Re: [zfs-discuss] Nested ZFS file systems are not visible over an NFS export

2009-02-08 Thread Sanjeev
Sriram, "sharenfs" is an inherited property. Looks like in your case you set the "sharenfs=on" on datapool/vmwarenfs after the underlying filesystems were created. If you had set the "sharenfs=on" before creating the underlying filesystems, then the property would have been inherited by the chil

Re: [zfs-discuss] Nested ZFS file systems are not visible over an NFS export

2009-02-07 Thread Richard Elling
This is not a ZFS question. It is an NFS question. For Solaris NFSv4 clients post-b77, they will follow the mounts, via a method called "mirror mounts." For other NFS clients, the behaviour will be that which the developers implemented. Please consult the appropriate NFS client forum for your sys

Re: [zfs-discuss] Nested ZFS file systems are not visible over an NFS export

2009-02-07 Thread Sriram Narayanan
An update: I'm using VMWare ESX 3.5 and VMWare ESXi 3.5 as the NFS clients. I'm use zfs set sharenfs=on datapool/vmwarenfs to make that zfs file system accessible over NFS. -- Sriram On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Sriram Narayanan wrote: > Hello: > > I have the following zfs structure > datap