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Preface
Chapter 1 Overview of the Logical Domains Software
Hypervisor and Logical Domains
Logical Domains Manager
Roles for Logical Domains
Command-Line Interface
Virtual Input/Output
Virtual Network
Virtual Storage
Virtual Console
Dynamic Reconfiguration
Delayed Reconfiguration
Persistent Configurations
Logical Domains Physical-to-Virtual Migration Tool
Logical Domains Configuration Assistant
Chapter 2 Security
Security Considerations
Solaris Security Toolkit and the Logical Domains Manager
Hardening the Solaris OS
Minimizing Logical Domains
LDoms Manager Authorization
Auditing LDoms Manager Commands
Using the Solaris Security Toolkit to Ensure Compliance
Enabling and Using BSM Auditing
Use the enable-bsm.fin Finish Script
Use the Solaris OS bsmconv(1M) Command
Verify that BSM Auditing is Enabled
Disable Auditing
Print Audit Output
Rotate Audit Logs
Configuring RBAC for Guest Console Access
Chapter 3 Installing and Enabling Software
Upgrading a System Already Using Logical Domains
Upgrading the Solaris OS
Saving and Restoring Autosave Configuration Directories
Save and Restore Autosave Directories
Saving and Restoring the Logical Domains Constraints Database File
Preserving the Logical Domains Constraints Database File When Using Live Upgrade
Upgrading From Solaris 10 OS Older Than Solaris 10 5/08 OS
Upgrading the Logical Domains Manager and the System Firmware
Stop All Domains Running on the Platform, Except the Control Domain
Upgrading to Logical Domains 1.2 Software
Upgrade From LDoms 1.0 Software
Upgrade From LDoms 1.0.x or 1.1
Installing Logical Domains Software on a New System
Updating the Solaris OS
Upgrading the System Firmware
Upgrade System Firmware
Upgrade System Firmware Without an FTP Server
Downloading Logical Domains Manager and Solaris Security Toolkit
Download the Software
Installing the Logical Domains Manager and Solaris Security Toolkit
Installing the Logical Domains Manager and Solaris Security Toolkit Software Automatically
Install With No Special Options
Install With a Customized Hardening Driver
Install and Do Not Harden Your System
Enable the Logical Domains Manager Daemon and Run the Solaris Security Toolkit Only
Using JumpStart to Install the Logical Domains Manager 1.2 and Solaris Security Toolkit 4.2 Software
Set Up a JumpStart Server
Install Using JumpStart Software
Installing Logical Domains Manager and Solaris Security Toolkit Software Manually
Install the Logical Domains Manager (LDoms) 1.2 Software Manually
(Optional) Install the Solaris Security Toolkit 4.2 Software Manually
(Optional) Harden the Control Domain Manually
Validate Hardening
Undo Hardening
Enabling the Logical Domains Manager Daemon
Enable the Logical Domains Manager Daemon
Creating Authorization and Profiles and Assigning Roles for User Accounts
Managing User Authorizations
Add an Authorization for a User
Delete All Authorizations for a User
Managing User Profiles
Add a Profile for a User
Delete All Profiles for a User
Assigning Roles to Users
Create a Role and Assign the Role to a User
Factory Default Configuration and Disabling Logical Domains
Remove All Guest Logical Domains
Restore the Factory Default Configuration
Disable the Logical Domains Manager
Removing the Logical Domains Manager
Restore the Factory Default Configuration From the Service Processor
Chapter 4 Setting Up Services and Logical Domains
Output Messages
Sun UltraSPARC T1 Processors
Sun UltraSPARC T2 and T2 Plus Processors
Creating Default Services
Create Default Services
Initial Configuration of the Control Domain
Set Up the Control Domain
Rebooting to Use Logical Domains
Reboot
Enabling Networking Between the Control/Service Domain and Other Domains
Configure the Virtual Switch as the Primary Interface
Enabling the Virtual Network Terminal Server Daemon
Enable the Virtual Network Terminal Server Daemon
Creating and Starting a Guest Domain
Create and Start a Guest Domain
Installing Solaris OS on a Guest Domain
Install Solaris OS on a Guest Domain From a DVD
Install Solaris OS on a Guest Domain From a Solaris ISO File
Jump-Start a Guest Domain
Saving Logical Domain Configurations for Future Rebuilding
Save All Logical Domain Configurations
Rebuild Guest Domain Configurations
Rebuilding the Control Domain
Logical Domain Information (ldom_info) Section
Cryptographic (mau) Section
CPU (cpu) Section
Memory (memory) Section
Physical Input/Output (physio_device) Section
Virtual Switch (vsw) Section
