Solaris 10 8/07: How to Mark an Installed Non-Global Zone Incomplete

If administrative changes on the system have rendered a zone unusable or inconsistent, it is possible to change the state of an installed zone to incomplete.

You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.

1. Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.

   To create the role and assign the role to a user, see Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.

2. Mark the zone testzone incomplete.

   global# zoneadm -z testzone mark incomplete

3. Use the list subcommand with the -i and -v options to verify the status.

   global# zoneadm list -iv

   You will see a display that is similar to the following:

   ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared - my-zone installed /export/home/my-zone native shared - testzone incomplete /export/home/testzone native shared

Marking a Zone Incomplete

The -R root option can be used with the mark and list subcommands of zoneadm to specify an alternate boot environment. See zoneadm(1M) for more information.

Marking a zone incomplete is irreversible. The only action that can be taken on a zone marked incomplete is to uninstall the zone and return it to the configured state. See How to Uninstall a Zone.