Been there done that. You already mentioned the (IMHO only) caveat: If you snapshot a zvol or zfs containing the root fs of a running guest, it need not be consistent. (The transactional safety of ZFS has no chance to "secure" your fs in that setup)
Regards Martin Lara Matthews wrote: > Hi All > > I was wondering if you can help me. I want to create a stand alone > server with a single tape drive attached. On this server I would like > to run 1 x Controller/ IO domain and 3 x guest domains. > > All guest domains would be given a separate zfs from one zpool made up > from internal disks. Can I use the IO domain to run zfs snapshot of the > running guests or will the guests need to be shut down and unbound > before the IO domain would be able to access the zfs directories? > > I understand that any snapshot of the root file system of a guest domain > while the guest domain is running could be inconsistent but I am just > wondering if it is possible at all. > > Many thanks > > Lara > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ldoms-discuss mailing list > ldoms-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ldoms-discuss -- Martin M?ller martin.mueller at sun.com Ambassador DC Tel.: +49 2102 45 11740 Sun Microsystems GmbH Fax: +49 2102 499516 D-40880 Ratingen Mobile: +49 172 8618483 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht Muenchen: HRB 161028 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Thomas Schr?der, Wolfgang Engels, Dr. Roland Boemer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Haering
