Problem with zfs and zone creation
Hi,
I am running Solaris 10 update 2 on a 25k, with zones and zfs.
Here's my problem :
first i create a zfs pool (tank) and a zfs filesystem in it (tank/my-zone-tank). All properties are the default ones, exept the mount point is set to legacy.
I do a zonecfg to create a zone (my-zone), and while doing this, i add the zfs with :
add fs
set type=zfs
set special=tank/my-zone-tank
set dir=/data
end
All seems ok, but when i install the zone, i have this error :
Preparing to install zone <my-zone>.
ERROR: No such file or directory: cannot mount </zones/my-zone/root/data> in non-global zone to install: the source block device or directory <tank/my-zone-tank> cannot be accessed
ERROR: cannot setup zone <my-zone> inherited and configured file systems
ERROR: cannot setup zone <my-zone> file systems inherited and configured from the global zone
ERROR: cannot create zone boot environment <my-zone>
zoneadm: zone 'my-zone': '/usr/lib/lu/lucreatezone' failed with exit code 74.
As you may think, while it fails now, it works it i install the zone first, then add the fs with zonecfg and then reboot.
My question is why it is so ? i would like to fully configure my zone even before i install it.
Thanks for any answer or tips...
[1390 byte] By [
JoeLinux] at [2007-11-26 9:57:47]
# 1
That would be because you do not use "add fs" for zfs entries but "add dataset".
add dataset
zonecfg:my-zone> set name=tank/sales
zonecfg:my-zone> end
See http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1592/6mhahuoo6?a=view
Carl L.
> Hi,
>
> I am running Solaris 10 update 2 on a 25k, with zones
> and zfs.
> Here's my problem :
>
> first i create a zfs pool (tank) and a zfs filesystem
> in it (tank/my-zone-tank). All properties are the
> default ones, exept the mount point is set to
> legacy.
>
> I do a zonecfg to create a zone (my-zone), and while
> doing this, i add the zfs with :
>
> add fs
> set type=zfs
> set special=tank/my-zone-tank
> set dir=/data
> end
>
> All seems ok, but when i install the zone, i have
> this error :
>
> Preparing to install zone <my-zone>.
> ERROR: No such file or directory: cannot mount
> </zones/my-zone/root/data> in non-global zone to
> install: the source block device or directory
> <tank/my-zone-tank> cannot be accessed
> ERROR: cannot setup zone <my-zone> inherited and
> configured file systems
> ERROR: cannot setup zone <my-zone> file systems
> inherited and configured from the global zone
> ERROR: cannot create zone boot environment <my-zone>
> zoneadm: zone 'my-zone': '/usr/lib/lu/lucreatezone'
> failed with exit code 74.
>
> As you may think, while it fails now, it works it i
> install the zone first, then add the fs with zonecfg
> and then reboot.
>
> My question is why it is so ? i would like to fully
> configure my zone even before i install it.
>
> Thanks for any answer or tips...
# 2
Thanks for your answer, but i believed dataset were for delegating more right to the local zone admin, and that's not what i want to do...
Adding fs is possible, as the first example in http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/6n7ht6qsm?a=view seems to work once the zone have been installed.
My goal is to directly put /var on a ZFS filesystem. I can to that later, but it is a lot more complicated.
As a side note, i discovered that "The zonepath of a non-global zone should not reside on ZFS for this release. " - for those who don't know, it's hard to guess...
# 4
> As a side note, i discovered that "The zonepath of a
> non-global zone should not reside on ZFS for this
> release. " - for those who don't know, it's hard to
> guess...
Yeah, but there are specific scenarios that detail their reason for that statement. docs.sun.com is having a rough time with life right now, so I can pull it up to go into detail.
I've been using non-global zonepaths (for several busy zones) on zfs for over a month now on a "production" server w/o issues.
