zfs discuss - Aug 2008 - S10u6, zfs and zones

My server runs S10u5. All slices are UFS. I run a couple of sparse
zones on a seperate slice mounted on /zones.

When S10u6 comes out booting of ZFS will become possible. That is great
news. However, will it be possible to have those zones I run now too?
I always understood ZFS and root zones are difficult. I hope to be able
to change all FS to ZFS, including the space for the sparse zones.

Does somebody have more information on this?

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dick hoogendijk wrote:
> My server runs S10u5. All slices are UFS. I run a couple of sparse
> zones on a seperate slice mounted on /zones.
> 
> When S10u6 comes out booting of ZFS will become possible. That is great
> news. However, will it be possible to have those zones I run now too?
you can migrate pre u5 ufs to u6 zfs via lucreate, zones included.

There is no support issues for zones on a system with zfs root, that
I''m aware of, and Lu
( Live upgrade ) in u6 will support zones on zfs
upgrade.
> I always understood ZFS and root zones are difficult. I hope to be able
> to change all FS to ZFS, including the space for the sparse zones.
zones can be on zfs or any other supported config in combination with zfs root.

Is there a specific question you had in mind with regard to sparse zones and zfs
root, no
too clear if I answered your actual query.

Enda
> 
> Does somebody have more information on this?
>