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Solaris 11 x86 unable to create zone with zfs ( ERROR: no active dataset.)

user10100495Apr 4 2012 — edited Apr 5 2012
Hello,
got an intressting behavior when i try to create a new zone on solaris 11 x86

Config:+
SunOS ussol01 5.11 11.0 i86pc i386 i86pc
Using a local repository
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root@ussol01:/rpool/zonepool/zt1# cat /etc/zones/zonetest1.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE zone PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems Inc//DTD Zones//EN" "file:///usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/zonecfg.dtd.1">
<!--
DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. Use zonecfg(1M) instead.
-->
<zone name="zonetest1" zonepath="/rpool/zonepool/zt1" autoboot="false" brand="solaris" ip-type="exclusive">
<automatic-network lower-link="auto" linkname="net0" link-protection="mac-nospoof" mac-address="random"/>
</zone>
--
root@ussol01:/etc/zones# zoneadm -z zonetest1 install
Progress being logged to /var/log/zones/zoneadm.20120404T134957Z.zonetest1.install
Image: Preparing at /rpool/zonepool/zt1/root.

Install Log: /system/volatile/install.19545/install_log
AI Manifest: /tmp/manifest.xml.PvayjM
SC Profile: /usr/share/auto_install/sc_profiles/enable_sci.xml
Zonename: zonetest1
Installation: Starting ...

Creating IPS image
Installing packages from:
solaris
origin: http://localhost:1008/solaris/f020eabcb67dff4e28f50d0d5147a9795516317c/
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 167/167 32062/32062 175.8/175.8

PHASE ACTIONS
Install Phase 44313/44313

PHASE ITEMS
Package State Update Phase 167/167
Image State Update Phase 2/2
Installation: Succeeded

Note: Man pages can be obtained by installing pkg:/system/manual

done.

ERROR: no active dataset.
ERROR: Unable to mount zone root dataset.

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those zfs datasets where created during the installation process:

rpool/zonepool/zt1 669M 221G 31K /rpool/zonepool/zt1
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool 669M 221G 31K /rpool
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/ROOT 669M 221G 31K legacy
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/ROOT/solaris 334M 221G 310M /
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/ROOT/solaris-1 334M 221G 310M /
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/ROOT/solaris-1/var 24.1M 221G 23.2M /var
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/ROOT/solaris/var 24.1M 221G 23.2M /var
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/export 62K 221G 31K /export
rpool/zonepool/zt1/rpool/export/home 31K 221G 31K /export/home

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any ideas ?
bg Martin
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