How to Migrate a Kernel Zone

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

2. On the global zone, suspend the file system on the kernel zone to be migrated.

   #zoneadm -z zonename suspend

   For example, to suspend the kernel zone kzone1 on the global zone global:

   global# zoneadm -z zkone1 suspend

3. Detach the kernel zone file system on the global zone.

   #zoneadm -z zonename detach

   For example, to detach the kernel zone kzone1 on the global zone global:

   global#zoneadm -z kzone1 detach

4. Export the zone configuration and transfer the file to the new host.

   # zonecfg -z zonename  export | ssh root@newhost zonecfg -z zonename  -f -

   For example:

   global# zonecfg -z kzone1 export | ssh root@global2 zonecfg -z kzone1 -f -

5. Attach the zone on the new host.

   # zoneadm -z zonename attach

   For example:

   global2# zoneadm -z kzone1 attach

6. Boot the kernel zone on the new host to resume the migrated zone.

   #zoneadm -z zonename boot

   For example:

   global2# zoneadm -z kone1 boot

See also

For additional information about zones on shared storage and zone migrations, see Migrating a Non-Global Zone to a Different Machine in Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Zones .