Re: [zones-discuss] zoneroot on nfs?

2008-10-22 Thread Jeff Victor
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Ben Rockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason King wrote: >> I haven't found any documentation (yet, still looking), that says >> anything either way, but I'm wondering to facilitate zone migration if >> you can place a zone root on an NFS filesystem? Obviously w

Re: [zones-discuss] Can't install a Zone in snv_99

2008-10-22 Thread Gerald A. Jelinek
I just answered a similar query in indiana-discuss. First, if you are using 'pkg image-update', you are not running nevada, you are running opensolaris. There is a huge difference in the way zones work between nevada and opensolaris. To answer your question. The way zones work in opensolaris ha

Re: [zones-discuss] Local Zones won't boot after image-update to snv_99.

2008-10-22 Thread Gerald A. Jelinek
See my response on the following thread: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=80152&tstart=0 Jerry -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org

[zones-discuss] opensolaris zones cookbook

2008-10-22 Thread Jerry Jelinek
Since there have been several questions about using zones on recent opensolaris builds (98 and later) I thought I would try to summarize what to do. First, all of this is discussed in gory detail in the spec if you need more info: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=273528&; 1)

Re: [zones-discuss] opensolaris zones cookbook

2008-10-22 Thread Zoram Thanga
Hi Jerry, Jerry Jelinek wrote: > 3) Zones are only supported in ZFS. This means that the zonepath > must be a dataset. For example, if the zonepath for your > zone is /export/zones/foo, then /export/zones must be a dataset. > The zones code will then create the foo dataset and all th

Re: [zones-discuss] opensolaris zones cookbook

2008-10-22 Thread Jerry Jelinek
Zoram Thanga wrote: > Hi Jerry, > > Jerry Jelinek wrote: >> 3) Zones are only supported in ZFS. This means that the zonepath >> must be a dataset. For example, if the zonepath for your >> zone is /export/zones/foo, then /export/zones must be a dataset. >> The zones code will then cre

Re: [zones-discuss] opensolaris zones cookbook

2008-10-22 Thread Mike Futerko
Hello >> Jerry Jelinek wrote: >>> 3) Zones are only supported in ZFS. This means that the zonepath >>> must be a dataset. For example, if the zonepath for your >>> zone is /export/zones/foo, then /export/zones must be a dataset. >>> The zones code will then create the foo dataset and

Re: [zones-discuss] opensolaris zones cookbook

2008-10-22 Thread Jerry Jelinek
Mike Futerko wrote: > Hello > >>> Jerry Jelinek wrote: 3) Zones are only supported in ZFS. This means that the zonepath must be a dataset. For example, if the zonepath for your zone is /export/zones/foo, then /export/zones must be a dataset. The zones code will th

Re: [zones-discuss] opensolaris zones cookbook

2008-10-22 Thread James Carlson
Mike Futerko writes: > How to identify is it OpenSolaris or Nevada? I've just finished LU from > snv_85 to snv_99 and wondering will my zones boot or not when I switch > to snv_99? If you're using LU, then it's Nevada (Solaris Express). If you're using beadm and pkg to do your upgrades, then it's

Re: [zones-discuss] zoneroot on nfs?

2008-10-22 Thread Edward Pilatowicz
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:27:28AM -0400, Jeff Victor wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Ben Rockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jason King wrote: > >> I haven't found any documentation (yet, still looking), that says > >> anything either way, but I'm wondering to facilitate zone migrati

Re: [zones-discuss] Questions regarding Solaris containers

2008-10-22 Thread Tamer Embaby
Steffen Weiberle wrote: >> 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 co

Re: [zones-discuss] Questions regarding Solaris containers

2008-10-22 Thread Jerry Jelinek
Tamer Embaby wrote: > Steffen Weiberle wrote: >>> 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 to