Re: [zfs-discuss] use zpool directly w/o create zfs

2009-10-12 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hua, The behavior below is described here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/setup-1?a=view The top-level /tank file system cannot be removed so it is less flexible then using descendent datasets. If you want to create snapshot or clone and later promote the /tank clone, then it is bes

Re: [zfs-discuss] use zpool directly w/o create zfs

2009-10-10 Thread Andrew Gabriel
Hua wrote: I understand that usually zfs need to be created inside a zpool to store files/data. However, I quick test shows that I actually can put files directly inside a mounted zpool without creating any zfs. After zpool create -f tank c0d1 I actually can copy/delete any files into /tank.

Re: [zfs-discuss] use zpool directly w/o create zfs

2009-10-10 Thread Mattias Pantzare
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 01:00, Hua wrote: > I understand that usually zfs need to be created inside a zpool to store > files/data. > > However, I quick test shows that I actually can put files directly inside a > mounted zpool without creating any zfs. > > After > zpool create -f tank c0d1 > > I

[zfs-discuss] use zpool directly w/o create zfs

2009-10-10 Thread Hua
I understand that usually zfs need to be created inside a zpool to store files/data. However, I quick test shows that I actually can put files directly inside a mounted zpool without creating any zfs. After zpool create -f tank c0d1 I actually can copy/delete any files into /tank. I can also c