Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Installation Guide

Installation in Solaris Zones

This section addresses the key points to consider when installing Directory Server Enterprise Edition in a Solaris zone.

Global and full local Solaris zones present Directory Server Enterprise Edition software with complete systems. Directory Server Enterprise Edition software treats both the zones as an independent physical system. The Directory Server Enterprise Edition installation is like installing on an independent system. The software does not share services or file locations with other zones.

In sparse zones, you can install some services to be used in system-wide fashion. Single instances of Java Enterprise System common component services can therefore be used by multiple Java ES server instances. For example, Directory Server Enterprise Edition software in sparse zones can use the same Common Agent Container and Java ES Monitoring Framework installed in the global zone. You must, however, install the system-wide services before you can complete installation of sparse zone software that depends on the system-wide services.

Directory Server Enterprise Edition does not require you to use system-wide services when you install in a sparse zone. When you install self-contained software from the zip distribution, you also install the common component services in the sparse zone. Therefore, zip distribution installations in sparse zones resemble installations on independent systems.

The following table outlines constraints for Directory Server Enterprise Edition installations, which pertain essentially to installations in sparse zones.

Directory Server Enterprise Edition Software Component 

Software Distribution 

Constraints Installing in Global or Full Local Zone 

Constraints For Sparse Zone Installations 

Directory Service Control Center 

Java Enterprise System distribution 

No constraints 

First install Java Enterprise System shared components in the global zone, then install Directory Service Control Center in the sparse zone. 

Zip distribution 

No constraints 

No constraints 

Directory Server 

Java Enterprise System distribution 

No constraints 

First install Java Enterprise System shared components in the global zone, then install Directory Server in the sparse zone. 

Zip distribution 

No constraints 

No constraints 

Directory Proxy Server 

Java Enterprise System distribution 

No constraints 

First install Java Enterprise System shared components in the global zone, then install Directory Proxy Server in the sparse zone. 

Zip distribution 

No constraints 

No constraints 

Directory Editor 

Zip distribution 

No constraints 

The web application container must allow installation in the sparse zone. 

Identity Synchronization for Windows 

Zip distribution 

No constraints 

Not supported 

Directory Server Resource Kit 

Zip distribution 

No constraints 

No constraints 

For details about installation from the Java Enterprise System distribution in sparse zones, see the Java Enterprise System documentation, http://docs.sun.com/coll/1286.3.