[OpenAFS] ZFS rootdisk note

Jason Edgecombe jason@rampaginggeek.com
Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:39:47 -0400


Stephen Repetski wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openafs-info-admin@openafs.org [mailto:openafs-info-
>> admin@openafs.org] On Behalf Of Jason Edgecombe
>> Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 9:34 AM
>> To: Paris Holley
>> Cc: Jeff Blaine; openafs-info@openafs.org
>> Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] ZFS rootdisk note
>>
>> The fileserver will only mount a /vicepX folder if it's a mount point
>> for a different filesystem or if the /vicepXX/AlwaysAttach file is
>> present. I have personally dealt with this with using Linux on ext3
>> filesystems.
>>
>> I haven't dealt with ZFS. Does ZFS treat each folder as a mount for a
>> different filesystem/partition?
>>     
>
> It does as long as you specifically create that folder as a new volume (i.e.
> zfs create -o mountpoint=/vicepa rpool/vicepa) instead of just mkdir /vicepa
>
>   
ok, that confirms Jeff's experience.

Jason