Oracle Solaris 10 ZFS Administration

Course Description

Oracle Solaris ZFS offers a dramatic advance in data management, with an innovative approach to data integrity, tremendous performance improvements, and a welcome integration of file system and volume management capabilities using storage pools.This class presents all the latest key features and functionality of Oracle Solaris ZFS and provides you with the opportunity to set up, configure, administer, manage, and troubleshoot this dynamic product. Learn To: Manage pools and file systemsConfigure snapshots and clonesInstall and boot a ZFS root file systemTroubleshoot issues and recover dataUsing Oracle Solaris ZFS with Oracle Solaris Containers

Skills Gained

• Manage ZFS storage pools
• Manage ZFS file systems
• Manage ZFS snapshots and clones
• Install and boot a ZFS root file system
• Perform ZFS troubleshooting and data recovery
• Work with ZFS volumes as dump or swap devices
• Use ZFS on a Solaris system with zones installed

Who Can Benefit

• System Administrator

Prerequisites

• Oracle Solaris 10 Operating System administration skills
• User administration skills
• File systems and local disk drives management skills
• System boot procedures knowledge

Syllabus

Managing ZFS Storage Pools

• Creating and destroying ZFS Storage Pools
• Managing devices in ZFS Storage Pools
• Managing ZFS Storage Pool properties
• Querying ZFS Storage Pool status
• Migrating and upgrading a ZFS Storage Pool

Managing ZFS File Systems

• Creating and destroying ZFS File Systems
• Using ZFS File System Properties
• Querying ZFS File System Information
• Managing ZFS File System Properties
• Mounting and sharing ZFS File Systems
• Setting ZFS Quotas and Reservations

Working With ZFS Snapshots and Clones

• Creating, destroying, and holding ZFS Snapshots
• Renaming, displaying, and rolling back ZFS Snapshots
• Creating and destroying clones
• Sending and receiving ZFS Snapshot data

Installing and Booting a ZFS Root File System

• Performing an initial installation of a ZFS root file system
• Performing a Flash Archive installation of a ZFS root file system
• Performing a JumpStart Installation of a ZFS root file system
• Migrating a UFS root file system to a ZFS root file system using Solaris Live Upgrade
• Using ZFS support for swap and dump devices
• Booting from a ZFS root file system
• Recovering the ZFS root pool or root pool snapshots

Troubleshooting ZFS Issues and Recovering ZFS Data

• Identifying problems in ZFS
• Repairing a damaged ZFS configuration
• Repairing a missing device
• Repairing a damaged device
• Repairing damaged data
• Repairing an unbootable system

Working with ZFS Volumes

• Identifying a ZFS volume
• Identifying how to use a ZFS volume
• Working with ZFS volumes as dump or swap devices

Using ZFS on a Solaris System with Zones Installed

• Adding a ZFS file system to a non-global Zone
• Delegating datasets to a non-global Zone
• Adding ZFS volumes to a non-global Zone
• Using ZFS Storage Pools within a Zone
• Managing ZFS properties within a non-global Zone