System
    • Creating a Mirrored Storage Pool
    • Creating a RAID-Z Storage Pool
    • Creating a ZFS Storage Pool With Log Devices
    • Creating a ZFS Storage Pool With Cache Devices
    • Doing a Dry Run of Storage Pool Creation
    • Handling ZFS Storage Pool Creation Issues
      • Devices Actively Being Used
      • Mismatched Redundancy Levels
      • Default Mount Point for Storage Pools Not Empty
  • Destroying ZFS Storage Pools
• 4 Managing Devices in Oracle Solaris ZFS Storage Pools
  • Adding Devices to a Storage Pool
  • Removing Devices From a Storage Pool
  • Attaching and Detaching Devices in a Storage Pool
  • Splitting a Mirrored Storage Pool to Create a New Pool
  • Taking Devices in a Storage Pool Offline or Returning Online
  • Clearing Storage Pool Device Errors
  • Replacing Devices in a Storage Pool
    • How to Replace a Device in a Storage Pool
  • Working With Hot Spares in Storage Pools
    • Designating Hot Spares in a Storage Pool
    • Activating and Deactivating Hot Spares in Your Storage Pool
• 5 Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS Storage Pools
  • Managing ZFS Storage Pool Properties
  • Querying ZFS Storage Pool Status
    • Displaying Information About ZFS Storage Pools
      • Displaying Information About All Storage Pools or a Specific Pool
      • Displaying Specific Storage Pool Statistics
      • Displaying Pool Devices by Physical Locations
      • Displaying ZFS Storage Pool Command History
    • Viewing I/O Statistics for ZFS Storage Pools
      • Listing Pool-Wide I/O Statistics
      • Listing Virtual Device I/O Statistics
    • Determining the Health Status of ZFS Storage Pools
      • Storage Pool Health Status
      • Gathering ZFS Storage Pool Status Information
  • Migrating ZFS Storage Pools
    • Preparing for ZFS Storage Pool Migration
    • Exporting a ZFS Storage Pool
    • Determining Available Storage Pools to Import
    • Importing ZFS Storage Pools
      • Importing a Pool With a Missing Log Device
      • Importing a Pool in Read-Only Mode
      • Importing a Pool By Using a Specific Device Path
    • Recovering Destroyed ZFS Storage Pools
  • Upgrading ZFS Storage Pools
  • Managing ZFS Pools That Contain Boot Environments
• 6 Managing the ZFS Root Pool
  • Requirements for Configuring the ZFS Root Pool
    • ZFS Root Pool Space Requirements
    • ZFS Root Pool Configuration Recommendations
    • Installing the ZFS Root Pool
  • Managing a ZFS Root Pool
    • How to Configure a Mirrored Root Pool (SPARC or x86/EFI (GPT))
    • How to Configure a Mirrored Root Pool (SPARC or x86/VTOC)
    • How to Update a ZFS Boot Environment
    • How to Mount an Alternate BE
    • Replacing Disks in a ZFS Root Pool
      • How to Replace a Disk in a ZFS Root Pool
  • Managing ZFS Swap and Dump Devices
    • Viewing Swap and Dump Information
      • How to Create a Swap Volume
      • How to Create a Dump Volume
    • Adjusting the Sizes of ZFS Swap and Dump Devices
    • Troubleshooting ZFS Dump Device Issues
  • Booting From a ZFS Root File System
    • Booting From an Alternate Root Pool Disk
      • Alternate Boot Disks on SPARC Systems
      • Alternate Boot Disks on x86 Systems
    • Booting From a ZFS Root File System on a SPARC Based System
      • SPARC: How to Select the Boot Environment for Booting
    • Booting From a ZFS Root File System on an x86 Based System
      • x86: Displaying the Root File System
      • x86: Fast Rebooting a ZFS Root File System
    • Booting for Recovery Purposes in a ZFS Root Environment
• 7 Managing Oracle Solaris ZFS File Systems
  • Introduction to ZFS File Systems
  • Creating ZFS File Systems
    • How to Create a ZFS File System
  • Destroying or Renaming a ZFS File System
    • How to Destroy a ZFS File System
    • How to Rename a ZFS File System
  • Introducing ZFS Properties
    • ZFS Read-Only Native Properties
    • Settable ZFS Native Properties
      • The canmount Property
      • The casesensitivity Property
