How do I create a whole root zone in Solaris 10?

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To Configure a Whole Root Zone

Start the zone configuration.
Create a configuration for the specified zone.
Set the zone path.
Set the autoboot value.
If resource pools are enabled on the system, associate a pool with the zone.
Add a network virtual interface.
Set the IP address for the network interface.

What is whole root zone?

The whole root zone model provides the maximum configurability. All of the required and any selected optional Solaris packages are installed into the private file systems of the zone. The advantages of this model include the capability for global administrators to customize their zones file system layout.

How do you create a whole root zone?

How do you create a zone?

Locate the server where you want to add a zone, and right-click the server. Click Create DNS zone. The Create DNS Zone dialog box opens. In General Properties, select a zone category, a zone type , and enter a name in Zone name.

How to list all the configured zones in Solaris 10?

When we install Solaris 10, a global zone gets installed automatically; and the core operating system runs under global zone. To list all the configured zones, we can use zoneadm command: Global zone is the only one:

What is the main goal of Solaris 10 zone partitioning?

Efficient resource utilization is the main goal of this technology. Solaris 10’s zone partitioning technology can be used to create local zones that behave like virtual servers. All local zones are controlled from the system’s global zone.

What is the use of global zone in Linux?

Global zone is the only one: to be used for system-wide administrative control, such as physical devices, routing, or dynamic reconfiguration (DR). ie., global zone is the only zone that is aware of all devices and all file systems

How do I list only processes in the specified zones?

Added-zzonelistto list only processes in the specified zones. Zones can be specified either by zone name or by zone ID. This option is only useful when the command is executed in the global zone.