Re: [zones-discuss] S8 containers and application compatibility
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: > I've been looking at the feasibility of using S8 containers to replace > some truly > antiquated hardware. However, evaluation has (apparently - I'm still trying to > establish the details) uncovered a snag. > > One of the applications in use is the old iPlanet suite. Directory names > include > things like ias6, and the problem is that it seems to fail to start > and leaves the odd > core dump around. So, while those involved are rubbishing containers and want > to redeploy onto antiquated bare metal, I was wondering > > (a) if anyone had used the old iPlanet app server in an S8 container, and > (b) if there are compatibility problems, where do I need to start > turning over rocks? Just to close this one out (partially at least), and thanks to Robert for pushing it to the top of my list. The problem was a SEGV immediately after reading kstats. It appears that iPlanet is reading cpu stats into a fixed size array and whoever wrote that hadn't allowed for a 128-cpu system. After adding dedicated-cpus and capping the container to 4 cpus, iPlanet starts just fine. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] S8 containers and application compatibility
On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 22:01 +, Peter Tribble wrote: > I've been looking at the feasibility of using S8 containers to replace > some truly > antiquated hardware. However, evaluation has (apparently - I'm still trying to > establish the details) uncovered a snag. > > One of the applications in use is the old iPlanet suite. Directory names > include > things like ias6, and the problem is that it seems to fail to start > and leaves the odd > core dump around. So, while those involved are rubbishing containers and want > to redeploy onto antiquated bare metal, I was wondering > > (a) if anyone had used the old iPlanet app server in an S8 container, and > (b) if there are compatibility problems, where do I need to start > turning over rocks? > > Thanks, > > (and apologies for the vagueness) > Have you tried just copying the binaries to Solaris 10 and running them there? I moved some old iPlanet Webserver 6.0 stuff from 8 -> 10 this way a few months ago and we haven't had any issues, yet... -Alex ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
[zones-discuss] S8 containers and application compatibility
I've been looking at the feasibility of using S8 containers to replace some truly antiquated hardware. However, evaluation has (apparently - I'm still trying to establish the details) uncovered a snag. One of the applications in use is the old iPlanet suite. Directory names include things like ias6, and the problem is that it seems to fail to start and leaves the odd core dump around. So, while those involved are rubbishing containers and want to redeploy onto antiquated bare metal, I was wondering (a) if anyone had used the old iPlanet app server in an S8 container, and (b) if there are compatibility problems, where do I need to start turning over rocks? Thanks, (and apologies for the vagueness) -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
