System Administration Guide: Oracle Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones

Commands and Other Interfaces

The commands identified in the following table provide the primary administrative interface to the zones facility.

Table 31–1 Commands and Other Interfaces Used With lx Branded Zones


Command Reference	Description
zlogin(1)	Log in to a non-global zone
zoneadm(1M)	Administers zones on a system
zonecfg(1M)	Used to set up a zone configuration
getzoneid(3C)	Used to map between zone ID and name
brands(5)	Provides description of branded zones facility
lx(5)	Provides description of Linux branded zones
zones(5)	Provides description of zones facility
lx_systrace(7D)	DTrace Linux system call tracing provider
zcons(7D)	Zone console device driver

The zoneadmd daemon is the primary process for managing the zone's virtual platform. The man page for the zoneadmd daemon is zoneadmd(1M). The daemon does not constitute a programming interface.

Note –

Table 27–5 covers commands that can be used in the global zone to display information about all non-global zones, including branded zones. Table 27–4 covers commands used with the resource capping daemon.