[zones-discuss] Somewhat unusual exclusive-IP type configuration needed
Hi all, I've got a situation that doesn't seem to be really covered in the various docs I've read up to now. I have a number of servers where I want to do something like the following, if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to host a number of zones on a server, let's say an m4000, but I want those zones to be on a different subnet than the global. So far, no problem: use exclusive-IP. However, currently I don't have enough NICs to give one each to all zones. One thought I had was a sort of mix of shared-IP and exclusive-IP. Give a couple of different zones the same NIC in exclusive-IP mode. I haven't tried it, but I'm fairly certain this won't work, as each zone will try to control the NIC itself. My major concern is to get the global zone on one subnet, while the non-globals will be at least one other subnet, possibly others. Using shared-IP, I know we had routing issues. I can't remember if it was on the global side or the local, but I know there were issues. Perhaps this has been fixed in more recent releases? We are currently running Solaris 10 08/2007. At this point there wouldn't really be time to move up to the latest release, though we use UCE to patch the global up to date before we start building zones. Thanks for your help! -- Joe Barbey IS Network Support Senior office: (715) 425-4357 Davee Library room 166C cell: (715) 821-0008 UW - River Falls ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Somewhat unusual exclusive-IP type configuration needed
Joe Barbey writes: I would like to host a number of zones on a server, let's say an m4000, but I want those zones to be on a different subnet than the global. So far, no problem: use exclusive-IP. However, currently I don't have enough NICs to give one each to all zones. Use VLANs. It'll work if you give each exclusive IP instance a separate VLAN on an interface (or a small group of interfaces). One thought I had was a sort of mix of shared-IP and exclusive-IP. Give a couple of different zones the same NIC in exclusive-IP mode. I haven't tried it, but I'm fairly certain this won't work, as each zone will try to control the NIC itself. No, that won't work. We discussed it during the development of the IP Instances (exclusive stack) feature, but the project team considered it to be too complex at least for the initial version. Exclusive is just that: exclusive of all other zones on the system. My major concern is to get the global zone on one subnet, while the non-globals will be at least one other subnet, possibly others. Using shared-IP, I know we had routing issues. I can't remember if it was on the global side or the local, but I know there were issues. Perhaps this has been fixed in more recent releases? As long as you have distinct destinations for the traffic, that can be made to work with shared stack instances, but you're right that it's always been a bit problematic. It wasn't the design center for the original Kevlar/Zones project: all zones were expected to go on a common set of subnets. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Somewhat unusual exclusive-IP type configuration needed
Le 20 oct. 08 à 16:58, Joe Barbey a écrit : I've got a situation that doesn't seem to be really covered in the various docs I've read up to now. I have a number of servers where I want to do something like the following, if possible. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's not so unusual. But it's not correctly covered. My major concern is to get the global zone on one subnet, while the non-globals will be at least one other subnet, possibly others. Using shared-IP, I know we had routing issues. I can't remember if it was on the global side or the local, but I know there were issues. Perhaps this has been fixed in more recent releases? The only answer today is exclusive-IP. As James suggest, you may use VLANs if you switch is able to let you send tagged packet to it. I didn't experience the new default route option in zone configuration...anyway it's only beginning with u5 and you're using u4. Anyway, if you have multiple subnet used for you local zone, the best bet is is to use VLAN-tagging. Default routers and circular use of them in the global zone become quickly a nightmare. Nicolas ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
[zones-discuss] Running Oracle Database inside Solaris 8/9 Container Using Sun Cluster
Dear All, Our customers like to run existing Oracle database inside Solaris 8/9 container using Sun Cluster. Please kindly advise if - Is this configuration certified by Oracle? - Will it be supported by Oracle? - Will Sun Cluster support this? (Sun Cluster 3.2 02/08?) - Any references? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, Eric ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Running Oracle Database inside Solaris 8/9 Container Using Sun Cluster
