1. Creating and Using Oracle Solaris Zones
  2. About Non-Global Zone Administration
  3. Migration and Transformation of Non-Global Zones
  4. About Zone Transformations
  5. Zone Transformations From Systems That Contain Non-Global Zones

Zone Transformations From Systems That Contain Non-Global Zones

When you transform a global zone to a non-global zone, any existing solaris zones or kernel zones that are within that global zone will not be usable after the zone is transformed. Only global zones and kernel zones can contain other zones.

Tip:

To retain the solaris zones or kernel zones before you transform the global zone, create separate recovery archives for each individual zone. Then you can redeploy the zones from those archives on a new system. For example, you could first create archives for the non-global zones. Then, you could archive the global zone.

For more information, see Chapter 1, Oracle Solaris System Recovery and Cloning (Overview) in Using Unified Archives for System Recovery and Cloning in Oracle Solaris 11.4.