[geeks] Solaris: zfs does not allow copies option

[Jonathan Groll]

On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 03:02:26AM -0400, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Several articles on ZFS say on a single drive you can use the copies  
> option to make ZFS keep multiple copies of data just like it does  
> metadata, allowing ZFS to repair errors even on a single drive.
> 
> However:
> 
> % zfs set copies=2 sys/home
> cannot set property for 'sys/home': invalid property 'copies'
> 
> Did they remove this feature?
> 
> So far I can't find out what the deal is.
> 
As far as I know it was only introduced with B61, perhaps you are
running with ZS derived from an earlier version?

Cheers,
Jonathan