Shut down a zone.

The shutdown procedure is used to cleanly shutdown a zone by running the shutdown scripts. The zlogin method is also supported. See How to Use zlogin to Shut Down a Zone for more information.

Halt a zone.

The halt procedure is used to remove both the application environment and the virtual platform for a zone. The procedure returns a zone in the ready state to the installed state. To cleanly shut down a zone, see How to Use zlogin to Shut Down a Zone.

Reboot a zone.

The reboot procedure halts the zone and then boots it again.

Uninstall a zone.

This procedure removes all of the files in the zone's root file system. Use this procedure with caution. The action is irreversible.

Provision a new non-global zone based on the configuration of an existing zone on the same system.

Cloning a zone is an alternate, faster method of installing a zone. You must still configure the new zone before you can install it.

Rename a non-global zone.

Use this procedure to rename a zone by using the zoneadm command.

Delete a non-global zone from the system.

Use this procedure to completely remove a zone from a system.