      • The copies Property
      • The dedup Property
      • The encryption Property
      • The mlslabel Property
      • The multilevel Property
      • The recordsize Property
      • The share.smb Property
      • The volsize Property
    • ZFS User Properties
  • Querying ZFS File System Information
    • Listing Basic ZFS Information
    • Creating Complex ZFS Queries
    • Listing Incomplete ZFS Datasets
    • Creating Parsable Output with zfs list
  • Managing ZFS Properties
    • Setting ZFS Properties
    • Inheriting ZFS Properties
    • Querying ZFS Properties
    • Querying ZFS Properties for Scripting
  • Mounting ZFS File Systems
    • Managing ZFS Mount Points
      • Automatic Mount Points
      • Legacy Mount Points
    • Mounting ZFS File Systems
    • Using Temporary Mount Properties
    • Unmounting ZFS File Systems
  • Sharing and Unsharing ZFS File Systems
    • About Sharing Labeled File Systems
    • Legacy ZFS Sharing Syntax
    • New ZFS Sharing Syntax
      • ZFS Sharing with Per-Property Inheritance
      • ZFS Sharing Inheritance in Older Pools
      • ZFS Named Shares
      • ZFS Automatic Shares
      • Displaying ZFS Share Information
      • Changing ZFS Share Property Values
      • Publishing and Unpublishing ZFS Shares
      • Removing a ZFS Share
      • ZFS File Sharing Within a Non-Global Zone
    • ZFS Sharing Migration/Transition Issues
    • Troubleshooting ZFS File System Sharing Problems
  • Setting ZFS Quotas
    • Setting Quotas on ZFS File Systems
    • Setting User and Group Quotas on a ZFS File System
    • Setting Default User and Group Quotas
  • Setting Reservations on ZFS File Systems
  • Setting I/O Bandwidth Limits
  • Compressing ZFS File Systems
  • Encrypting ZFS File Systems
    • Changing an Encrypted ZFS File System's Keys
      • Managing ZFS Encryption Keys
      • Delegating ZFS Key Operation Permissions
    • Mounting an Encrypted ZFS File System
    • Upgrading Encrypted ZFS File Systems
    • Interactions Between ZFS Compression, Deduplication, and Encryption Properties
    • Examples of Encrypting ZFS File Systems
  • Retaining Files on Your ZFS File System
    • Creating a ZFS File System With File Retention
    • ZFS File Retention Properties
    • Retaining Your Files
    • Retaining Zero-Length Files
    • Enabling Automatic File Retention
    • File Retention Restrictions
  • Migrating ZFS File Systems
    • How to Migrate a File System to a ZFS File System
    • How to Migrate SMB Filesystems
  • Upgrading ZFS File Systems
• 8 Working With Oracle Solaris ZFS Snapshots and Clones
  • Overview of ZFS Snapshots
    • Creating and Destroying ZFS Snapshots
      • Holding ZFS Snapshots
      • Renaming ZFS Snapshots
    • Displaying and Accessing ZFS Snapshots
    • Disk Space Accounting for ZFS Snapshots
    • Rolling Back a ZFS Snapshot
    • Identifying ZFS Snapshot Differences (zfs diff)
  • Overview of ZFS Clones
    • Creating a ZFS Clone
    • Destroying a ZFS Clone
    • Replacing a ZFS File System With a ZFS Clone
  • Saving, Sending, and Receiving ZFS Data
    • Saving ZFS Data With Other Backup Products
    • Types of ZFS Snapshot Streams
    • Sending a ZFS Snapshot
    • Using Resumable Replication
    • Receiving a ZFS Snapshot
    • Applying Different Property Values to a ZFS Snapshot Stream
      • Retaining Original Property Values
      • Disabling Original Property Values
    • Sending and Receiving Complex ZFS Snapshot Streams
    • Remote Replication of ZFS Data
  • Monitoring ZFS Pool Operations
  • Copying ZFS Files
• 9 Oracle Solaris ZFS Delegated Administration
  • Overview of ZFS Delegated Administration
  • Delegating ZFS Permissions
    • Delegating ZFS Permissions (zfs allow)
    • Removing ZFS Delegated Permissions (zfs unallow)
  • Delegating ZFS Permissions Examples
  • Displaying ZFS Delegated Permissions Examples
  • Removing ZFS Delegated Permissions Examples
• 10 Oracle Solaris ZFS Advanced Topics
