I'm trying to run updates on my Solaris 11.3 server but I am unable to because there isn't enough space on my rpool. I've tried deleting log files and other useless stuff but it's not enough. Therefore, I need to extend the size of rpool.
My Solaris server is an ESXi virtual machine and currently has one hard drive assigned to it that's 100gb. The server has two ZFS pools – rpool and one called data which we used for solaris updates (the problem server is our repo server). I've never done any kind of systems administration on a solaris server so this is kind of new. I also don't have access to vSphere – I have to contact somebody from support and instruct them on what I need then I can handle everything from CLI.
What would be the best course of action – increase the size of the existing hard drive, add a second hard drive? Any simple and to the point instructions would be greatly appreciated. I've tried reading over the Oracle docs but I think those instructions are for bare metal installations, not virtual environments.
Best Answer
Add a second drive that is larger, resilver on it, drop the small disk.
A simple way to do this is documented at https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E53394_01/html/E54801/ghzvz.html#scrolltoc in the Oracle Documentation for Solaris 11.3
There are other ways but with this one I can just point you to the docs.
Removing unneeeded boot environment can clear a lot storage as well sometimes. Especially if there were many updates in the past.
This works with virtual environments as well as with physical ones ...