The template zone may already be in place from the initial installation of your system. Type the following command to determine if the template zone is already in place:
zoneadm list -cv
If you see the following output, where a file is listed as DB-domain_T (for example, scm7dbadmin01-01_T), then the template file is already in place from the initial installation:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / solaris shared 5 scm7dbadmin01.us.example.com running /zoneHome/scm7dbadmin01.us.example.com solaris excl - scm7dbadmin01-01_T installed /zoneHomeT/scm7dbadmin01-01_T solaris excl
You do not have to create a template zone on the Database Domain in this case. Go to Running the install.sh Script.
If you do not see a file listed as DB-domain_T, then you do not have the template file in place already. Go to Step 3.
See Verify Configuration Tool Installation for the location of the ssc_exavm script.
The output shown below is abbreviated from the actual output.
./ssc_exavm -template INFO: Logging all actions in /opt/oracle.supercluster/zonetools/ssc_exavm/tmp/scm7dbadmin01-01-20121129093659.log and traces in /opt/oracle.supercluster/zonetools/ssc_exavm/tmp/scm7dbadmin01-01-20121129093659.trc and o/p in /opt/oracle.supercluster/zonetools/ssc_exavm/tmp/scm7dbadmin01-01-20121129093659.out INFO: Begin Template Creation INFO: Checking for scm7dbadmin01-01_T INFO: Checking for scm7dbadmin01-01_T INFO: Creating a template Virtual Guest for future use INFO: 2012-11-29 09:37:14 : Executing zfs create rpool/scm7dbadmin01-01_T INFO: Executing /opt/oracle.supercluster/zonetools/ssc_exavm/tmp/vmtrash/8461.SysCall.0.cmd INFO: Running System command ... R R SUCCESS: Done INFO: 2 : Completed Command Execution INFO: 2012-11-29 09:37:16 : Completed Command Execution INFO: 2012-11-29 09:37:16 : Executing zfs set quota=6G rpool/scm7dbadmin01-01_T INFO: Executing /opt/oracle.supercluster/zonetools/ssc_exavm/tmp/vmtrash/8461.SysCall.1.cmd ... (OUTPUT ABBREVIATED) ... INFO: Running System command ... R SUCCESS: Done INFO: 1 : Completed Command Execution INFO: 2012-11-29 09:51:25 : Completed Command Execution SUCCESS: Completed creation of Virtual guests INFO: Virtual Guest creation Summary : INFO: Completed : scm7dbadmin01-01_T Data file :: none
The name for the template zone for this particular domain is DB-domain_T (for example, scm7dbadmin01-01_T).
You must create a separate template zone on each Database Domain where you are setting up zones. Each template zone has its own domain-specific name.