How to Add a Virtual CD-ROM Device to 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. Create an empty removable read-only lofi device.

   # lofiadm -r

   The following example shows sample output.

   global# lofiadm -r
   /dev/lofi/1

3. Add the lofi device to the kernel zone.

   # zonecfg -z zonename

   The following example demonstrates adding the lofi device located at /dev/rlofi/1 to the kernel zone kzone1:

   global# zonecfg -z kzone1
   zonecfg:kzone1> add device
   zonecfg:kzone1:device> set match=/dev/rlofi/1
   zonecfg:kzone1:device> end
   zonecfg:kzone1> exit

4. Reboot the kernel zone to have the configuration changes take effect.

   # zoneadm -z zonename reboot

5. On the kernel zone, update the device file system ( devfs) and hardware abstraction layer (hal) so that the hal will see the new cdrom device.

   # devfsadm -i zvblk

   For example:

   global# devfsadm -i zvblk
   global# svcadm restart hal
   global# rmformat -l
   ...
       2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1dp0
           Physical Node: /zvnex/zvblk@1
           Connected Device: kz       vCDROM           0
           Device Type: CD Reader
           Bus: <Unknown>
           Size: 0.0 MB
           Label: <Unknown>
           Access permissions: Medium is write protected.

6. Restart the hal service on the kernel zone.

   # svcadm restart hal

7. List the removable devices on the zone.

   # rmformat -l

   For example, the following example lists the removable devices on the kernel zone kzone1:

   kzone1# rmformat -l
   Looking for devices...
        1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1d0p0
           Physical Node: /zvnex/zvblk@0
           Connected Device: kz       vDisk            0
           Device Type: Removable
           Bus: <Unknown>
           Size: 16.4 GB
           Label: <Unknown>
           Access permissions: <Unknown>
        2. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c1d1p0
           Physical Node: /zvnex/zvblk@1
           Connected Device: kz       vCDROM           0
           Device Type: CD Reader
           Bus: <Unknown>
           Size: 0.0 MB
           Label: <Unknown>
           Access permissions: <Unknown>
   

8. Insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on the kernel zone.

   # lofiadm -r device-name device-path

   The following example demonstrates inserting the CD-ROM image /root/sol-11_3-repo.full.iso in the lofi device /dev/lofi/1 on the kernel zone kzone1:

   kzone1# lofiadm -r /root/sol-11_2-repo-full.iso /dev/lofi/1
   kzone1# lofiadm
   Block Device             File                           Options
   /dev/lofi/1              /root/sol-11_2-repo-full.iso        Removable,Readonly

9. Mount the CD-ROM.

   # mount -F hsfs device-location /mnt

   The following example ounts the CD-ROM device located at /dev/dsk/c1d1p0.

   kzone1# mount -F hsfs /dev/dsk/c1d1p0 /mnt

10. Unmount the CD-ROM device.

    # unmount /mnt

11. Eject the CD-ROM.

    # eject cdrom

12. Verify that the CD-ROM device is no longer present on the kernel zone host.

    # lofiadm

    For example:

    global# lofiadm
    Block Device             File                           Options
    /dev/lofi/1              -                              Removable,Readonly