Re: [zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-05 Thread Ian Collins
On 08/ 6/10 12:40 AM, Frank Batschulat (Home) wrote: On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:03:20 +0200, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: I would like to upgrade a Thumper we use as a staging server for backups form Solaris 10 to OpenSolaris. The backup application (NetVault) is only supported on Solaris. So

Re: [zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-05 Thread Frank Batschulat (Home)
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:03:56 +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > "Frank Batschulat (Home)" wrote: > >> the problem with exporting the tape device to a NGZ, which although >> not "supported" can be achived as you mention, >> is that there's no way to exclusive assign that particular tape device >> t

Re: [zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-05 Thread Jerry Jelinek
On 08/05/10 07:03, joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de wrote: "Frank Batschulat (Home)" wrote: the problem with exporting the tape device to a NGZ, which although not "supported" can be achived as you mention, is that there's no way to exclusive assign that particular tape device to a particul

Re: [zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-05 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Frank Batschulat (Home)" wrote: > the problem with exporting the tape device to a NGZ, which although > not "supported" can be achived as you mention, > is that there's no way to exclusive assign that particular tape device > to a particular NGZ or to restrict access from the GZ or any other >

Re: [zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-05 Thread Frank Batschulat (Home)
On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:03:20 +0200, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: >> I would like to upgrade a Thumper we use as a staging >> server for backups form Solaris 10 to OpenSolaris. The backup >> application (NetVault) is only supported on Solaris. >> >> So my question is: can a branded Solaris 10 zone

Re: [zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-05 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
> hello, > > I would like to upgrade a Thumper we use as a staging > server for backups > form Solaris 10 to OpenSolaris. The backup > application (NetVault) is > only supported on Solaris. > > So my question is: can a branded Solaris 10 zone > access the external > tape vault? If so are the

[zones-discuss] Branded zones and external hardware

2010-08-04 Thread Ian Collins
hello, I would like to upgrade a Thumper we use as a staging server for backups form Solaris 10 to OpenSolaris. The backup application (NetVault) is only supported on Solaris. So my question is: can a branded Solaris 10 zone access the external tape vault? If so are there likely to be any