Veritas InfoScale™ 7.4.1 Virtualization Guide - Solaris

To create the VxFS file system inside non-global zones

1. Check the zone status and halt the zone:

   global# zoneadm list -cv
   ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                    solaris  shared
   1 myzone           running    /zone/myzone         solaris  shared
   global# zoneadm -z myzone halt

2. Add devices to the zone's configuration:

   global# zonecfg -z myzone
   zonecfg:myzone> add device 
   zonecfg:myzone:device> set match=/dev/vxportal
   zonecfg:myzone:device> end
   zonecfg:myzone> add device 
   zonecfg:myzone:device> set match=/dev/fdd
   zonecfg:myzone:device> end
   zonecfg:myzone> add device 
   zonecfg:myzone:device> set match=/dev/vx/rdsk/dg_name/vol_name
   zonecfg:myzone:device> end
   zonecfg:myzone> add device 
   zonecfg:myzone:device> set match=/dev/vx/dsk/dg_name/vol_name
   zonecfg:myzone:device> end
   zonecfg:myzone> add fs 
   zonecfg:myzone:fs> set dir=/etc/vx/licenses/lic
   zonecfg:myzone:fs> set special=/etc/vx/licenses/lic
   zonecfg:myzone:fs> set type=lofs
   zonecfg:myzone:fs> end
   zonecfg:myzone> verify
   zonecfg:myzone> commit
   zonecfg:myzone> exit

3. On Solaris 11, you must set fs-allowed=vxfs,odm to the zone's configuration:

   global# zonecfg -z myzone
   zonecfg:myzone> set fs-allowed=vxfs,odm
   zonecfg:myzone> commit
   zonecfg:myzone> exit

   If you want to use ufs, nfs and zfs inside the zone, set fs-allowed=vxfs,odm,nfs,ufs,zfs.

4. Boot the zone:

   global# zoneadm -z myzone boot

5. Login to the non-global zone and create the file system inside the non-global zone:

   global# zlogin myzone
   myzone# mkfs -F vxfs /dev/vx/rdsk/dg_name/vol_name

6. Create a mount point inside the non-global zone and mount it:

   myzone# mkdir /mnt1
   myzone# mount -F vxfs /dev/vx/dsk/dg_name/vol_name /mnt1

   Mounting a VxFS file system as a cluster file system from the non-global zone is not supported.