(Solaris 10 only) CPU Shares Assigned During Zone Creation

If your host runs on the Solaris 10 Operating System, you can create zones and assign CPU shares for the zone as a whole and Project CPU shares for the projects in the zone. These are related entities.

You assign the CPU shares and Project CPU shares during zone creation by using the New Zone wizard. In Step 4 of the New Zone wizard, you select a resource pool. The wizard shows the Total CPU Shares for the pool and the Total Available CPU Shares for the pool.

You enter a value for the CPU shares that you want to allocate to this zone from the resource pool. This integer must be less than or equal to the Total Available CPU Shares for the pool.

Figure 3–10 Zone Shares

If the pool has a Total Available CPU Shares of 100, then you can assign this zone all or some of the 100 shares. In this example, let's say we assign the zone 20 CPU shares from the resource pool.