  • ZFS Volumes
    • Using a ZFS Volume as a Swap or Dump Device
    • Using a ZFS Volume as an iSCSI LUN
      • How to Use a ZFS Volume as an iSCSI LUN
  • Using ZFS on an Oracle Solaris System With Zones Installed
    • Adding ZFS File Systems to a Non-Global Zone
    • Delegating Datasets to a Non-Global Zone
    • Adding ZFS Volumes to a Non-Global Zone
    • Using ZFS Storage Pools Within a Zone
    • Managing ZFS Properties Within a Zone
    • Understanding the zoned Property
    • Copying Zones to Other Systems
  • Using a ZFS Pool With an Alternate Root Location
    • Creating a ZFS Pool With an Alternate Root Location
    • Importing a Pool With an Alternate Root Location
    • Importing a Pool With a Temporary Name
• 11 Oracle Solaris ZFS Troubleshooting and Pool Recovery
  • Identifying ZFS Problems
  • Resolving General Hardware Problems
    • Identifying Hardware and Device Faults
    • Resolving Persistent or Transient Transport Errors
    • System Reporting of ZFS Error Messages
  • Identifying Problems With ZFS Storage Pools
    • Determining If Problems Exist in a ZFS Storage Pool
    • Reviewing ZFS Storage Pool Status Information
      • Overall Pool Status Information
      • ZFS Storage Pool Configuration Information
      • ZFS Storage Pool Scrubbing Status
      • ZFS Data Corruption Errors
  • Resolving ZFS Storage Device Problems
    • Resolving a Missing or Removed Device
      • Resolving a Removed Device
      • Physically Reattaching a Device
      • Notifying ZFS of Device Availability
    • Replacing or Repairing a Damaged Device
      • Determining the Type of Device Failure
      • Clearing Transient or Persistent Device Errors
      • Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool
        • Determining If a Device Can Be Replaced
        • Devices That Cannot be Replaced
        • Replacing a Device in a ZFS Storage Pool
        • Viewing Resilvering Status
    • Changing Pool Devices
  • Resolving Data Problems in a ZFS Storage Pool
    • Resolving ZFS Space Issues
      • ZFS File System Space Reporting
      • ZFS Storage Pool Space Reporting
    • Checking ZFS File System Integrity
      • File System Repair
      • File System Validation
      • Controlling ZFS Data Scrubbing
        • Explicit ZFS Data Scrubbing
        • Scheduled Data Scrubbing
        • ZFS Data Scrubbing and Resilvering
    • Repairing Corrupted ZFS Data
    • Identifying the Type of Data Corruption
    • Repairing a Corrupted File or Directory
    • Repairing ZFS Storage Pool-Wide Damage
  • Repairing a Damaged ZFS Configuration
  • Repairing an Unbootable System
• 12 Recommended Oracle Solaris ZFS Practices
  • Recommended Storage Pool Practices
    • General System Practices
    • ZFS Storage Pool Creation Practices
      • General Storage Pool Practices
      • Root Pool Creation Practices
      • Non-Root Pool Creation Practices
      • Pool Creation Practices on Local or Network Attached Storage Arrays
      • Pool Creation Practices for an Oracle Database
      • Using ZFS Storage Pools in VirtualBox
    • Storage Pool Practices for Performance
    • ZFS Storage Pool Maintenance and Monitoring Practices
  • Recommended File System Practices
    • Root File System Practices
    • File System Creation Practices
    • File System Creation Practices for an Oracle Database
    • Monitoring ZFS File System Practices
• 13 Using Time Slider
  • About Time Slider
  • Enabling and Disabling Time Slider
    • How to Enable or Disable Time Slider
  • Using Time Slider Advanced Options
• A Oracle Solaris ZFS Version Descriptions
  • Overview of ZFS Versions
  • ZFS Pool Versions
  • ZFS File System Versions
• B ZFS Glossary
  • B
    • boot environment
  • C
    • checksum
    • clone
  • D
    • dataset
    • deduplication
  • F
    • file system
  • M
    • mirror
  • P
    • pool
  • R
    • RAID-Z
    • resilvering
    • root pool
  • S
    • snapshot
  • V
    • virtual device
    • volume
• Index