> Just some random thoughts on this... > > One of the initial design criteria of ZFS is that > it's simple. If it's > not, that was a bug... > > If we need tutorials to use the zfs commands, has > something missed the > mark? > > If the information that is needed to do the work is > NOT in the man > pages, perhaps we could look to address that... > > Personally, I'd prefer to read a manpage than scour > the web for a > tutorial that may or may not be current. > > hm... man zfs_tutorial? :) > > Nathan.
Tutorial might have been the wrong word. Man pages are good for finding quick reference about specific commands, syntax, basic functionality. I understand that ZFS was built around being simple but powerful. Some users/admins have trouble seeing the "big picture"...putting it all together. This is where I feel the power of a wiki, or any centralized documentation space related to ZFS, could be of benefit. Also things that may not be explained in a man page such as tying other applications in with ZFS, such as NetBackup and ZFS(?), ZFS and zones, ZFS and Oracle, etc. Most of those topics wouldn't be in a man page(except the zones one), but are important topics that could be very useful. -Nate This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
