Creating and Using Oracle^® Solaris Zones

How to Plan and Configure Non-Global Zones

This chapter describes what you need to do before you can configure a zone on your system. This chapter also describes how to configure a zone, modify a zone configuration, and delete a zone configuration from your system.

For an introduction to the zone configuration process, see Chapter 1, Configuration Resources for Non-Global Zones in Oracle Solaris Zones Configuration Resources.

For information about solaris10 branded zone configuration, see Creating and Using Oracle Solaris 10 Zones.

• Evaluating the Current System Setup

• Determine the Zone Host Name and the Network Requirements

• File System Configuration

• Creating, Revising, and Deleting Non-Global Zone Configurations

• Configuring, Verifying, and Committing a Zone

• Using the zonecfg Command to Modify a Zone Configuration

• Using the zonecfg Command to Revert or Remove a Zone Configuration