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Preface

Part I Oracle Solaris Resource Management

1.  Introduction to Resource Management

2.  Projects and Tasks (Overview)

3.  Administering Projects and Tasks

4.  Extended Accounting (Overview)

5.  Administering Extended Accounting (Tasks)

6.  Resource Controls (Overview)

7.  Administering Resource Controls (Tasks)

8.  Fair Share Scheduler (Overview)

9.  Administering the Fair Share Scheduler (Tasks)

10.  Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon (Overview)

11.  Administering the Resource Capping Daemon (Tasks)

12.  Resource Pools (Overview)

13.  Creating and Administering Resource Pools (Tasks)

14.  Resource Management Configuration Example

Part II Oracle Solaris Zones

15.  Introduction to Oracle Solaris Zones

Zones Overview

About Oracle Solaris Zones in This Release

Read-Only solaris Non-Global Zones

About Converting ipkg Zones to solaris Zones

About Branded Zones

Processes Running in a Branded Zone

Non-Global Zones Available in This Release

When to Use Zones

How Zones Work

Summary of Zones by Function

How Non-Global Zones Are Administered

How Non-Global Zones Are Created

Non-Global Zone State Model

Non-Global Zone Characteristics

Using Resource Management Features With Non-Global Zones

Zones-Related SMF Services

Monitoring Non-Global Zones

Capabilities Provided by Non-Global Zones

Setting Up Zones on Your System (Task Map)

16.  Non-Global Zone Configuration (Overview)

17.  Planning and Configuring Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

18.  About Installing, Shutting Down, Halting, Uninstalling, and Cloning Non-Global Zones (Overview)

19.  Installing, Booting, Shutting Down, Halting, Uninstalling, and Cloning Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

20.  Non-Global Zone Login (Overview)

21.  Logging In to Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

22.  About Zone Migrations and the zonep2vchk Tool

23.  Migrating Oracle Solaris Systems and Migrating Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

24.  About Automatic Installation and Packages on an Oracle Solaris 11.1 System With Zones Installed

25.  Oracle Solaris Zones Administration (Overview)

26.  Administering Oracle Solaris Zones (Tasks)

27.  Configuring and Administering Immutable Zones

28.  Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Oracle Solaris Zones Problems

Part III Oracle Solaris 10 Zones

29.  Introduction to Oracle Solaris 10 Zones

30.  Assessing an Oracle Solaris 10 System and Creating an Archive

31.  (Optional) Migrating an Oracle Solaris 10 native Non-Global Zone Into an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone

32.  Configuring the solaris10 Branded Zone

33.  Installing the solaris10 Branded Zone

34.  Booting a Zone, Logging in, and Zone Migration

Glossary

Index

Chapter 15

Introduction to Oracle Solaris Zones

The Oracle Solaris Zones feature in the Oracle Solaris operating system provides an isolated environment in which to run applications on your system.

This chapter provides an overview of zones.

The chapter also covers the following general zones topics:

If you are ready to start creating zones on your system, skip to Chapter 16, Non-Global Zone Configuration (Overview).


Note - For information about Oracle Solaris 10 Zones, see Part III, Oracle Solaris 10 Zones.

For information on using zones on an Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions system, see Chapter 13, Managing Zones in Trusted Extensions, in Trusted Extensions Configuration and Administration.