Re: [zones-discuss] Can I configure my zones on a ZFS filesystem?

2008-09-11 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Thu, 2008-06-26 at 17:16 +0100, Lewis Thompson wrote: > Q: Can I configure my zones on a ZFS filesystem? Thanks for everybody's feedback on this. I would like to update the Zones FAQ at opensolaris.org with the information. Before I do this I would like to confirm I have unders

Re: [zones-discuss] vxfs "setting=value" style mount options

2008-09-10 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Tue, 2008-09-09 at 09:04 -0400, Jeff Victor wrote: > The zonecfg man page has an example of the use of fs options: > >zonecfg:myzone3> add fs >zonecfg:myzone3:fs> set dir=/usr/local >zonecfg:myzone3:fs> set special=/opt/local >zonecfg:myzone3:fs> set type=lofs >

[zones-discuss] vxfs "setting=value" style mount options

2008-09-09 Thread Lewis Thompson
Hi, I have a simple zone configured to test the VxFS 'convosync=direct' option. It's an s10u5 machine with no additional patches: zonecfg:lt203398:fs> info fs: dir: /foo special: /dev/lofi/1 raw: /dev/rlofi/1 type: v

[zones-discuss] Per-process/user resource limits within zones

2008-08-28 Thread Lewis Thompson
Hi Zones experts :) I have a query regarding specifying per-process and/or per-user resource limits within local zones Having read the FAQ at http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/zones/faq/ I get the impression that resource limits within zones are either: 1. defined with zonecfg when creatin

[zones-discuss] Can I configure my zones on a ZFS filesystem?

2008-06-26 Thread Lewis Thompson
Hi, http://opensolaris.org/os/community/zones/faq/#sa_zfs states: Q: Can I configure my zones on a ZFS filesystem? A: Solaris 10 Update Release: It is possible to install a zone on a ZFS file system. However, at this time, we do not recommend putting the zonepath of a non-global zone on ZFS du

Re: [zones-discuss] physical= not obeyed when ip-type=shared and physical dev part of IPMP group in global zone

2008-05-22 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 15:09 -0700, Erik Nordmark wrote: > Does the initial placement on something different than vnet1 cause a > problem? Or is it just confusing? Hi Erik, In this case it is just causing some confusion but functionality is not impacted. Thanks, Lewis _

Re: [zones-discuss] physical= not obeyed when ip-type=shared and physical dev part of IPMP group in global zone

2008-05-22 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 12:56 -0700, Steve Lawrence wrote: > In the global zone, do you have two ip addresses (one on vnet0, one on vnet1) > or is vnet1 configured as standby? Hi Steve, We have the following global zone config: vnet0: flags=1000843 mtu 1500 index 2 inet 13

Re: [zones-discuss] physical= not obeyed when ip-type=shared and physical dev part of IPMP group in global zone

2008-05-21 Thread Lewis Thompson
On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 13:56 -0700, Steve Lawrence wrote: > It is documented here: > > http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2450/z.admin.task-60?l=ko&a=view&q=multipathing > > The behavior you are seeing is not specifically documented, but it seems > reasonable. What behavior are you expecting?

[zones-discuss] physical= not obeyed when ip-type=shared and physical dev part of IPMP group in global zone

2008-05-20 Thread Lewis Thompson
Hi, I have a customer who has a basic IPMP config in his global zone: vnet0 & vnet1 [currently vnet0 has the 'floating' IP] In addition he has a zone with ip-type=shared where physical=vnet1 When the zone boots the zone interface gets created on vnet0 instead of vnet1 I have verified this b