Re: [zones-discuss] vxfs in non-global zone
On 17 mar 2010, at 04.12, Derek McEachern derekmceach...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the responses. We don't plan on running the zone root on vxfs, it will be on ufs. The VRTSvfxs package installs with parameters SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES='true' SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW='true' SUNW_PKG_THISZONE='false' so package content is not delivered to the zone just the package information so it appears to be installed. I think we are going to experiment with mounting the vxfs into the zone from the global. This works well as said earlier, i'we worked with sites that has hundereds of zones using vxfs by loopback mounts. Henrik http://sparcv9.blogspot.com ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] vxfs in non-global zone
I am away from home and om mobie device so i'll make it short. This work fine if you don't ever put the zoneroot on vxfs, if you do you will not be able to use all upgrade options and the Veritas supplied scripts for live upgrade only works with a vanilla install (no separate LUN for zones etc) Someone mentioned that not all packages was present in the local zone, I think that most of the VRTS packages (or to many at least) has PKG_ALLZONES set to to, so they must be installed on all zones(to have a supported system) I might be off target, it's late and I'm not supposed to do this on my vaccation;) Henrik http://sparcv9.blogspot.com___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] vxfs in non-global zone
Thanks for the responses. We don't plan on running the zone root on vxfs, it will be on ufs. The VRTSvfxs package installs with parameters SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES='true' SUNW_PKG_HOLLOW='true' SUNW_PKG_THISZONE='false' so package content is not delivered to the zone just the package information so it appears to be installed. I think we are going to experiment with mounting the vxfs into the zone from the global. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Henrik Johansson henr...@henkis.netwrote: I am away from home and om mobie device so i'll make it short. This work fine if you don't ever put the zoneroot on vxfs, if you do you will not be able to use all upgrade options and the Veritas supplied scripts for live upgrade only works with a vanilla install (no separate LUN for zones etc) Someone mentioned that not all packages was present in the local zone, I think that most of the VRTS packages (or to many at least) has PKG_ALLZONES set to to, so they must be installed on all zones(to have a supported system) I might be off target, it's late and I'm not supposed to do this on my vaccation;) Henrik http://sparcv9.blogspot.com ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
[zones-discuss] vxfs in non-global zone
We have been experimenting with mounting san storage with vxfs filesystems in an ngz and there appears to be a couple of ways to accomplish this. The FAQ links to a Symantec doc ( http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/sf/5.0MP3/solaris/html/vxvm_admin/apbs07.htm) that does it by adding a device to the zonecfg. This was problematic as our ngz doesn't didn't have the necessary Veritas packages and wasn't able to mount a vxfs filesystem. I haven't yet been able to determine if this was because of how the software was installed in the gz or if they are specifically excluded from the ngz. It could also be done with an lofs by pointing to an already mounted vxfs in the gz. Yet another Symantec document ( http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/vascont/59.html) shows the file system from the gz being directly mounted into the ngz. i.e. from the global zone boot the ngz and then mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/dg/volume /zonepath/root/mount It took me a while to get my head around this but it works. The only obvious problem I can see is that if the ngz reboots it loses its storage. There doesn't appear to be a way to automatically get it remounted. Is anyone else doing something similar? If so what has been your experience/recommendation? Derek ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] vxfs in non-global zone
Everytime I've done this, I've brought the FS into the GZ and lofs mounted it to the NGZ. Works like a champ and lofs adds little overhead. Much much easier and you don't have to woory about keeping devices in sync across various zones as they change. It also keeps the VxFS software only in the global zone. Jim On 03/ 9/10 02:21 PM, Derek McEachern wrote: We have been experimenting with mounting san storage with vxfs filesystems in an ngz and there appears to be a couple of ways to accomplish this. The FAQ links to a Symantec doc (http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/sf/5.0MP3/solaris/html/vxvm_admin/apbs07.htm) that does it by adding a device to the zonecfg. This was problematic as our ngz doesn't didn't have the necessary Veritas packages and wasn't able to mount a vxfs filesystem. I haven't yet been able to determine if this was because of how the software was installed in the gz or if they are specifically excluded from the ngz. It could also be done with an lofs by pointing to an already mounted vxfs in the gz. Yet another Symantec document (http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/vascont/59.html) shows the file system from the gz being directly mounted into the ngz. i.e. from the global zone boot the ngz and then mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/dg/volume /zonepath/root/mount It took me a while to get my head around this but it works. The only obvious problem I can see is that if the ngz reboots it loses its storage. There doesn't appear to be a way to automatically get it remounted. Is anyone else doing something similar? If so what has been your experience/recommendation? Derek ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] vxfs in non-global zone
I've done with both lofs in the zone config and more directly with type=vxfs in same. With the versions of software I had, mounting via vfstab didn't work reliably. In all cases, though, the GZ had all the VRTS packages. James Litchfield wrote: Everytime I've done this, I've brought the FS into the GZ and lofs mounted it to the NGZ. Works like a champ and lofs adds little overhead. Much much easier and you don't have to woory about keeping devices in sync across various zones as they change. It also keeps the VxFS software only in the global zone. Jim On 03/ 9/10 02:21 PM, Derek McEachern wrote: We have been experimenting with mounting san storage with vxfs filesystems in an ngz and there appears to be a couple of ways to accomplish this. The FAQ links to a Symantec doc (http://sfdoccentral.symantec.com/sf/5.0MP3/solaris/html/vxvm_admin/apbs07.htm) that does it by adding a device to the zonecfg. This was problematic as our ngz doesn't didn't have the necessary Veritas packages and wasn't able to mount a vxfs filesystem. I haven't yet been able to determine if this was because of how the software was installed in the gz or if they are specifically excluded from the ngz. It could also be done with an lofs by pointing to an already mounted vxfs in the gz. Yet another Symantec document (http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/vascont/59.html) shows the file system from the gz being directly mounted into the ngz. i.e. from the global zone boot the ngz and then mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/dg/volume /zonepath/root/mount It took me a while to get my head around this but it works. The only obvious problem I can see is that if the ngz reboots it loses its storage. There doesn't appear to be a way to automatically get it remounted. Is anyone else doing something similar? If so what has been your experience/recommendation? Derek ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
