Solaris Zone status and Configuration
This article describes how to display the Solaris Zone Status and Configuration from the global zone.
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Migrating a Solaris 11 Kernel Zone
You can migrate a kernel zone to another host by using the zoneadm command. For zone migrations, a zone configuration must be portable across machines.
How to build a Solaris Branded Zone
This is a standard question for Solaris administrators who unfortunately have requirements for an older Solaris 9 kernel for a legacy application.
How to Update a file on all zones at the same time
A brief article and how to quickly copy an updated configuration to all child zones.
How to reboot a Solaris Zone stuck in shutting_down state
To solve this problem, try one or more of following commands on the global zone until the zone state changes to Installed.
How to use zlogin to Shutdown and Start a zone
You must be the global administrator or a user with appropriate authorization in the global zone to perform these procedures.
An introduction to Solaris Zones
This post is an introduction to the new virtual technology introduced from Sun Microsystems, namely Solaris Zones (not containers)
Cloning a Solaris zone
The beauty of zones under Solaris for me is the ability to clone any zone and then easily adapt it for it's new resources and function.
How to uninstall a Solaris zone in an incomplete state
A simple procedure to uninstall a solaris zone in an incomplete state
Solaris non-global Zone States (part 2)
This article simply provides addiational zone states from my previous post on the subject.
Solaris non-global Zone States
This article simply provides a zone state flow chart and a table listing the state of non-global zones under Solaris.
Accessing a Tape Device from a non-global Zone
Accessing a tape device (or any device) from a non-global zone in Solaris
Creating Solaris Containers
Whilst there is an abundance of documentation on creating containers, the goal here is to create a container in the fewest number of steps.