Darren J Moffat wrote:
> jan damborsky wrote:
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I like this idea - it would be clear solution for the problem.
>> Is it possible to manage custom parameters with standard CLI
>> commands (these are used by the installer for manipulating ZFS
>> entities) - zpool(1M), zfs(1M), ... ?
>>
>> I am asking, since I haven't found information about setting
>> custom parameters neither in man pages nor in
>> "Solaris ZFS Administration Guide" available on opensolaris.org,
>> I have probably missed it.
>
> As of snv_96 pool's don't have user properties otherwise you would
> be able to do this:
>
> zpool set caiman:install=preparing rpool
> ....
> zpool set caiman:install=ready rpool
> ...
> zpool set caiman:install=complete rpool
>
> You can set user properties on a dataset so you could do this:
>
> zfs set caiman:install=preparing rpool/ROOT
>
> And log an RFE for having user defined properties at the pool (if one
> doesn't already exist).
>
Allow me to parrot the suggestion in the zfs man page to use reverse DNS
names in user properties:
zfs set org.opensolaris.caiman:install=preparing rpool/ROOT
This will allow other people to use the name 'caiman' for their own user
properties.
Menno
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