Virtual Console Concentrator (vcc) Section
Virtual Disk Server (vds) Section
Virtual Disk Server Device (vdsdev) Section
Configuring Domain Dependencies
Domain Dependency Examples
Dependency Cycles
Chapter 5 Setting Up I/O Domains
I/O Domains and PCI EXPRESS Buses
Create a New I/O Domain
Enabling the I/O MMU Bypass Mode on a PCI Bus
Chapter 6 Using Virtual Disks
Introduction to Virtual Disks
Managing Virtual Disks
Add a Virtual Disk
Export a Virtual Disk Backend Multiple Times
Change Virtual Disk Options
Change the Timeout Option
Remove a Virtual Disk
Virtual Disk Identifier and Device Name
Virtual Disk Appearance
Full Disk
Single Slice Disk
Virtual Disk Backend Options
Read-only (ro) Option
Exclusive (excl) Option
Slice (slice) Option
Virtual Disk Backend
Physical Disk or Disk LUN
Export a Physical Disk as a Virtual Disk
Physical Disk Slice
Export a Physical Disk Slice as a Virtual Disk
Export Slice 2
File and Volume
File or Volume Exported as a Full Disk
Export a File as a Full Disk
File or Volume Exported as a Single Slice Disk
Export a ZFS Volume as a Single Slice Disk
Exporting Volumes and Backward Compatibility
Summary of How Different Types of Backends Are Exported
Guidelines for Exporting Files and Disk Slices as Virtual Disks
Using the Loopback File (lofi) Driver
Directly or Indirectly Exporting a Disk Slice
Configuring Virtual Disk Multipathing
Configure Virtual Disk Multipathing
CD, DVD and ISO Images
Export a CD or DVD From the Service Domain to the Guest Domain
Export an ISO Image From the primary Domain to Install a Guest Domain
Virtual Disk Timeout
Virtual Disk and SCSI
Virtual Disk and the format(1M) Command
Using ZFS With Virtual Disks
Configuring a ZFS Pool in a Service Domain
Storing Disk Images With ZFS
Examples of Storing Disk Images With ZFS
Create a Disk Image Using a ZFS Volume
Create a Disk Image Using a ZFS File
Export the ZFS Volume
Export the ZFS File
Assign the ZFS Volume or File to a Guest Domain
Creating a Snapshot of a Disk Image
Create a Snapshot of a Disk Image
Using Clone to Provision a New Domain
Cloning a Boot Disk Image
Create a Snapshot of a Disk Image of an Unconfigured System
Using Volume Managers in a Logical Domains Environment
Using Virtual Disks on Top of Volume Managers
Using Virtual Disks on Top of SVM
Using Virtual Disks When VxVM Is Installed
Using Volume Managers on Top of Virtual Disks
Using ZFS on Top of Virtual Disks
Using SVM on Top of Virtual Disks
Using VxVM on Top of Virtual Disks
Chapter 7 Using Virtual Networks
Introduction to a Virtual Network
Virtual Switch
Virtual Network Device
Managing a Virtual Switch
Add a Virtual Switch
Set Options for an Existing Virtual Switch
Remove a Virtual Switch
Managing a Virtual Network Device
Add a Virtual Network Device
Set Options for an Existing Virtual Network Device
Remove a Virtual Network Device
Virtual Device Identifier and Network Interface Name
Find Solaris OS Network Interface Name
Assigning MAC Addresses Automatically or Manually
Range of MAC Addresses Assigned to Logical Domains Software
Automatic Assignment Algorithm
Duplicate MAC Address Detection
Freed MAC Addresses
Using Network Adapters With LDoms
Determine If a Network Adapter Is GLDv3-Compliant
Configuring Virtual Switch and Service Domain for NAT and Routing
Set Up the Virtual Switch to Provide External Connectivity to Domains
Configuring IPMP in a Logical Domains Environment
Configuring Virtual Network Devices into an IPMP Group in a Logical Domain
Configure a Host Route
Configuring and Using IPMP in the Service Domain
Using VLAN Tagging With Logical Domains Software
Port VLAN ID (PVID)
VLAN ID (VID)
Assign VLANs to a Virtual Switch and Virtual Network Device
Using NIU Hybrid I/O
Configure a Virtual Switch With an NIU Network Device
Enable Hybrid Mode
Disable Hybrid Mode
Using Link Aggregation With a Virtual Switch
Configuring Jumbo Frames
Configure Virtual Network and Virtual Switch Devices to Use Jumbo Frames
Compatibility With Older (Jumbo-Unaware) Versions of the vnet and vsw Drivers
Chapter 8 Migrating Logical Domains
Introduction to Logical Domain Migration
Overview of a Migration Operation
Software Compatibility
Authentication for Migration Operations
Migrating an Active Domain
Migrating CPUs in an Active Domain
Migrating Memory in an Active Domain
Migrating Physical I/O Devices in an Active Domain
Migrating Virtual I/O Devices in an Active Domain
Migrating NIU Hybrid Input/Output in an Active Domain
