Virtualization has been a hot topic for quite some time. If you are using Solaris and Sun hardware you have had a number of options for many years already and the last few years there has been even more options made available. Today you have four different virtualization alternatives when you want to run Solaris […]
When a user reports a problem with a server which is your responsibility there are a few checks you should always do. One thing that has complicated this on a Solaris 10 system is zones. It is possible that the zone you are working in is not the cause of the problem but you could […]
zlogin(1M) is used to login from a global zone to a local zone. It can also be used to execute commands in a local zone. And, it can be used to login to the console of the zone.
The console is where you can see the zone boot messages and other important information. It is the […]
Solaris is bundled with a tool called smpatch but my personal experience from using it is very poor. It is slow and not always that easy to use. This is of course only my personal opinion.
Fortunately Martin Paul has created a tool called Patch Check Advanced (PCA). It is fast and I find it very […]
The last two entries has been about automatic zone installation, part 1 and part 2. With the provided script you can create as many zones as your platform can allow. But usually the story doesn’t end there. In 99.9% of the cases you want to customize the zone even more. In many cases you want […]
As I promised in my previous entry about zone installs I will now provide you with a script that will simplify those many steps into one simple concise command.
Why would you need to script such a thing? It was not that difficult to do it manually. But when you have a script you can do […]
In this article I will tell you about how to create a script to install a Solaris zone with one simple command. Zones is this really amazing features of Solaris 10. It is basically a virtual instance of Solaris running on top of the same kernel. You can have as many zones as you like […]
