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ID
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Assigned ID 0 by the system
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Assigned a zone ID by the system when the zone is booted
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Assigned a zone ID by the system when the zone is booted
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Kernel status
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Provides the main instance of the Oracle Solaris kernel that is bootable and running on the
system
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Shares operation under the Oracle Solaris kernel booted from the global zone
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Provides its own kernel
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OS packages
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Contains a complete installation of the Oracle Solaris system software packages
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Contains an installed subset of the complete Oracle Solaris operating system software
packages
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Contains a complete installation of the Oracle Solaris system software packages
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Additional software permitted
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Can contain additional software packages or additional software, directories, files, and other
data that is not installed through packages
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Can contain additional software, directories, files, and other data created on the non-global
zone that are not installed through packages
Can contain additional installed software packages
Might require software to be installed in the global zone in order to provide some
functionality.
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Can contain additional software, directories, files, and other data created on the non-global
zone that are not installed through packages
Can contain additional installed software packages
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Product database
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Provides a complete and consistent product database that contains information about all
software components installed in the global zone
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Has a complete and consistent product database that contains information about all software
components installed on the non-global zone
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Has a complete and consistent product database that contains information about all software
components installed on the kernel zone
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Configuration information access
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Holds configuration information specific to the global zone only, such as the global zone host
name and file system table
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Has configuration information specific to that non-global zone only, such as the non-global
zone host name and file system table
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Has configuration information specific to that kernel zone only, such as the kernel zone host
name and file system table
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Awareness of devices and file systems
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Is the only zone that is aware of all devices and all file systems
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Is aware of its own file systems only
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Is aware of some devices but not file systems of the global zone
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Awareness of other zones on system
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Is the only zone with knowledge of non-global zone existence and configuration
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Is not aware of the existence of any other zones
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Is not aware of the existence of any other zones
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Zone installation and management capabilities
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Is the only zone from which a non-global zone can be configured, installed, managed, or
uninstalled
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Cannot install, manage, or uninstall zones on its hosting global zone.
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Cannot install, manage, or uninstall zones on its hosting global zone.
Can act as a global zone and contain non-global zones.
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Time zone information
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Has its own time zone that does not need to be used by non-global zones
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Can have its own time zone setting that is different from the global zone
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Can have its own time zone setting that is different from the global zone
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Immutable read-only capability
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Can be configured as an immutable zone with read-only access to the root
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Can be configured as an immutable zone with read-only access to the root
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Can be configured as an immutable zone with read-only access to the root
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