Migrating Cryptographic Units in an Active Domain
Delayed Reconfiguration in an Active Domain
Operations on Other Domains
Migrating Bound or Inactive Domains
Migrating CPUs in a Bound or Inactive Domain
Migrating Virtual Input/Output in a Bound or Inactive Domain
Performing a Dry Run
Monitoring a Migration in Progress
Canceling a Migration in Progress
Recovering From a Failed Migration
Migration Examples
Chapter 9 Other Information and Tasks
Using CPU Power Management Software
Showing CPU Power-Managed Strands
List CPU Power-Managed Strands
List Power-Managed CPUs
Entering Names in the CLI
File Names (file) and Variable Names (var-name)
Virtual Disk Server backend and Virtual Switch Device Names
Configuration Name (config-name)
All Other Names
Listing Logical Domains Resources
Machine-Readable Output
Show Syntax Usage for ldm Subcommands
Flag Definitions
Utilization Statistic Definition
Examples of Various Lists
Show Software Versions (-V)
Generate a Short List
Generate a Long List (-l)
Generate an Extended List (-e)
Generate a Parseable, Machine-Readable List (-p)
Generate a Subset of a Long List (-o format)
List a Variable
List Bindings
List Configurations
List Devices
List Available Memory
List Services
Listing Constraints
List Constraints for One Domain
List Constraints in XML Format
List Constraints in a Machine-Readable Format
Connecting to a Guest Console Over a Network
Stopping a Heavily-Loaded Domain Can Time Out
Determining Where Errors Occur by Mapping CPU and Memory Addresses
CPU Mapping
Determine the CPU Number
Memory Mapping
Determine the Real Memory Address
Examples of CPU and Memory Mapping
Using Console Groups
Combine Multiple Consoles Into One Group
Operating the Solaris OS With Logical Domains
OpenBoot Firmware Not Available After Solaris OS Has Started If Domaining Is Enabled
Powercycling a Server
Save Your Current Logical Domain Configurations to the SP
Do Not Use the psradm(1M) Command on Active CPUs in a Power-Managed Domain
Result of Solaris OS Breaks
Results From Halting or Rebooting the Control Domain
Using LDoms With ALOM CMT
Reset the Logical Domain Configuration to the Default or Another Configuration
Managing Logical Domains Configurations
Modify the Autorecovery Policy
Chapter 10 Using the XML Interface With the Logical Domains Manager
XML Transport
XMPP Server
Local Connections
XML Protocol
Request and Response Messages
Request Messages
The <LDM_interface> Tag
The <cmd> Tag
The <data> Tag
Response Messages
Overall Response
Command Response
Object Response
Event Messages
Registration and Unregistration
The <LDM_event> Messages
Event Types
Domain Events
Hardware Events
Progress Events
Resource Events
All Events
Logical Domains Manager Actions
Logical Domains Manager Resources and Properties
Logical Domain Information (ldom_info) Resource
CPU (cpu) Resource
MAU (mau) Resource
Memory (memory) Resource
Virtual Disk Server (vds) Resource
Virtual Disk Server Volume (vds_volume) Resource
Disk (disk) Resource
Virtual Switch (vsw) Resource
Network (network) Resource
Virtual Console Concentrator (vcc) Resource
Variable (var) Resource
Physical I/O Device (physio_device) Resource
SP Configuration (spconfig) Resource
Virtual Data Plane Channel Service (vdpcs) Resource
Virtual Data Plane Channel Client (vdpcc) Resource
Console (console) Resource
Domain Migration
Appendix A XML Schemas
LDM_interface XML Schema
LDM_Event XML Schema
The ovf-envelope.xsd Schema
The ovf-section.xsd Schema
The ovf-core.xsd Schema
The ovf-virtualhardware.xsc Schema
The cim-rasd.xsd Schema
The cim-vssd.xsd Schema
The cim-common.xsd Schema
The GenericProperty XML Schema
Binding_Type XML Schema
Appendix B Logical Domains Manager Discovery
Discovering Systems Running Logical Domains Manager
Multicast Communication
Message Format
Discover Logical Domains Managers Running on Your Subnet
Appendix C Logical Domains Physical-to-Virtual Migration Tool
Logical Domains P2V Migration Tool Overview
Collection Phase
Preparation Phase
Conversion Phase
Installing the Logical Domains P2V Migration Tool
Prerequisites
Limitations
Install the Logical Domains P2V Migration Tool
Using the ldmp2v Command
Appendix D Logical Domains Configuration Assistant
Using the Logical Domains Configuration Assistant (GUI)
Using the Logical Domains Configuration Assistant (ldmconfig)
Installing the Logical Domains Configuration Assistant
Prerequisites
Limitations and Known Issues
ldmconfig Features
Glossary
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