Hi Sandy,

Yes. It is a file which can created with mkfile.
The file can seat in the I/O service domain on UFS or even ZFS.
ZFS is cool when hosting these files, as it offers snapshot, and clone 
capabilities.

Cheers
Kenneth

Sandy DeGraw ASSE-Atlanta wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm sorry to sound dumb, but what does "file exported as a block 
> device", mean exactly?
>
> Is it a zfs filesystem ?
> Is it a mkfile ?
>
> I'm trying to create multiple ldoms on a T5120, which has only 2 disks.
> Disk0 is for the root/os/primary etc.
> Disk1 , I was hoping to use for the multiple ldoms, I tried using 
> different slices of disk1,
> which will NOT work, as you knew and I figured out the hard way.
> So I'm left with "file exported as a block device"
>
> Any comments welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> --Sandy
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