How Methods Are Invoked in Zones

If declared in the RTR file, the Global_zone resource type property indicates whether the methods of a resource type execute in the global zone. If the Global_zone property equals TRUE, methods execute in the global zone even if the resource group that contains the resource is configured to run in a non-global zone.

If the resource for which Global_zone equals TRUE is configured in a non-global zone, methods that are invoked in the global zone are invoked with the -Z zonename option. The zonename operand specifies the Solaris zone name of the non-global zone in which the resource is actually configured. The value of this operand is passed to the method.

If the resource is configured in the global zone, the -Z zonename option is not invoked and the non-global zone name is not passed to the method.

The Global_zone resource type property is described in more detail in Resource Type Properties and in the rt_properties(5) man page.