zfs discuss - May 2006 - Install ZFS on existing Solaris 10 box?

Perhaps this has been covered elsewhere, but I can''t seem to google it 
up so I''ll ask -

Can I take an existing Solaris 10 box, current on patches, but not 
installed from a sun express with ZFS install disk, and add ZFS support 
to it?

If so what steps would I need to take.  Is it just a few pkgadds and a 
reboot or is it more complex?

If I can''t, can someone tell me why so I can convince my boss that a 
reinstall is really necessary...

Thanks
Jeff

>Can I take an existing Solaris 10 box, current on patches, but not 
>installed from a sun express with ZFS install disk, and add ZFS support 
>to it?
Not at this time.

	- Update 2 needs to be released
	- You may need to "upgrade" to update 2

Though I''ve heard it said that they want to allow people to install
ZFS through patches but I have not heard the final outcome.
>If so what steps would I need to take.  Is it just a few pkgadds and a 
>reboot or is it more complex?
No.  You will need to have a few kernel issues fixed and the patches
won''t be out until Update 2 is released.

A reinstall will not be necessary; the worst case is an upgrade to U2
when it is released.

Casper

On Wednesday, May 17, 2006 at 19:53:00 CEST, Jeffrey Collyer
wrote:
> Perhaps this has been covered elsewhere, but I can''t seem to
google it
> up so I''ll ask -
> 
> Can I take an existing Solaris 10 box, current on patches, but not 
> installed from a sun express with ZFS install disk, and add ZFS support 
> to it?
No.
> If so what steps would I need to take.  Is it just a few pkgadds and a 
> reboot or is it more complex?
> 
> If I can''t, can someone tell me why so I can convince my boss that
a
> reinstall is really necessary...
ZFS for Solaris 10 will arrive in Solaris 10 Update 2 (probably a few
weeks away. You can use the upgrade option to move from Solaris 10 3/05
or Solaris 10 1/06 to the next update release then.

Ronald