Learning Solaris 10 Check out the Zones F.A.Q. !

told by a Sun guy with some support slides.

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From Sun docs, everything one should know to upgrade a system with zones to Solaris 10 08/2007

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Update 4 of Solaris 10 gives us the second type of branded zone : one that allows you to run your old applications using Solaris 8 on a brand new machine running S10, either because you want to have them run on better/newer machines, either because of support reasons. ( or because you want to DTrace it . Seems that lots of customers are still quite happy with Solaris 8 and legacy apps.

This feature comes with an extra download but it doesn’t come for free, although you can get an evaluation version here.
There is also a FAQ available on the product.

A developers.sun.com article that describes the possible conflicts between the Solaris 10 preinstalled bundled version of Application Server (8.2) and the newest App. server (9.1 aka Glassfish v2), whether installed in the global zone, a sparse zone or a whole-root zone.

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Another blueprint document from Sun that insists on Virtualization capabilities. The originality here lies on the ‘Application server - X4600′ area.

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Updated collection of white papers & blueprints now assembled in one big document (226 pages). Great to have everything in one piece. Not only zones but also resource management & the likes…

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T: Solaris, Zones, Containers

Description: This document describes how IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) V6.0.2 or newer can be installed and configured on Solaris 10 in the global and non-global zones.

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8 new FAQs & 3 updates

1.9 : Can I install Zones into a really minimal system?
2.10 : Where do zone installation default files come from?
2.11 : May I install a zone in a NFS-exported directory so that diskless clients may run them?
2.12 : Is it possible to configure/install non-global zones directly from a Jumpstart server?
2.13 : Is there a graphical tool that can be used to configure/install zones ?
4.12 : Zones & DHCP?
4.13 : Zones & NTP server?
5.7 : Is there a way to dynamically or permanently assign shares to the global zone ?

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As always, everyone is free to contribute

Article posted on Sun developer network that will help ISVs or internal software development teams to qualify their applications for non-global Zones.

Although it is true that binary compatibility is granted by design, the paper discusses the restrictions introduced by the zoning concept ( reduced network capabilities, reduced privileges,… ).

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