System Administration Guide: Virtualization Using the Solaris Operating System

Script to Configure Multiple lx Branded Zones

You can use this script to configure and boot multiple zones on your system. The script takes the following parameters:

You must be the global administrator in the global zone to execute the script. The global administrator has superuser privileges in the global zone or assumes the Primary Administrator role.


#!/bin/ksh
#
# Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
# Use is subject to license terms.
#
#ident	"%Z%%M%   %I%    %E% SMI"
if [[ -z "$1" || -z "$2" || -z "$3" || -z "$4" ]]; then
    echo "usage: $0 <#-of-zones> <zonename-prefix> <basedir> <template zone>"
    exit 2
fi
if [[ ! -d $3 ]]; then
    echo "$3 is not a directory"
    exit 1
fi
state=`zoneadm -z $4 list -p 2>/dev/null | cut -f 3 -d ":"`
if [[ -z "$state" || $state != "installed" ]]; then
    echo "$4 must be an installed, halted zone"
    exit 1
fi

template_zone=$4

nprocs=`psrinfo | wc -l`
nzones=$1
prefix=$2
dir=$3

ip_addrs_per_if=`ndd /dev/ip ip_addrs_per_if`
if [ $ip_addrs_per_if -lt $nzones ]; then
	    echo "ndd parameter ip_addrs_per_if is too low ($ip_addrs_per_if)"
	    echo "set it higher with 'ndd -set /dev/ip ip_addrs_per_if <num>"
	    exit 1
fi

i=1
while [ $i -le $nzones ]; do
	zoneadm -z $prefix$i clone $template_zone > /dev/null 2>&1
	if [ $? != 0 ]; then
		echo configuring $prefix$i
		F=$dir/$prefix$i.config
		rm -f $F
		echo "create -t SUNWlx" > $F
		echo "set zonepath=$dir/$prefix$i" >> $F
		zonecfg -z $prefix$i -f $dir/$prefix$i.config 2>&1 | \
		    sed 's/^/    /g' 
	else
		echo "skipping $prefix$i, already configured"
	fi
	i=`expr $i + 1`
done

i=1
while [ $i -le $nzones ]; do
	j=1
	while [ $j -le $nprocs ]; do
		if [ $i -le $nzones ]; then
			if [ `zoneadm -z $prefix$i list -p | \
			    cut -d':' -f 3` != "configured" ]; then
				echo "skipping $prefix$i, already installed"
			else
				echo installing $prefix$i
				mkdir -pm 0700 $dir/$prefix$i
				chmod 700 $dir/$prefix$i
				zoneadm -z $prefix$i install -s -d /path/to/ISOs > /dev/null 2>&1 &
				sleep 1	# spread things out just a tad
			fi
		fi
		i=`expr $i + 1`
		j=`expr $j + 1`
	done
	wait
done

i=1
para=`expr $nprocs \* 2`
while [ $i -le $nzones ]; do
	date
	j=1
	while [ $j -le $para ]; do
		if [ $i -le $nzones ]; then
			echo booting $prefix$i
			zoneadm -z $prefix$i boot &
		fi
		j=`expr $j + 1`
		i=`expr $i + 1`
	done
	wait
done