Solaris Zone part four ( Zone Configuration )

Solaris Zone part four ( Zone Configuration )

In this tutorial we will learn how to configure some Solaris zone configuration



Solaris Zone Part 1 ( Concepts and theory )
Solaris Zone Part 2 ( Sparse Solaris zone )
Solaris Zone Part 3 ( whole Solaris zone )
Solaris Zone part 4  ( Zone Configuration )

➊ change solaris zone IP address 

↬ From global zone at the command prompt type :- 

 zonecfg:zone1> select net address=10.109.9.211 

 zonecfg:zone1:net> set address=10.109.9.212 

 zonecfg:zone1:net> end 

 zonecfg:zone1:net> endzonecfg:zone1> verify 

 zonecfg:zone1> commit 

 zonecfg:zone1> exit 

↬ reboot the zone 

 zoneadm -z zone1 reboot 

↬ where :- 

- zone1 is the name of the zone

- 10.109.9.211 is the old IP address

- 10.109.9.212 is the new IP address

➋ change the Zone Host name 

↬ from the zone at the command prompt type :- 

 vi /etc/hosts 

↬ change the old name with new.

 vi /etc/nodename 

↬ change the old name with new .

↬ reboot the zone 

 zoneadm -z zone1 reboot 

➌ Delete zone 

↬ from global zone at the command prompt :- 

 zoneadm -z zone1 halt 

 zoneadm -z zone1 uninstall 

 zonecfg -z zone1 delete 

➍ swap space in non-global zone

↬ A non-global zone inherits its swap space setting from the global zone. For example, in my global zone:

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