ZFS offers a dramatic advance in data management, with an innovative approach to data integrity, tremendous performance improvements, and a welcome integration of file system and volume management capabilities using storage pools. Learn how to set up, configure, administer and manage this file system with classroom discussion followed by in-depth, detailed lab exercises. Topics include booting ZFS as a root file system, managing pools and file systems, configuring ZFS snapshots and clones, using ZFS with Solaris Zones, and troubleshooting and recovering data.

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Students who can benefit from this course are experienced Solaris OS system administrators.

To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to administer the Solaris 10 Operating System.

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Identify ZFS hardware, software, and storage requirements
• Manage ZFS storage pools
• Manage ZFS file systems
• Manage ZFS snapshots and clones
• Install and boot a ZFS root file system
• Describe ZFS troubleshooting and data recovery
• Describe ZFS volumes
• Use ZFS with Solaris zones

Module 1 - Introduction

• What Is ZFS?
• ZFS Terminology
• ZFS Component Naming Conventions

• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Creating a Basic File System
• Creating a Storage Pool
• Creating a File System Hierarchy

• Components of a ZFS Storage Pool
• Replication Features of a ZFS Storage Pool
• Creating and Destroying ZFS Storage Pools
• Managing Devices in ZFS Storage Pools
• Querying ZFS Storage Pool Status
• Migrating ZFS Storage Pools

• Creating and Destroying ZFS File Systems
• Using ZFS Properties
• Querying ZFS File System Information
• Managing ZFS Properties
• Mounting and Sharing ZFS File Systems
• Setting ZFS Quotas and Reservations

• ZFS Snapshots
• ZFS Clones
• Sending and Receiving ZFS Data

• Initial Installation
• Jumpstart Installation
• Migrating a UFS Root File System to a ZFS Root File System
• ZFS Support for Swap and Dump Devices
• Booting from a ZFS Root File System

• Reviewing ZFS Failure Modes
• Checking ZFS Data Integrity
• Identifying Problems in ZFS
• Repairing a Damaged ZFS Configuration
• Resolving a Missing Device
• Replacing or Repairing a Damaged Device
• Repairing Damaged Data
• Repairing an Unbootable System

• ZFS Volumes
• Using ZFS on a Solaris System with Zones Installed
• ZFS Alternate Root Pools
• ZFS Rights Profiles