Hmmm, this seems less than optimal also, doesn't it? If I export the zones on
serverA, and import them on serverB, will I then have zones on servers A & B? I
guess I was hoping that there was a tool that would look at the config of
serverA(including zones), perhaps create a config file I could put on a web
server and then access during an install of serverB. Since I only have two
empty non-global zones, it seems easiest to just install Solaris and create the
two zones again.
Maybe down the road a jumpstart server would be best for me, but would I be
able to configure jumpstart to create non-global zones during the install?
I do appreciate all the help and feedback. Thanks,
Neil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:solaris-users-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] cloning
>
> I am sure you cannot create a flash archive after creating a zone.
> However solaris evolves and might be possible in current releases.
>
>
> My suggestion would be you can export the zones you created
>
> If flash archive does not allow creation with zones configured, destroy
> them.
>
> Create your flash and when done, you can import your previous zone
> exports.
>
> You can build your system with the new flash and do the same for the
> importing zones on to the new machine.
>
> Look at zones attach/ detach docs and its pretty straight forward
>
> The only requirement is that both systems need to be at the same patch
> level or you might have to force import the zones
>
> Good luck
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Peebles, Robert" <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:07:11
> To: Solaris-Users mailing list<[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] cloning
>
> Neil,
>
> When you create the flash archive you will need to exclude the
> directories that contain the non-global zone roots.
>
> So, for example, if you created the zones under /zones, you would need
> to exclude /zones (or at least /zones/zonename1 and /zones/zonename2)
> from the flash archive. The reason is because flash archive is not
> zone-aware/zone-friendly.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dombrowski,
> Neil
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:53 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] cloning
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:solaris-users-
> > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Dombrowski, Neil
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:57 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [Solaris-Users] cloning
> >
> > Learning more about solaris everyday, I installed it on a Dell server
> and
> > created two non-global zones. I'd like to have that same setup on
> another
> > identical server, is there some solaris tool that I can look up that
> would
> > basically clone this server? I suppose I could do a dd, but just
> seeing if
> > Solaris has an easier solution.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Neil
> >
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> Thanks for the quick responses. Gonna try to go with a flash archive
> right first, see how that works. I already have an admin webserver for
> just such an occasion, and I remember seeing the installation asking
> about installing from flash archive.
>
> The other option was using zfs snapshots, which I'm not sure about how
> I'd get that on an empty system, so I'll hold that as a backup plan.
>
> Thanks again,
> Neil
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