zfs discuss - Jul 2009 - crossmnt ?

Hello !

How can i export a filesystem /export1 so that sub-filesystems within that
filesystems will be available and usable on the client side without additional
"mount/share effort" ?

this is possible with linux nfsd and i wonder how this can be done with solaris
nfs.

i`d like to use /export1 as datastore for ESX and create zfs sub-filesystems for
each VM in that datastore, for better snapshot handling.
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:46 AM, roland<no-reply at opensolaris.org>
wrote:
> Hello !
>
> How can i export a filesystem /export1 so that sub-filesystems within that
filesystems will be available and usable on the client side without additional
"mount/share effort" ?
>
> this is possible with linux nfsd and i wonder how this can be done with
solaris nfs.
>
> i`d like to use /export1 as datastore for ESX and create zfs
sub-filesystems for each VM in that datastore, for better snapshot handling.

If you do "zfs set sharenfs=on yourpool/yourfilesystem/export", then
all the file systems created under yourpool/yourfilesystem/export will
inherit this (sharenfs) property and will be shared automagically as
they are created. Try to create a couple of such filesystems and then
run "zfs get sharenfs" - you''ll see what I mean.


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Regards,
        Cyril