Resource Types and Global Properties That Support Live Zone Reconfiguration

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Live Zone Reconfiguration Support or Restriction

The following table compares Live Zone Reconfiguration support for resource types and global properties in non-global zones and in kernel zones.

Changes can be made either on a temporary or on a persistent basis. Temporary changes are active until the next reboot. You do not need to reboot for changes to be applied to the persistent configuration.

Table 3 Live Zone Reconfiguration Support or Restriction for Resource Types and Global Properties

Resource Type or Global Property	Native (`solaris`) Zone Support	Kernel Zone Support
`admin` Resource Type	Persistent only	Persistent only
`anet` Resource Type	Yes, with exceptions. No support for the following: `anet:allowed-addresses` `anet:configure-allowed-addresses` `anet:defrouter` `anet:evs` `anet:vport`	Yes, with exceptions. No support for the following: `anet:allowed-addresses` `anet:configure-allowed-addresses` `anet:defrouter` `anet:evs` `anet:vport`
`attr` Resource Type	Persistent only	Persistent only
`autoboot` Global Property	Persistent only	Persistent only
`autoshutdown` Global Property	Persistent only	Persistent only
`brand`	No	No
`bootargs` Global Property	Persistent only	Persistent only
`capped-cpu` Resource Type	Yes	No
`capped-memory` Resource Type	Yes	No
`cpu-arch` Global Property	No	No
`cpu-shares`	Yes	No
`dataset` Resource Type	Yes	N/A
`dedicated-cpu` Resource Type	Yes	No
`device`	Yes	Yes
`description` Global Property	Persistent only	Persistent only
`file-mac-profile` Global Property	No	No
`fs` Resource Type	Yes	N/A
`fs-allowed` Global Property	No	No
`global-time` Global Property	No	No
`ib-vhca` Resource Type	No	Yes, including `ib-vhca:port`
`limitpriv` Global Property	No	No
`net` Resource Type	Yes with exceptions No support for the following: `net:allowed-addresses` `net:configure-allowed-addresses` `net:defrouter`	Yes with exceptions No support for the following: `net:allowed-addresses` `net:configure-allowed-addresses` `net:defrouter`
`npiv` Resource Type	No	No
`pool` Global Property	Yes	No
`scheduling-class` Global Property	Yes	No
`tenant`	No	No
`virtual-cpu` Resource Type	N/A	Yes
`zonename` Global Property	No	No
`zonepath` Global Property	No	No
zone-wide resource controls	Yes	No
`zpool` Resource Type	No	No

For more information about using Live Zone Reconfiguration, review the following:

Live Zone Reconfiguration of Kernel Zones in Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Kernel Zones
solaris(7) man page
solaris-kz(7) man page