Introduction to Oracle^® Solaris Zones

Oracle Solaris Zones Introduction

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

The chapter provides an overview of zones covering the following topics:

• Zones Concepts Overview

• When to Use Zones

• How Zones Work

• Comparison of Global and Non-Global Zones

• Capabilities Provided by Non-Global Zones

• Zone Brands Overview

• Zone Administration Overview

• Immutable Zones

• Live Zone Reconfiguration

• About Zone Conversion

• About Zone Migration

• About Oracle Solaris Zones in This Release

• For More Information About Zones

Comprehensive documentation about zones is listed in the section For More Information About Zones.