Solaris P2V using zfs

First, on the system, create a zfs snapshot of the system

1. Share space on an NFS server. Can we linux, another solaris or even my new friend the
MobaXterm (16MB of concentrated Unix technology, worth the test)
2. Mount that space to make it available on phys:
phys# mount nfsserver:/backup /mnt
3. Create a recursive snapshot of the root pool. Recursive works after 2008 release, but not here so

4. We prepare all snaps
5. phys# zfs list | awk '{print "zfs snapshot "$1"@fred"}'
6. zfs snapshot rpool@fred
7. zfs snapshot rpool/ROOT@fred
8. zfs snapshot rpool/ROOT/s10@fred
9. zfs snapshot rpool/dump@fred
10. zfs snapshot rpool/export@fred
zfs snapshot rpool/export/home@fred
zfs snapshot rpool/export/home/admin@fred
zfs snapshot rpool/swap@fred
11. We cut and paste the lines and check creation
12. phys# zfs list
13. NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
14. rpool 17.6G 116G 67K /rpool
15. rpool@fred 0 - 67K -
16. rpool/ROOT 5.43G 116G 21K legacy
17. rpool/ROOT@fred 0 - 21K -
18. rpool/ROOT/s10 5.43G 116G 4.68G /
19. rpool/ROOT/s10@fred 290K - 4.68G -
20. rpool/dump 4.00G 116G 4.00G -
21. rpool/dump@fred 0 - 4.00G -
22. rpool/export 69.5K 116G 23K /export
23. rpool/export@fred 0 - 23K -
24. rpool/export/home 46.5K 116G 23K /export/home
25. rpool/export/home@fred 0 - 23K -
26. rpool/export/home/admin 23.5K 116G 23.5K /export/home/admin
27. rpool/export/home/admin@fred 0 - 23.5K -
28. rpool/swap 8.20G 124G 15.2M -
rpool/swap@fred 0 - 15.2M -
29. We cut and paste the lines and check creation. We can prepare the backup of file systems
30. phys# zfs list | awk '{print "zfs send "$1"@fred > /mnt/"$1}' > run.sh
phys# vi run.sh
but we need to replace / by _ in the file before running (dont zip it, solaris minimal setup will not
be able to restore it)
zfs send rpool@fred > /mnt/rpool
zfs send rpool/ROOT@fred> /mnt/rpool_ROOT
zfs send rpool/ROOT/s10@fred > /mnt/rpool_ROOT_s10
zfs send rpool/export@fred > /mnt/rpool_export
zfs send rpool/export/home@fred > /mnt/rpool_export_home
zfs send rpool/export/home/admin@fred > /mnt/rpool_export_home_admin
And need to remove useless filesystem :
zfs send rpool/dump@fred > /mnt/rpool/dump@fred
zfs send rpool/swap@fred > /mnt/rpool_swap@fred
31. We make the script runnable and run it
32. phys# chmod 755 run.sh
phys# ./run.sh
33. We can also prepare the restore to come
34. phys# zfs list | awk '{print "cat /mnt/"$1" | zfs receive "$1}' > restore.sh
35. phys# vi restore.sh
36. cat /mnt/rpool|zfs receive -F rpool
37. cat /mnt/rpool_ROOT|zfs receive rpool/ROOT
38. cat /mnt/rpool_ROOT_s10|zfs receive rpool/ROOT/s10
39. cat /mnt/rpool_export|zfs receive rpool/export
40. cat /mnt/rpool_export_home|zfs receive rpool/export/home
cat /mnt/rpool_export_home_admin |zfs receive rpool/export/home/admin
Make it executable and store it with the backup
phys# chmod 755 restore.sh
phys# mv restore.sh /tmp
41. To simplify we complete restore.sh with
A. Recreate the root pool. For example: (before the zfs receive)
# zpool create -f -o failmode=continue -R /a -m legacy rpool c1t0d0s0
B. Install grub ( after zfs receive)
# installgrub /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0
C. Let the bootfs property on the root pool BE.
# zpool set bootfs=rpool/ROOT/s10 rpool
D. Recreate the dump device.
# zfs create -V 2G rpool/dump
E. Recreate the swap device.
# zfs create -V 2G -b 4k rpool/swap
42. We are done so we can clean the snapshots
43. phys# zfs list | awk '{print "zfs destroy "$1"@fred"}'
44. zfs destroy rpool@fredzfs destroy rpool/ROOT@fred
45. zfs destroy rpool/ROOT/s10@fred
46. zfs destroy rpool/dump@fred
47. zfs destroy rpool/export@fred
48. zfs destroy rpool/export/home@fred
49. zfs destroy rpool/export/home/admin@fred
zfs destroy rpool/swap@fred
Ok after a cut/paste, we can now prepare the virtual version
50. Connect to vCenter (Workstation, VirtualBox choose it) and create a new Solaris 10 VM
with the same version of solaris CD
or be ready to patch the system,
or get zpool version to create it at proper version
A. During boot, use option 6 to boot CD to single user
Once on the shell, first restore the delete key ( system is in US keyboard be careful if it is
not your native keyboard, you will soon understand why I prepare the restore script)
stty erase ^H (press delete)
B. Then allow / to be modified
mount -o rw,remount /
C. Now connect to network
D. ifconfig -a plumb
ifconfig e1000g0 10.0.0.3/24 up
E. and connect to nfsserver (10.0.0.2 in our example)
mount -F 10.0.0.2:/backups /mnt
F. We now need to create a Solaris fdisk partition that can be used for booting by selecting
1=SOLARIS2. You can create a Solaris partition by using the fdisk -B option that creates one
Solaris partition that uses the whole disk. Beware that the following command uses the
whole disk.
# fdisk -B /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0p0
G. Display the newly created Solaris partition. For example:
H. Total disk size is 8924 cylinders
I. Cylinder size is 16065 (512 byte) blocks
J.
K. Cylinders
L. Partition Status Type Start End Length %
M. ========= ====== ============ ===== === ====== ===
N. 1 Active Solaris2 1 8923 8923 100
O. .
P. .
Q. .
Enter Selection: 6