Eric Li wrote: Dear All, Our customers like to run existing Oracle database inside Solaris 8/9 container using Sun Cluster. Please kindly advise if - Is this configuration certified by Oracle? not - Will it be supported by Oracle? not - Will Sun Cluster support this? (Sun Cluster 3.2 02/08?) ha-zone - Any references? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, Eric ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org begin:vcard fn:Dr. Hung-Sheng Tsao (LaoTsao) n:Tsao;Hung-Sheng org:GEH;Sun GEH East adr:;;400 Atrium Dr;Somerset;nj;08873;usa email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Sr. SE tel;work:1877319-0460 tel;fax:1877-319-0460 tel;pager:1973-495-0840 tel;home:1973495-0840 tel;cell:1973-495-0840 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:http://blogs.sun.com/hstsao version:2.1 end:vcard ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Running Oracle Database inside Solaris 8/9 Container Using Sun Cluster
Le 20 oct. 08 à 19:19, Eric Li a écrit : Our customers like to run existing Oracle database inside Solaris 8/9 container using Sun Cluster. Please kindly advise if - Is this configuration certified by Oracle? - Will it be supported by Oracle? - Will Sun Cluster support this? (Sun Cluster 3.2 02/08?) - Any references? One of my customer is using Oracle 9i in a s8 container. No cluster. You won't find any software/ISV certification for S8/9 container, IMHO. Nicolas ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Running Oracle Database inside Solaris 8/9 Container Using Sun Cluster
Hi Dr. Hung-Sheng Tsao, Sun Cluster supports today single machine Oracle Data Base running inside a Solaris Container (also called a non-global zone), where the zone is a native brand zone. In the latest Sun Cluster Express release, Sun Cluster supports a new feature called a Zone Cluster, which is a Virtual Cluster where the virtual nodes are all non-global zones. We have run Oracle RAC 9i, 10g, and 11g concurrently inside different Zone Clusters on the same set of hardware. Our Marketing team formally announces new features in the commercial product. If you are interested in running Oracle RAC in zones, please contact me and I will provide details on how we will soon be supporting the ability to run Oracle RAC in zones. Please note that I will be at a conference the rest of the week. So I will respond next week upon my return. If anyone else is interested in running RAC in zones, please contact me. Regards, Ellard Dr. Hung-Sheng Tsao (LaoTsao) wrote: Eric Li wrote: Dear All, Our customers like to run existing Oracle database inside Solaris 8/9 container using Sun Cluster. Please kindly advise if - Is this configuration certified by Oracle? not - Will it be supported by Oracle? not - Will Sun Cluster support this? (Sun Cluster 3.2 02/08?) ha-zone - Any references? Thank you in advance for your help. Best regards, Eric ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
[zones-discuss] Questions regarding Solaris containers
Hi, I am new to Solaris containers. Can somebody please clarify the below questions: 1. What are the supported versions of Solaris that support Containers concept? As per my search on this from Solaris 10 Update 4 or Update 5 onwards containers are supported. Am I right? 2. Can raw disks be exported to Solaris containers from global zone? Using zonecfg command we tried exporting devices (disk partitions/SVM volumes) to containers. Once they have been exported we are unable to see those in the /dev/dsk directory of the non global zone. Is there a known issue regarding this? 3. Is there any concept of virtual HBA in Solaris Containers? Are external disks from the storage arrays presented directly to the Solaris container? Can multipathing software be configured on the Solaris container? 4. Is Volume management (SVM and VxVM) supported inside Solaris containers today? Some of the old documents show that the volume management commands are accessible but are modified to display the below message. Is this still valid today? VxVM command_xxx ERROR msg_id: Please execute this operation in global zone. 5. Can somebody clarify me whether ZFS is supported for containers? Since ZFS has the concept of creating pool of devices first and on top of that file systems can be created. I would like to know what kind of support is there today for ZFS for Solaris containers? 6. What cluster softwares (Ex: VCS, Solaris) are supported with Solaris Containers today? 7. Can we get CPU and Memory utilization statistics used by a specific container (either from with in the container or from global zone)? 8. What databases are supported today for Solaris containers? As per the bigadmin document db_in_containers, only non-RAC Oracle is supported by containers. Is this still valid today or is there support provided for Oracle RAC? Is DB2 supported inside containers? Thanks in advance. Regards, -Narsimha ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
