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ZFS Administration Guide

Preface

The ZFS Administration Guide provides information about setting up and managing ZFS file systems.

This guide contains information for both SPARC® based and x86 based systems.

Who Should Use This Book

This guide is intended for anyone who is interested in setting up and managing ZFS file systems. Experience using Solaris or another UNIX version is recommended.

How This Book Is Organized

The following table describes the chapters in this book.

Chapter

Description

Chapter 1, Introduction 

An overview of ZFS and its features and benefits. It also covers some basic concepts and terminology.

Chapter 2, Getting Started 

Step-by-step instructions for setting up simple ZFS configurations with simple pools and filesystems. It also provides the hardware and software required to create ZFS filesystems.

Chapter 3, Differences from Traditional Filesystems 

Identifies important topics that make ZFS significantly different from traditional filesystems. Understanding these key differences will help reduce confusion when using traditional tools to interact with ZFS.

Chapter 4, Managing Storage Pools 

Detailed description of how to create and administer storage pools.

Chapter 5, Managing Filesystems 

Detailed information about managing ZFS filesystems. Included are such concepts as hierarchical filesystem layout, property inheritance, and automatic mount point management and share interactions.

Chapter 6, ZFS Snapshots and Clones 

Detailed description of how to create and administer ZFS snapshots and clones.

Chapter 7, Using ACLs to Protect ZFS Files 

Information about using access control lists (ACLs) to protect your ZFS files by providing more granular permissions then the standard UNIX permissions.

Chapter 8, Advanced Topics 

Description of emulated volumes, using ZFS on a Solaris system with zones installed, and alternate root pools.

Chapter 9, Troubleshooting and Data Recovery 

Describes how to identify ZFS failure modes and how to recover from them. Steps for preventing failures are covered as well.

Related Books

Related information about general Solaris system administration topics can be found in the following books:

  • Solaris System Administration: Basic Administration

  • Solaris System Administration: Advanced Administration

  • Solaris System Administration: Devices and File Systems

  • Solaris System Administration: Security Services

  • Solaris Volume Manager Administration Guide

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol

Meaning

Example

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

machine_name% you have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output

machine_name% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words, or terms, or words to be emphasized.

Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell

Prompt

C shell prompt

machine_name%

C shell superuser prompt

machine_name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt

$

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt

#

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