Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
> the UID is not your problem. the problem is that > "uninstalled" is not a > valid zone state. (sorry, i just checked my sent > emails and i did > indeed tell you to set the state to "uninstalled", my > bad.) the proper > state is "configured". > Aha ! That's suberb: thank you. Everything is back up and running again on that zone, so I'll go and play with all the others. And I'll remember not to use -F on the attach in future :) Thanks, -- Ian. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 02:25:16PM -0700, Ian wrote: > > > > this error seems to indicate that the zone state in > > /etc/zones/index is > > invalid. (normally people shouldn't edit this file > > for exactly this > > reason. ;) what are the contents of this file? > > > I've attached the full file to this post, but the line for the zone I'm > trying right now reads: > > web:uninstalled:/space/zones/web:1707fafd-4a25-69f6-91e4-92af2073dca4 > > Is there somewhere that the UUID gets generated from that I can check for > consistency ? > the UID is not your problem. the problem is that "uninstalled" is not a valid zone state. (sorry, i just checked my sent emails and i did indeed tell you to set the state to "uninstalled", my bad.) the proper state is "configured". > > you need to specify a zfs dataset name, not a > > filesystem path. on my > > laptop i would specifly something like: > > -d rpool/export/zones/z2/ROOT/zbe > > > Aha - thanks. That was the second one I tried, just for the record: > > # zoneadm -z web attach -u -d space/zones/web/ROOT/zbe > zoneadm: web: could not get state: No such zone configured > > Thanks, > -- > Ian. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > ___ > zones-discuss mailing list > zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
> > this error seems to indicate that the zone state in > /etc/zones/index is > invalid. (normally people shouldn't edit this file > for exactly this > reason. ;) what are the contents of this file? > I've attached the full file to this post, but the line for the zone I'm trying right now reads: web:uninstalled:/space/zones/web:1707fafd-4a25-69f6-91e4-92af2073dca4 Is there somewhere that the UUID gets generated from that I can check for consistency ? > you need to specify a zfs dataset name, not a > filesystem path. on my > laptop i would specifly something like: > -d rpool/export/zones/z2/ROOT/zbe > Aha - thanks. That was the second one I tried, just for the record: # zoneadm -z web attach -u -d space/zones/web/ROOT/zbe zoneadm: web: could not get state: No such zone configured Thanks, -- Ian. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 01:50:16PM -0700, Ian wrote: > > once you've changed the state to uninstalled, you > > don't need to do a > > detach. just do: > > zoneadm -zattach -u -d > > > Unfortunately, it doesn't like that either: > > # zoneadm -z web attach -u -d /space/zones/web/ROOT/zbe > zoneadm: web: could not get state: No such zone configured > this error seems to indicate that the zone state in /etc/zones/index is invalid. (normally people shouldn't edit this file for exactly this reason. ;) what are the contents of this file? > I tried a selection of paths and ZFS pool names, just in case. Same result. you need to specify a zfs dataset name, not a filesystem path. on my laptop i would specifly something like: -d rpool/export/zones/z2/ROOT/zbe ed ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
> once you've changed the state to uninstalled, you > don't need to do a > detach. just do: > zoneadm -zattach -u -d > Unfortunately, it doesn't like that either: # zoneadm -z web attach -u -d /space/zones/web/ROOT/zbe zoneadm: web: could not get state: No such zone configured I tried a selection of paths and ZFS pool names, just in case. Same result. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 01:03:17PM -0700, Ian wrote: > Hi ed, > > > hm. detach is failing because attach never marked > > any zone dataset as > > active. could you file a bug against detach to make > > it more robust in > > the face of failiures? > > > Sure. > > > to work around this problem you might just want to > > edit /etc/zones/index > > and change the zone state to "uninstalled". (this > > will essentially undo > > the "attach -F" you did earlier.) then you can do an > > attach -u to > > properly attach the zone. > > > Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to fix things. If I change the 'installed' > to 'uninstalled' then I get: > > # zoneadm -z web detach > zoneadm: web: could not get state: No such zone configured > > Is there any other information I can offer to help get around this ? > once you've changed the state to uninstalled, you don't need to do a detach. just do: zoneadm -z attach -u -d ed ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] Newbie: Just upgraded from 2008.11 to 2009.06 and zone
Hi ed, > hm. detach is failing because attach never marked > any zone dataset as > active. could you file a bug against detach to make > it more robust in > the face of failiures? > Sure. > to work around this problem you might just want to > edit /etc/zones/index > and change the zone state to "uninstalled". (this > will essentially undo > the "attach -F" you did earlier.) then you can do an > attach -u to > properly attach the zone. > Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to fix things. If I change the 'installed' to 'uninstalled' then I get: # zoneadm -z web detach zoneadm: web: could not get state: No such zone configured Is there any other information I can offer to help get around this ? Thanks, -- Ian. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
