Re: [zones-discuss] Why is mount disabled for branded zones

2007-05-08 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi Enda, This provides a good opportunity to clear up some misinformation. The BrandZ lx zone type does not use standard patch/package commands. There will be BrandZ zone types that do use standard patch/package commands. The Cluster group is developing now a cluster BrandZ zone type that uses

Re: [zones-discuss] The quick dirty guide to zones on iSCSI LUNs

2008-04-02 Thread Ellard Roush
found another recovery method for this problem. We do not just retry the connection. We destroy all network data structures (socket) This clears the bad state. retries then eventually succeed. Regards, Ellard James Carlson wrote: Ellard Roush writes: Thanks for explaining about how the routing

Re: [zones-discuss] The quick dirty guide to zones on iSCSI LUNs

2008-04-02 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi James, James Carlson wrote: Ellard Roush writes: If we make the code sleep long enough for Solaris routing to complete initialization, then after a failed attempt to connect, then retries work whenever the route becomes available. The problem is that Solaris routing goes into an error

Re: [zones-discuss] The quick dirty guide to zones on iSCSI LUNs

2008-04-03 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi James, James Carlson wrote: Ellard Roush writes: James Carlson wrote: That point in time is as soon as your application can start. It need not have any dependencies at all. Here is the other point that needs to be clarified. This is not an application. Applications do not start until

Re: [zones-discuss] Zone management

2008-07-24 Thread Ellard Roush
for a Brand that is almost native. Regards, Ellard Roush Nathan Dietsch wrote: Hello All, I am looking to the OpenSolaris community for input on your respective experiences with management tools for zones. I am currently looking at the options for managing zones and am looking

Re: [zones-discuss] Questions regarding Solaris containers

2008-10-27 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi, The Sun Cluster Express release has already shipped a new feature called Zone Clusters. This is a Virtual Cluster where the virtual node is a zone. A major reason for developing this feature was to provide the ability to run Oracle RAC in zones. Oracle RAC requires a cluster environment, in

Re: [zones-discuss] Patching clustered zones

2009-01-22 Thread Ellard Roush
upgrade scenario, that Sun Cluster does not support, please let me know. I am the Technical Lead for the infrastructure area, which includes both Zone Clusters and upgrade technology. Regards, Ellard Roush On 01/22/09 11:40, Geoff Lane wrote: We are in the process of setting up a service

[zones-discuss] [Fwd: df -h in zone cluster]

2009-04-30 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi, The question raised by Sunil seems to be a zones question. Does anyone have an explanation or is this a bug ? Regards, Ellard Original Message Subject: df -h in zone cluster Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:28:38 -0400 From: Sunil Sohani sunil.soh...@sun.com To:

[zones-discuss] [Fwd: RAC on Zone Clusters BluePrint]

2009-05-13 Thread Ellard Roush
FromEllard Subject RAC on Zone Clusters BluePrint Recently, there were a number of queries for a current document on how to run RAC in non-global zones. We have just published this new document. Gia-Khanh and I published a small book in the BluePrint series that explains the

Re: [zones-discuss] S10 brand spec.

2009-05-13 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi Jerry, This document provides a lot of useful information. The section solaris10 Brand: What's Not Emulated you repeat some old information that is no longer correct. One point to note is that TX will continue to be incompatible with branded zones. That statement probably dates to the

Re: [zones-discuss] networking

2010-02-17 Thread Ellard Roush
Hi, The clprivnet0 interface is something provided by Solaris Cluster. The clprivnet software is a kind of highly available trunking driver that communicates across all of the private networks that connect the machines of the cluster. This set of networks is often called the private