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16ZFS Test Suite README
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181. Building and installing the ZFS Test Suite
192. Running the ZFS Test Suite
203. Test results
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241. Building and installing the ZFS Test Suite
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26The ZFS Test Suite runs under the testrunner framework (which can be installed
27as pkg:/system/test/testrunner). To build both the ZFS Test Suite and the
28testrunner without running a full nightly:
29
30	build_machine$ bldenv [-d] <your_env_file>
31	build_machine$ cd $SRC/test
32	build_machine$ dmake install
33	build_machine$ cd $SRC/pkg
34	build_machine$ dmake install
35
36Then set the publisher on the test machine to point to your repository and
37install the ZFS Test Suite.
38
39	test_machine# pkg install pkg:/system/test/zfstest
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41Note, the framework will be installed automatically, as the ZFS Test Suite
42depends on it.
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442. Running the ZFS Test Suite
45
46The pre-requisites for running the ZFS Test Suite are:
47	- root pool about 100GB (some test data is using /var/tmp)
48	- about 8GB RAM
49	- Three scratch disks (15GB, tests with ufs need 512B native or 512e)
50	  - Specify the disks you wish to use in the $DISKS variable, as a
51	    space delimited list like this: DISKS='c3t1d0 c3t2d0 c3t3d0'
52	  - Use the '-a' option to the zfstest script and all unused disks on
53	    the system are eligible. With '-a' specified, $DISKS is ignored.
54	- A non-root user with the full set of basic privileges and the ability
55	  to sudo(8) to root without a password to run the test.
56	- Specify any pools you wish to preserve as a space delimited list in
57	  the $KEEP variable. The root pool is added automatically.
58
59Once the pre-requisites are satisfied, simply run the zfstest script:
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61	test_machine$ /opt/zfs-tests/bin/zfstest [-aq]
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63When the '-q' option is specified, it is passed to run(1) which causes output
64to be written to the console only for tests that do not pass and the results
65summary.
66
67The ZFS Test Suite allows the user to specify a subset of the tests via a
68runfile. The format of the runfile is explained in run(1), and the files that
69zfstest uses are available for reference under /opt/zfs-tests/runfiles. To
70specify a custom runfile, use the -c option:
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72	test_machine$ /opt/zfs-tests/bin/zfstest [-aq] -c my_tests.run
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743. Test results
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76While the ZFS Test Suite is running, one informational line is printed at the
77end of each test, and a results summary is printed at the end of the run. The
78results summary includes the location of the complete logs, which is of the
79form /var/tmp/test_results/<ISO 8601 date>.
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