Dana,

If /opt, or any directory, is inadvertently added to zone root, can it be
removed from the zone configuration without having to re-install the zone?

Bill

On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Hudes, Dana <hud...@hra.nyc.gov> wrote:

>  Note that while you can have a local disk or shared (SAN, presumably)
> disk for zone root, it is not recommended practice to use the boot disk for
> zone roots, not even if its a separate filesystem. If you have only 2 drives
> and you understandably want to have those mirrored, slice them and make a
> separate dg or zpool for the zone roots. You can throw other stuff in that
> zpool/dg such as home directories but not the Solaris OS. I wouldn't play
> games with sticking /opt (and certainly not /var) in there since that's
> inherited/copied by local zones.
>
> While you can get away with using the root pool/dg for zone roots and it
> will indeed let you and you can boot the zone, come time to use Live Upgrade
> you will find it doesn't work.
> Even adding patches in the regular manner has trouble with zone root on
> platform root.
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* veritas-vx-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:
> veritas-vx-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] *On Behalf Of *William Havey
> *Sent:* Friday, March 05, 2010 8:56 AM
> *To:* veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> *Subject:* [Veritas-vx] Simulator 5.1 and Solaris 10 zones
>
> http://support.veritas.com/docs/345258
>
> This technote is on the need to set a service group attribute
> "ContainerInfo". It doesn't say how, only what. Neither does the Admin Guide
> say how-to. The Simulator.fails to accept any values for Name, Type, and
> Enabled.
>
> Any help on using the Simulator 5.1 to configure Solaris 10 local zones
> supporting Oracle  11 would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Bill
>
>
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