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System Administration Guide: Oracle Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Oracle Solaris Zones     Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 Information Library
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Preface

Part I Resource Management

1.  Introduction to Solaris 10 Resource Management

2.  Projects and Tasks (Overview)

3.  Administering Projects and Tasks

4.  Extended Accounting (Overview)

5.  Administering Extended Accounting (Tasks)

6.  Resource Controls (Overview)

7.  Administering Resource Controls (Tasks)

8.  Fair Share Scheduler (Overview)

9.  Administering the Fair Share Scheduler (Tasks)

10.  Physical Memory Control Using the Resource Capping Daemon (Overview)

11.  Administering the Resource Capping Daemon (Tasks)

12.  Resource Pools (Overview)

13.  Creating and Administering Resource Pools (Tasks)

14.  Resource Management Configuration Example

15.  Resource Control Functionality in the Solaris Management Console

Part II Zones

16.  Introduction to Solaris Zones

17.  Non-Global Zone Configuration (Overview)

18.  Planning and Configuring Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

Planning and Configuring a Non-Global Zone (Task Map)

Evaluating the Current System Setup

Disk Space Requirements

Sparse Root Zones

Whole Root Zones

Restricting Zone Size

Determine the Zone Host Name and Obtain the Network Address

Zone Host Name

Shared-IP Zone Network Address

IPv4 Zone Network Address

IPv6 Zone Network Address

Exclusive-IP Zone Network Address

File System Configuration

Creating, Revising, and Deleting Non-Global Zone Configurations (Task Map)

Configuring, Verifying, and Committing a Zone

How to Configure the Zone

Where to Go From Here

Script to Configure Multiple Zones

How to Display the Configuration of a Non-Global Zone

Using the zonecfg Command to Modify a Zone Configuration

How to Modify a Resource Type in a Zone Configuration

Solaris 10 8/07: How to Clear a Property Type in a Zone Configuration

Solaris 10 3/05 Through Solaris 10 11/06: How to Modify a Property Type in a Zone Configuration

Solaris 10 8/07: How to Rename a Zone

How to Add a Dedicated Device to a Zone

How to Set zone.cpu-shares in the Global Zone

Using the zonecfg Command to Revert or Remove a Zone Configuration

How to Revert a Zone Configuration

How to Delete a Zone Configuration

19.  About Installing, Halting, Cloning, and Uninstalling Non-Global Zones (Overview)

20.  Installing, Booting, Halting, Uninstalling, and Cloning Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

21.  Non-Global Zone Login (Overview)

22.  Logging In to Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

23.  Moving and Migrating Non-Global Zones (Tasks)

24.  Oracle Solaris 10 9/10: Migrating a Physical Oracle Solaris System Into a Zone (Tasks)

25.  About Packages and Patches on an Oracle Solaris System With Zones Installed (Overview)

26.  Adding and Removing Packages and Patches on an Oracle Solaris System With Zones Installed (Tasks)

27.  Oracle Solaris Zones Administration (Overview)

28.  Oracle Solaris Zones Administration (Tasks)

29.  Upgrading an Oracle Solaris 10 System That Has Installed Non-Global Zones

30.  Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Oracle Solaris Zones Problems

Part III lx Branded Zones

31.  About Branded Zones and the Linux Branded Zone

32.  Planning the lx Branded Zone Configuration (Overview)

33.  Configuring the lx Branded Zone (Tasks)

34.  About Installing, Booting, Halting, Cloning, and Uninstalling lx Branded Zones (Overview)

35.  Installing, Booting, Halting, Uninstalling and Cloning lx Branded Zones (Tasks)

36.  Logging In to lx Branded Zones (Tasks)

37.  Moving and Migrating lx Branded Zones (Tasks)

38.  Administering and Running Applications in lx Branded Zones (Tasks)

Glossary

Index

Creating, Revising, and Deleting Non-Global Zone Configurations (Task Map)

Task
Description
For Instructions
Configure a non-global zone.
Use the zonecfg command to create a zone, verify the configuration, and commit the configuration.

You can also use a script to configure and boot multiple zones on your system. You can use the zonecfg command to display a non-global zone's configuration.

Modify a zone configuration.
Use this procedure to modify a resource type in a zone configuration or add a dedicated device to a zone.
Revert a zone configuration or delete a zone configuration.
Use the zonecfg command to undo a resource setting made to a zone configuration or to delete a zone configuration.
Delete a zone configuration.
Use the zonecfg command with the delete subcommand to delete a zone configuration from the system.