Re: [zones-discuss] zonecfg and dhcp for shared interface?

2007-06-15 Thread Martin Man
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A question for those who would like this - what other sorts of DHCP information would one want to use in this case? The DNS domain name? Time server information? Well, if I understand this correctly, zoneadmd does plumb and will eventually do dhcp config of the

Re: [zones-discuss] Can I migrate zones without reboot?.

2007-06-15 Thread James Carlson
larry lancaster writes: when i use zones, can I migrate then without havign to reboot my machine? Is ohter words is the zone migration static or live? The zone itself must be shut down in order to migrate, but the machine itself doesn't need to be rebooted. -- James Carlson, Solaris

Re: [zones-discuss] zonecfg and dhcp for shared interface?

2007-06-15 Thread James Carlson
Martin Man writes: VNIC? I think we were discussing the use of DHCP with regular shared-stack zones and ordinary logical interfaces. I'm lost in Sun's always-have-at-least-three-names-for-the-same-thing madness, fortunately it didn't confuse you :-)) ;-} I understand physical interface

Re: [zones-discuss] zonecfg and dhcp for shared interface?

2007-06-15 Thread Martin Man
James Carlson wrote: Martin Man writes: Well, if I understand this correctly, zoneadmd does plumb and will eventually do dhcp config of the VNIC. VNIC? I think we were discussing the use of DHCP with regular shared-stack zones and ordinary logical interfaces. I'm lost in Sun's

Re: [zones-discuss] Re: zonepath

2007-06-15 Thread Jeff Victor
I agree with Jerry. To expand on that further: 1) The default directory for ZFS pools is /pool. /zones is somewhat analogous to that default. Consistency is good. 2) I use /zones for simplicity and clarity. On demo systems /zones is usually a directory in the / file system because I/O

Re: [zones-discuss] zone admin best practices doc?

2007-06-15 Thread Jeff Victor
Yes, we recommend running applications in non-global zones, and not running any apps in the global zone. This reserves access to the global zone to platform administrators. Tillman, Gregory wrote: Is there a zone administration best practices doc? Neither the Containers Technology

Re: [zones-discuss] zonecfg and dhcp for shared interface?

2007-06-15 Thread Erik Nordmark
James Carlson wrote: Getting the DHCP data into a form where Linux can use it inside the zone might be a challenge, but it's worth some thought. I think it would also require emulation/translation of some additional Linux ioctls; I don't think the ioctl to *set* the IP address and netmask

Re: [zones-discuss] zonecfg and dhcp for shared interface?

2007-06-15 Thread Steffen Weiberle
Erik Nordmark wrote: James Carlson wrote: Getting the DHCP data into a form where Linux can use it inside the zone might be a challenge, but it's worth some thought. I think it would also require emulation/translation of some additional Linux ioctls; I don't think the ioctl to *set* the IP