How to grow aka extend ZFS datasets and Volumes?

ZFS Chapters: 1).How to Manage and Maintain ZFS file systems? 2).How to create ZFS file system and Volumes ? 3).How to set ZFS Dataset Properties on Solaris? In ZFS we have two type of growing file system like dataset and volume .The ZFS dataset can be grow setting the quota and reservation properties. Extend a volume is to setting the volsize property to new size and using growfs command to make new size take effect.When...

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How to Manage and Maintain ZFS file systems?

ZFS Chapters: 1). How to create ZFS file system and Volumes 2). How to set ZFS Dataset Properties on Solaris Compare to traditional file system it is very easy to manage and maintain ZFS file systems "dataset and volumes". All ZFS related thinks can be done through ZFS command example creating , mounting, renaming , set properties etc... Also you can refer man page for zfs command to know the...

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How to set ZFS Dataset Properties on Solaris?

ZFS Chapters: 1). How to create ZFS file system and Volumes In commonly ZFS has many parameter and properties to use ZFS dataset and file systems effectively.Also vendor oracle recommending  to use some set of properties to get good performance for particularly DB file systems and datasets. Mostly we will be in the situation to set quota, reservation, dedicated mountpoint, etc... We will see some of the most common...

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How to create ZFS file system and Volumes ?

The ZFS file system works little bit different from native file system, we can call ZFS file system as a "COW - copy on right". The ZFS file system is a revolutionary new file system that fundamentally changes the way of file systems are administered, with features and benefits. ZFS is robust, scalable, and easy to administer. To create file system we need ZFS pool "ZPOOL" , top of the pool we can create two type of file system "datasets...

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ZFS pool aka Zpool maintenance and performance

Continuing "Zpool" chapters... There are multiple useful command to maintain and check performance for ZFS pool aka ZPOOL on Solaris Operating systems. Here , I am showing some of the useful command with examples which will help you when your performing this kind of activity on your environment. I).Create type of ZFS Pools aka "ZPOOL" on Solaris II).How to Import and Export ZFS Pool aka ZPOOL III).How to upgrade...

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How to upgrade ZPOOL version on Solaris OS

Continuing ZPOOL chapter .... Chapter-I:Create type of ZFS Pools aka "ZPOOL" on Solaris Chapter-II:How to Import and Export ZFS Pool aka ZPOOL Generally Information: We need to upgrade Zpool version according to the vendor advice to get best support and best performance. Also it dependence on the client environment whether they can improve the pool version since some client may run lower version and the pool need to be...

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How to Import and Export ZFS Pool aka ZPOOL

There are multiple way to import and export ZPOOL. These are the useful commands for all the Solaris administrator who is supporting ZFS environment. Here I showed multiply way to import and export ZPOOL's with many scenario and example. Please refer this link for basic pool creation - Create POOLS To list available pools which can be import: TID{root}# zpool import pool: test2 ...

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