[zones-discuss] memory limits in zones

2007-07-26 Thread Jim Caron - ITCTO
Folks, I have an issue where a zone seems to be rnning out of memory. is there a limit to how much memory a zone can use? If so, how do you overcome this limit? we are getting the following errors: *** SERVICE NAME:(SYS$BACKGROUND) 2007-07-25 07:49:55.187 *** SESSION ID:(444.1) 2007-07-25

Re: [zones-discuss] zone backup recommendations

2007-07-26 Thread Wee Yeh Tan
On 7/25/07, Jason Burks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the recommend way of backing up a system with zones. Do you just backup the global zone, which would pick up the local zones. Or, do you back up the global zone and each local zone like they were separate servers? I'm not sure about

Re: [zones-discuss] Running zonename command in an alternate root

2007-07-26 Thread Ritu Agrawal
Opening to [EMAIL PROTECTED] James Carlson wrote: Why is this on zones-discuss-confidential? I don't see anything confidential here. Please use the main opensolaris.org list. Ritu Agrawal writes: We're running into some problems when we run zonename in an alternate root. The

Re: [zones-discuss] Running zonename command in an alternate root

2007-07-26 Thread Dan Price
On Thu 26 Jul 2007 at 05:04PM, James Carlson wrote: Here's a code snippet : ZONECMD=${PKG_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/bin/zonename That's the broken part. That should be just: ZONECMD=/usr/bin/zonename I'm lacking context here, slightly, but... Isn't it also broken to be calling

Re: [zones-discuss] clustering Solaris 10 zones????

2007-07-26 Thread Anderson, Ryan C \(US SSA\)
I haven't used SC, but I can say I'm using the VCS 4.1MP1 Zone agent and it works as advertised. While at the recent Symantec Vision conference, I was able to talk to the VCS product manager and was impressed they are making further improvements to the agent. For example, they're adding in a

Re: [zones-discuss] memory limits in zones

2007-07-26 Thread Jim Caron - ITCTO
Title: signature Thanks for the reply, Jeff, Unknown if we are low on swap when this is happening, I am working on getting a snapshot of the system now. I'll post when I get it. thanks again Jeff Victor wrote: Zones do not have default memory limits. A zone's processes are allowed to use

Re: [zones-discuss] Configure ipv6 address for an exclusive zone

2007-07-26 Thread Erik Nordmark
LaoTsao (Dr. Tsao) wrote: try network_interface=e1000g2 { hostname=zox04-ipv6 ip_address=2000::214:4fff:fe6a:b80f/64. protocol_ipv6=yes } AFAIK the ipv6 support in sysidcfg is merely the protocol_ipv6=yes thus it isn't possible to specify a static IPv6 address. Instead the

Re: [zones-discuss] Running zonename command in an alternate root

2007-07-26 Thread mary ding
Ritu: Your CAS scripts is not live upgrade and jumpstart compliance. YOu can look at SUNWmcosx/postinstall and see how this can be done. As James Carlson had indicated, you should use /sbin/zonename instead. Ritu Agrawal wrote: Opening to [EMAIL PROTECTED] James Carlson wrote: Why is

Re: [zones-discuss] Running zonename command in an alternate root

2007-07-26 Thread James Carlson
Ritu Agrawal writes: Opening to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Also removing accidental cc of confidential list. Use /sbin/zonename and you should be fine This is a Live upgrade case when we are on the alternate root. Yep; understood. The alternate root has the O/S installed and we try to