An update: I'm using VMWare ESX 3.5 and VMWare ESXi 3.5 as the NFS clients.
I'm use zfs set sharenfs=on datapool/vmwarenfs to make that zfs file system accessible over NFS. -- Sriram On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Sriram Narayanan <sriram...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello: > > I have the following zfs structure > datapool/vmwarenfs - which is available over NFS > > I have some ZFS filesystems as follows: > datapool/vmwarenfs/basicVMImage > datapool/vmwarenfs/basicvmim...@snapshot > datapool/vmwarenfs/VMImage01 -> zfs cloned from basicvmim...@snapshot > datapool/vmwarenfs/VMImage02 -> zfs cloned from basicvmim...@snapshot > > These are accessible via NFS as /datapool/vmwarenfs > with the subfolders VMImage01 and VMImage02 > > What's happening right now: > a. When I connect to datapool/vmwarenfs over NFS, > - the contents of /datapool/vmwarenfs are visible and usable > - VMImage01 and VMImage02 are appearing as empty sub-folders at the > paths /datapool/vmwarenfs/VMImage01 and /datapool/vmwarenfs/VMImage02, > but their contents are not vbisible. > > b. When I explicity share VMImage01 and VMImage02 via NFS, then > /datapool/vmwarenfs/VMImage01 -> usable as a separate NFS share > /datapool/vmwarenfs/VMImage02 -> usable as a separate NFS share > > What I'd like to have: > - attach over NFS to /datapool/vmwarenfs > - view the ZFS filesystems VMImage01 and VMImage02 as sub folders > under /datapool/vmwarenfs > > If needed, I can move VMImage01 and VMImage02 from datapool/vmwarenfs, > and even re-create them elsewhere. > > -- Sriram > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
