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# 1  
Old 12-31-2008
Can you migrate UFS to ZFS ?
I have some UFS volumes (non root), that I would like to change into ZFS volumes.

Is this possible ?

I think the only method is to create a new zfs volume and copy the data accoss, this would take a long time for us. Is there a quicker way ?

Regards
# 2  
Old 12-31-2008
No, there is no conversion. Your existing idea is the only way to do this.
# 3  
Old 01-05-2009
FYI
UFS-> ZFS is on the Roadmap & You can now create root ZFS with S10U8

ms.s
# 4  
Old 01-05-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by stevie_velvet
FYI
UFS-> ZFS is on the Roadmap
ms.s
No it isn't. Migrating from root on UFS to root on ZFS is but conversion of existing filesystems is not.
# 5  
Old 01-08-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by reborg
No it isn't. Migrating from root on UFS to root on ZFS is but conversion of existing filesystems is not.
This is information from a blog on blogs.sun.com

ms.stev
# 6  
Old 01-08-2009
Can you post a link to that blog ?
I suspect you misunderstood its content. That would be a quite complicated process to implement with little value.
A UFS file system is located on a slice while a ZFS file system is located on a ZFS pool. The same storage area can hardly be both at the same time.
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