Add zfs dataset to a zone

I think that the easiest method for adding (and after that, managing) a zfs pool/file system to a zone is by adding it as a dataset.

Adding the zfs as a dataset will allow the zone administrator to manage this pool/filesystem and use it as a normal zfs filesystem.

zonecfg -z myzone
zonecfg:zion> add dataset
zonecfg:zion:dataset> set name=zpool/mydata
zonecfg:zion:dataset> end

There are few properties that the zone admin won't be able to change and it could be that the zone admin will see more than you wants him to see. for more information about the delegation properites: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5461/gbbsn?a=view

There are times that all you want to do is just share space between the global zone and the non-global zone, in this case, you can add the zfs file system as a generic filesystem:

# zfs set mountpoint=legacy zpool/mydata
# zonecfg -z myzone
zonecfg:zion> add fs
zonecfg:zion:fs> set type=zfs
zonecfg:zion:fs> set special=zpool/mydata
zonecfg:zion:fs> set dir=/data
zonecfg:zion:fs> end