Removing a zpool from a Solaris 11 zone

In this article I'll demonstrate how to remove a zpool assigned to a local zone. The zone needs to be in shutdown state for this to work.

I've shutdown the zone & entered zonecfg interface:

root@global:/etc/zones# zonecfg -z localzone

To view the assigned zpools type:

zonecfg:localzone> info zpool
zpool:
        name: dpool01
        storage: dev:/dev/dsk/c0t60002AC0000000000000453B0000935Dd0
zpool:
        name: dpool02
        storage: dev:/dev/dsk/c0t60002AC0000000000000453E0000935Dd0
zpool:
        name: expdmp
        storage: dev:/dev/dsk/c0t5000CCA0705EDCCCd0
zpool:
        name: expdmp1
        storage: dev:/dev/dsk/c0t60002AC000000000000045440000935Dd0

I need to remove expdmp. So I typed remove zpool name=expdmp but it gave me an error:

zonecfg:localzone> remove zpool name=expdmp

Zone localzone already installed; remove zpool not allowed in 'installed' state.

Use 'zoneadm mark' to mark the zone 'unavailable' or detach the zone

before removing a 'zpool' resource.

zonecfg:localzone> exit

So, I had to detach the zone.

root@global:/etc/zones# zoneadm -z localzone detach

Exported zone zpool: localzone_rpool

Exported zone zpool: localzone_dpool01

Exported zone zpool: localzone_dpool02

Exported zone zpool: localzone_expdmp

Exported zone zpool: localzone_expdmp1

Then remove the zpool:

root@global:/etc/zones# zonecfg -z localzone

zonecfg:localzone> remove zpool name=expdmp

zonecfg:localzone> verify

zonecfg:localzone> commit

zonecfg:localzone> exit

Once done, attach the zone & boot it.

root@global:/etc/zones# zoneadm -z localzone attach

Imported zone zpool: localzone_rpool

Imported zone zpool: localzone_dpool01

Imported zone zpool: localzone_dpool02

Imported zone zpool: localzone_expdmp1

Progress being logged to /var/log/zones/zoneadm.20161018T124012Z.localzone.attach

    Installing: Using existing zone boot environment

      Zone BE root dataset: localzone_rpool/rpool/ROOT/solaris-0

                     Cache: Using /var/pkg/publisher.

  Updating non-global zone: Linking to image /.

Processing linked: 1/1 done

  Updating non-global zone: Auditing packages.

No updates necessary for this image.

  Updating non-global zone: Zone updated.

                    Result: Attach Succeeded.

Log saved in non-global zone as /zones/localzone/root/var/log/zones/zoneadm.20161018T124012Z.localzone.attach

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root@global:/etc/zones# zoneadm -z localzone boot