Creating and Using Oracle^® Solaris Zones

How to Change the zone.cpu-shares Value in a Zone Dynamically

This procedure can be used in the global zone or in a non-global zone.

1. Become a zone administrator.

   For more information, see Assigning Limited Rights to Zone Administrators.

2. Use the prctl command to specify a new value for cpu-shares.

   # prctl  -n zone.cpu-shares -r -v value -i zone zonename

   idtype is either the zonename or the zoneid. value is the new value.