Re: [zfs-discuss] Zone root on a ZFS filesystem and Cloning zones

2007-10-12 Thread Dick Davies
On 11/10/2007, Dick Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, they aren't (i.e. zoneadm clone on S10u4 doesn't use zfs snapshots). I have a workaround I'm about to blog Here it is - hopefully be of some use: http://number9.hellooperator.net/articles/2007/10/11/fast-zone-cloning-on-solaris-10 --

[zfs-discuss] Zone root on a ZFS filesystem and Cloning zones

2007-10-11 Thread Tony Marshall
Hi, Does anyone have an update on the support of having a zones root on a zfs filesystem with Solaris update 4? The only information that I have seen so far is that it was planned for late 2007 or early 2008. Also I was hoping to use the snapshot and clone capabilities of zfs to clone zones as

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zone root on a ZFS filesystem and Cloning zones

2007-10-11 Thread Dick Davies
No, they aren't (i.e. zoneadm clone on S10u4 doesn't use zfs snapshots). I have a workaround I'm about to blog, the gist of which is make the 'template' zone on zfs boot, configure, etc. zonecfg -z template detach zfs snapshot tank/zones/[EMAIL PROTECTED] zfs clone tank/zones/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [zfs-discuss] Zone root on a ZFS filesystem and Cloning zones

2007-10-11 Thread Lori Alt
I'm working on getting an answer to this. We're looking at whether some of the changes to LiveUpgrade to enable zfs boot can be broken out and delivered separately to enable upgrade of zone roots on zfs. I hope to have more answers next week. Lori Tony Marshall wrote: Hi, Does anyone have