This utility evaluates an oracle solaris 10 host for migration into an oracle solaris zone. In solaris 10 zones, only the global zone is permitted to do time synchronization. After performing system recovery of a solaris 10 global zone, all nonglobal zones will start with no. Google had no useful search results, so im putting the solution here for the sake of all the lost souls not knowing why their pet sshd doesnt want to run in a solaris zone. Do you mind telling me why you are trying to run a solaris 10 zone on a solaris 11 box to begin with.
Solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone i am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. Before you start the installation procedure, make sure that you complete the necessary steps that are outlined in preparing the system if you are using solaris zones, you have a choice between installing ibm websphere mq into the global zone, or installing ibm websphere mq into a nonglobal zone. Shutting down, halting, rebooting, and uninstalling zones. Assessing an oracle solaris 10 system and creating an archive. Solaris container software, patch name to download.
Sun solaris 10 gives us the ability to do so by using the service facility, called smf. But oracle soalris 11 allows you to create solaris 10 as a. Operations using the zoneadm command must be run from the global zone on the target system in addition to unpacking files from the archive, the install process performs checks, required. Solaris starting and stopping dtlogin cde nixcraft. The oracle solaris live upgrade preflight checker is a new utility which can be run prior to performing a live upgrade operation. Apr 14, 2011 install the smctop package in the global zone using the g option. Installing and booting zones system administration guide. Today, i ran across a situation where one of my zones needed more ram, and the box it was on didnt have it. Solaris 10 106, solaris 10 606, solaris 10 1106, and solaris express developer edition are provided as fully preinstalled and preconfigured application and operating system environments. But in case of branded zone, brandz framework extends the solaris zones infrastructure to include the creation of brands, which in turn can be used to create different operating environments to accommodate solaris 8 or solaris 9 operating systems as nonglobal zones. The new entwork parameters will not be enabled until the zone is booted. Then use zoneadm z zone name boot to start the zone with the new network parameters. Preparing oracle 10g for a large moodle installation.
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure. Oracle solaris zones, oracle solaris 10 zones, and resource management is for anyone responsible for administering one or more systems that run an oracle solaris release. However, if you have chosen to ignore ssh at the time of installation or have started the install with a minimal install then you may need to. Download sparc oracle vm template for oracle solaris 10 zone 1. Choose y to confirm creating the optlocal directory for the global zone. As you know there is no direct method to upgrade the solaris 10 to. How to migrate solaris 10 zones to solaris 11 as branded. The vm template is provided as a simple way to provision. List luns attached to hbadisk controllers in solaris 10. To create the role and assign the role to a user, see using the. To start, just go to the above link, download the template for the hardware platform.
This oracle solaris 10 zone download will install an oracle solaris 10 1 zone on any release. Install the solaris10 branded zone oracle solaris 11. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. And since most people wont be running solaris 10 zones on solaris 11 hosts, there are not many that will.
If you get any configuration errors at this stage, refer to creating and using oracle solaris zones note. Oracle solaris 10 allows you to create a solaris 9 and solaris 8 as branded zone on sparc environment and not supported on x86. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. This means we take advantage of the service framework in sun solaris 10 and easily start stoprestart the sap system. Jun 09, 2011 as indicated in my previous entry, i run my vpn software within a zone to connect to the oracle intranet. You could always create an x86 solaris 10 system in virtualbox, and create a flar archive from that. It is always good idea not to use the x windows system on dedicated solaris servers. Use the zoneadm command with the z option, the name of the zone, which is my zone, and the boot subcommand to boot the zone. Here is a step by step howto guide to install solaris over network.
Solaris 10, start inetd in a zone not working unix. Basic administration use the zoneadm command with the z option, the name of the zone, which is my zone, and. Become superuser, or assume the primary administrator role. How to start sap as a service in sun solaris 10 application. As indicated in my previous entry, i run my vpn software within a zone to connect to the oracle intranet. The help center option column shows you which option to select from the agent dropdown list on the help centers deep security software page, if thats how youve chosen to obtain the package.
For example, tight integration with the new software management. However, solaris by default installs cde or gnome desktop. Another component i need to access is the solaris bug tracking system, which is launched via java web start. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. The solaris zone uses the branded zones framework described in the brands5 man page to run zones installed with the same software as is. The book covers the topics resource management, oracle solaris zones, and oracle solaris 10 zones solaris10 branded zones. Apr 09, 2014 if you are planning to move the solaris 10 zones to solaris 11 global zones, this step by step procedure will help you. Branded zones these are solaris 8 or solaris 9 zones on the solaris 10 global zones. Then root filesystem was not clean and i had to run fsck from failsafe mode. With solaris 10, can i use jumpstart to partially define the system and have the installer then prompt the user for anything else. Install the smctop package in the global zone using the g option.
And since most people wont be running solaris 10 zones on solaris 11 hosts, there are not many that will run into this issue. This would be like the kickstart file behaviour for rhels anaconda install system, anything which hasnt been declared in the kickstart file will be prompted for. The vm template is provided as a simple way to provision an oracle solaris 10 zone without the need for an oracle solaris 10 system as the source for the zone. Use either ftp or a web browser to locate and download a file called named. Download oracle solaris zones preflight system checker shell script tool. As you know there is no direct method to upgrade the solaris 10 to solaris 11, most of the clients would like to run their existing solaris 10 zones as branded zone under solaris 11 without upgrading the guest operating system. Solaris 10 virtual machine for vmware oracle community. In my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the. Now we can start configuring the solaris 8 branded zone on the solaris 10 global zone.
