Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives
I checked into this and got some information from the install group. What I learned is this: the process of creating a flash archive is just a matter of using cpio/pax to make a copy of the contents of an installed system. A flash archive doesn't contain any information about the configuration (i.e. storage partitioning) of a system. It's more like a 'super-package' which contains all of the system software plus some customizations. When you install a flash archive, you need to have already created the storage to hold the archive contents. That's done with the standard Solaris install software (same as a regular initial install, upgrade, jumpstart, or liveupgrade). But the distributed Solaris install software is not yet zfs-aware. So the answer to your question is that you can create a flash archive from this system with zfs filesystems, but until the install software is zfs-aware, you can't use the archive to create a system with zfs pools and datasets. Full support for zfs in flash archives will come with the rest of the zfs installation/boot support. Lori Constantin Gonzalez wrote: Hi, I'm currently setting up a demo machine. It would be nice to set up everything the way I like it, including a number of ZFS filesystems, then create a flash archive, then install from that archive. Will there be any issues with webstart flash and ZFS? Does flar create need to be ZFS aware and if so, is it ZFS aware in S10u2b09a? Best regards, Constantin ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives
Lori Alt wrote: zfs-aware. So the answer to your question is that you can create a flash archive from this system with zfs filesystems, but until the install software is zfs-aware, you can't use the archive to create a system with zfs pools and datasets. yeah that sort of stuff is usually specified in a jumpstart profile (if I remembered the name right) That's where disk partitioning/fs defs normally go, so I would presume zpool stuff should also go there. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives
On 6/21/06, Lori Alt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked into this and got some information from the install group. What I learned is this: the process of creating a flash archive is just a matter of using cpio/pax to make a copy of the contents of an installed system. A flash archive doesn't contain any information about the configuration (i.e. storage partitioning) of a system. It's more like a 'super-package' which contains all of the system software plus some customizations. When you install a flash archive, you need to have already created the storage to hold the archive contents. That's done with the standard Solaris install software (same as a regular initial install, upgrade, jumpstart, or liveupgrade). But the distributed Solaris install software is not yet zfs-aware. So the answer to your question is that you can create a flash archive from this system with zfs filesystems, but until the install software is zfs-aware, you can't use the archive to create a system with zfs pools and datasets. Full support for zfs in flash archives will come with the rest of the zfs installation/boot support. But flash archives come with multiple sections. From flash_archive(4) on Solaris 9: The flash archive is laid out in the following sections: o archive cookie o archive identification o manifest (for differential archives only) o predeployment o postdeployment o reboot o summary o user-defined (optional) o archive files It seems as though if suitably motivated, additional information about the desired configuration could be stored in one of the above sections, either directly or as a result of scripts (e.g. derived profiles in jumpstart). Mike -- Mike Gerdts http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS and Flash archives
I'm looking into this and will send out an answer in a day or two. Lori Alt Constantin Gonzalez wrote: Hi, I'm currently setting up a demo machine. It would be nice to set up everything the way I like it, including a number of ZFS filesystems, then create a flash archive, then install from that archive. Will there be any issues with webstart flash and ZFS? Does flar create need to be ZFS aware and if so, is it ZFS aware in S10u2b09a? Best regards, Constantin ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
