Introduction to Oracle^® Solaris Zones

Oracle Solaris Zones Introduction

The Oracle Solaris Zones feature in the Oracle Solaris operating system provides an isolated environment in which to run applications on your system. This guide provides an overview of zones covering the following topics:

• Guidelines for Oracle Solaris Zones in the Oracle Solaris 11.4 Release

• Zones Concepts Overview

• When to Use Zones

• How Zones Work

• Comparison of Global Zones, Non-Global Zones, and Kernel Zones

• Capabilities Provided by Non-Global Zones

• Zone Brands Overview

• Zone Administration Overview

• Immutable Zones

• Live Zone Reconfiguration

• About Zone Conversion

• About Zone Migration

• Zone Evacuation

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