Jumpstart offers a way to install solaris using network over multiple server with similar of different configurations. Unix virtualization solaris zones commvault documentation. Theres no longer the need to set the zonepath in this case, we have named the zone testzone and we can expect system zones testzone to be the location under which the zone will be installed. Part iii of software management best practices for oracle solaris 11. I have a doubts on step 8 specially can someone clear my step 8 doubts or if anything wrong between step 1 to step 9 please correct that also as i have pretty good idea about step 10 mean patching in.
Sbadmin solaris zones guide the purpose of this guide is to describe the use of sbadmin in a solaris environment where nonglobal zones are present, and to define what aspects of system recovery are. The zoneadm command can be used to list active or running zones. Most admins that work with solaris are very aware of how to boot a server from across the net and perform an install. For example in the case of a test install or proof of concept. Branded zones are solaris 8 or solaris 9 containers created in a solaris 10 global zone. Downloads for oracle vm server for x86, oracle vm agent 3. Installation of solaris 10 on virtual box something. Read on for how to migrate a solaris zone to a different machine, and an important update to. How to install openssh in sun solaris 10 sparc sun. If you are planning to move the solaris 10 zones to solaris 11 global zones, this step by step procedure will help you.
Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos. Another component i need to access is the solaris bug tracking system, which is. Mar 06, 2006 it is always good idea not to use the x windows system on dedicated solaris servers. Solaris 10 is by default installed with ssh server and the clients. Migrating a zone to a different machine on solaris 10. By alasdair lumsden on 11 jun 2009 so, you have a solaris 10 zone. To view a list and brief status information about running zones, use the following command from the global zone. We provide an overview of the different steps involved. Solaris zone of solaris 10 operating system function fujitsu global. Mar 24, 2005 the zoneadm command can be used to list active or running zones. Solaris 10 branded zone vm templates for solaris 11 on otn. We will use self established services to start the sap system automatically by creating services for the sap system.
This would be like the kickstart file behaviour for rhels anaconda install. Aug 30, 2008 sshd doesnt start in solaris zone this describes a quite silly problem i once had. How to migrate solaris 10 zones to solaris 11 as branded zone. The oracle solaris zones preflight system checker is included to help identify issues when migrating an oracle solaris 10 system to a zone on oracle solaris 10 or oracle solaris 11. Installation on solaris 10 with oracle 10 moodledocs. For your information solaris 9 and solaris 8 branded zones are not supported on solaris11. Solaris 10 branded zone require minimum 3gb disk space. In that server i have 2 zones that work perfectly fine.
Google had no useful search results, so im putting the solution here for the sake of all the lost souls not. It is recommended to install the software on the global zone to protect non changing or static data on nonglobal zones. Optional migrating an oracle solaris 10 native nonglobal zone into an oracle solaris 10 zone. Solaris 10 jumpstart the interactive installer server fault. The host and the image do not have the same solaris release. Where to download sun solaris 10 sparc 64bit installation cd. Hello, this is solaris 10 server, running with 4 nonglobal zones. Install the solaris 10 brand on solaris11 global zone. This paper is specific to time machine for use solaris 9 branded zone on solaris 10 sparc platform. I have very little experience and i woud appreciate your input on this problem. We will use self established services to start the sap system automatically by creating services for the sap. In oracle solaris 10, oracle solaris zones technology gave you the ability. How to get started creating oracle solaris zones in oracle.
Early this year i wrote the article ours goes to 11 which describes the ability to import solaris 10 systems into a solaris 10 branded zone under oracle solaris 11. Solaris 11 virtualization using zones the urban penguin. How to install solaris 10 branded zone on solaris 11. Mar 27, 2014 oracle solaris 10 allows you to create a solaris 9 and solaris 8 as branded zone on sparc environment and not supported on x86. Running java web start from a zone oracle solaris blog. Solaris containers including solaris zones is an implementation of operating systemlevel virtualization technology for x86 and sparc systems. General sun, sunos and sparc related questions also go here.
If your linux system boot to a shell prompt, you can start x window gui system by typing following command. However, if you have chosen to ignore ssh at the time of installation or have started the install with a minimal install then you may need to install openssh manually. How to get started creating oracle solaris zones in oracle solaris 11. Many of you have already heard about solaris 10 zones its a virtualization technology which allows you to create isolated and secure environments for running applications. For more detailed information, refer to fujitsu pci fibre channel 3. To create the role and assign the role to a user, see using the solaris management tools with rbac task map in system administration guide. Sun has released solaris 10 cds for free usage download. As virtual box and solaris are provided by oracle, the solaris vb image has already been. Installing authentication services qas in solaris 10. The server and software company begins offering solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. The easiest way to install openssh in sun solaris is to use the precompiled packages from sunfreeware.
The post describes the creation of a branded zone on solaris 10 global zone. Where to download sun solaris 10 sparc 64bit installation. This file must be added to the varnamed directory for the solaris 10 dns server to work. Install the smcsudo package in the global zone without the g option. Quick start guide time machine for solaris 9 branded zones. This oracle vm template for oracle solaris zones is an oracle solaris 10 1 zone ready to download and install on an oracle solaris 11 instance. Solaris 10 zone configuration with sysidcfg and dhcp and hostname alan. The zoneadm command described in part ii, oracle solaris zones and in the zoneadm1m man page is the primary tool used to install and administer nonglobal zones. Before you start the installation procedure, make sure that you complete the necessary steps that are outlined in preparing the system if you are using solaris zones, you have a choice between installing. But oracle soalris 11 allows you to create solaris 10 as a branded zone on both sparc and x86 environments. How to download and install unix solaris os on virtualbox. But in case of branded zone, brandz framework extends the solaris zones infrastructure to include the creation of brands, which in turn can be used to create different operating environments to. Before the launch of solaris zones in 2005, a solaris container was any type of workload.
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