How to Create a Solaris Local Zone

Steps

1. Select the Sun Solaris icon under the Common Tasks section of the left control panel.

2. Select the Solaris Containers: Create and Manage link.

3. Click the Run action next to Create: Install.

4. Select the target host on which to create the local zone.

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   Note –

   The target host must be a member of the com.sun.solaris#global_zones host set.

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5. Select the local zone host name from the Plan Variables settings.

   If desired local zone names are not present, you can create new zone names. To create new zone names, follow these steps:

   1. Click Select From List in the plan variable settings table.

   2. In the Variable Setting window, click Create Set

   3. Type the new zone set name in the New Set Name field.

   4. Click the box next to Zone Name prompt and enter a new zone name.

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      Note –

      Zone names become network Zone Host Names during local zone creation. Zone Host Names should resolve to matching available local network IP addresses.

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6. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).