R. Create a slice in the Solaris partition for the root pool. Creating a slice on x86 and SPARC
system is similar except that an x86 system has a slice 8. In the example below, a slice 0 is
created and the disk space is allocated to slice 0 on an x86 system. For a SPARC system, just
ignore the slice 8 input.
S. # format
T. Specify disk (enter its number): 1
U. selecting c1t0d0
V. [disk formatted]
W. FORMAT MENU:
X. disk - select a disk
Y. type - select (define) a disk type
Z. partition - select (define) a partition table
AA. current - describe the current disk
BB. format - format and analyze the disk
CC. fdisk - run the fdisk program
DD. .
EE. .
FF. .
GG. format> p
HH. PARTITION MENU:
II. 0 - change `0' partition
JJ. 1 - change `1' partition
KK. 2 - change `2' partition
LL. 3 - change `3' partition
MM. 4 - change `4' partition
NN. 5 - change `5' partition
OO. 6 - change `6' partition
PP. 7 - change `7' partition
QQ. select - select a predefined table
RR. modify - modify a predefined partition table
SS. name - name the current table
TT. print - display the current table
UU. label - write partition map and label to the disk
VV. !<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return
WW. quit
XX. partition> p
YY. Current partition table (original):
ZZ. Total disk cylinders available: 8921 + 2 (reserved cylinders)
AAA.
BBB. Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
CCC. 0 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
DDD. 1 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
EEE. 2 backup wu 0 - 8920 68.34GB (8921/0/0) 143315865
FFF. 3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
GGG. 4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
HHH. 5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
III. 6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
JJJ. 7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
KKK. 8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
LLL. 9 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
MMM. partition> modify
NNN. Select partitioning base:
OOO. 0. Current partition table (original)
PPP. 1. All Free Hog
QQQ. Choose base (enter number) [0]? 1
RRR.
SSS. Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
TTT. 0 root wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
UUU. 1 swap wu 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
VVV. 2 backup wu 0 - 8920 68.34GB (8921/0/0) 143315865
WWW. 3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
XXX. 4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
YYY. 5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
ZZZ. 6 usr wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
AAAA. 7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
BBBB. 8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
CCCC. 9 alternates wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
DDDD.
EEEE. Do you wish to continue creating a new partition
FFFF. table based on above table[yes]?
GGGG. Free Hog partition[6]? 0
HHHH. Enter size of partition '1' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
IIII. Enter size of partition '3' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
JJJJ. Enter size of partition '4' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
KKKK. Enter size of partition '5' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
LLLL. Enter size of partition '6' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
MMMM. Enter size of partition '7' [0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]:
NNNN.
OOOO. Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
PPPP. 0 root wm 1 - 8920 68.33GB (8920/0/0) 143299800
QQQQ. 1 swap wu 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
RRRR. 2 backup wu 0 - 8920 68.34GB (8921/0/0) 143315865
SSSS. 3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
TTTT. 4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
UUUU. 5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
VVVV. 6 usr wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
WWWW. 7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
XXXX. 8 boot wu 0 - 0 7.84MB (1/0/0) 16065
YYYY. 9 alternates wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
ZZZZ.
AAAAA. Okay to make this the current partition table[yes]?
BBBBB. Enter table name (remember quotes): "disk1"
CCCCC.
DDDDD. Ready to label disk, continue? yes
EEEEE. partition> q
format> q
FFFFF. disk is ready ! we can go to nfs server
cd /mnt
./restore.sh
After a while we can reboot the system AFTER changing to another VLAN than the physical server.
# init 6
After the reboot, you will be in maintenance mode. You need to edit the /etc/path_to_inst file to
remove e1000g0 reference if your server was running with it. Dont try vi yet
grep -v e1000 /etc/path_to_inst > backup
cp /etc/path_to_inst /etc/path_to_inst.bak
cp backup /etc/path_to_inst
also run
devfsadm -Cv
to update all devices address
After a final reboot, if your system was not a minimal install, you will be able to install vmware-tools or
equivalent and do a last rebootLast ? help yourself, make a vm snapshot, upgrade system to latest
maintenance release of solaris 10 (if you still have access to solaris support page) and upgrade zpool and
zfs to latest version.