Ability to Validate a Non-Global Zone Migration Before the Migration Is Performed

This system resources enhancement is new in the Solaris Express 7/06 release.

Starting with this release, a zone migration dry run is performed before the actual non-global zone migration. The zoneadm detach subcommand can now generate a manifest on a running zone without actually detaching the zone. The zoneadm attach subcommand can then read this manifest and verify that the target machine has the correct configuration to host the zone without actually doing an attach.

For more information about procedures for migrating a non-global zone to a different machine and performing a dry run before the actual move, see the following:

• zoneadm(1M) man page

• “Migrating A Non-Global Zone to a Different Machine” in the System Administration Guide: Virtualization Using the Solaris Operating System