Solaris

Hi,

I need some advice please. I have this server with a couple of zpools, lets call them

pay_serv
ukb_pool

There are two zones attached to these pools. When I do a zfs list I see this

Code:

pay_serv 8.41G 265G 8.41G /pay_serv
ukb_pool 79.8G 194G 23K /ukb_pool
ukb_pool/temp_ps 9.11G 194G 8.83G /pay_serv/ps
ukb_pool/ukb 70.6G 194G 70.6G /ukb_pool/ukb

Now the pay_serv zone is mounted on /pay_serv/ps and the ukb zone on /ukb_pool/ukb. I see these are technically stored in the ukb_pool disks so what I want to do is destroy the pay_serv zpool and free that up for something else.

If I stop the pay_serv zone and then do a "zfs umount /pay_serv" and then a "zfs destroy pay_serv" will that mess up the /pay_serv/ps directory. I am presuming yes and I am scared in doing this as it contains live data and is most definitely not a test server.

Please help!

Thanks....

i think you will use your pay_serv zone in the future, so why not clone or move your zone to a new pool??

It will not allow you to unmount /pay_serv since ukb_pool/temp_ps is mounted on /pay_serv/ps.

The data resides in ukb_pool but it is mounted under pay_serv.

You can change the mount point and then unmount and destroy pay_serv.

You may take below steps.

- Shutdown the zone pay_serv

- Change the mountpoint for ukb_pool/temp_ps from /pay_serv/ps to /ukb_pool/ps

- Change the zone configuration to take the new mount point when booting through zonecfg since the old mount point is not there

- Boot the zone and check the data in ukb_pool/temp_ps is accessible

- Once you are sure and no errors encountered you can unmount and dstroy pay_serv otherwise you have an option to revert back to old configuration

If possible you can create the scenario in a test server and test it.

Regards,
Vishal

Thanks Vishal,

If I change the zfs mountpoint from /pay_serv/ps to /ukb_pool/ps I am assuming all the data will be preserved etc?

The data resides in ukb_pool , we are only changing the mountpoint.

Regards,
Vishal