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Zone autoboot
If you set the autoboot resource property in a zone's configuration to true, that zone is automatically booted when the global zone is booted. The default setting is false.
Note that for zones to autoboot, the zones service svc:/system/zones:default must also be enabled.
Uninstalling a Zone
The zoneadm uninstall command is used to uninstall all of the files under the zone's root file system. Before proceeding, the command prompts you to confirm the action, unless the -F (force) option is also used. Use the uninstall command with caution, because the action is irreversible.
About Cloning Non-Global Zones
Cloning allows you to copy an existing configured and installed zone on your system to rapidly provision a new zone on the same system.
Cloning a zone is a faster way to install a zone.
The new zone will include any changes that have been made to customize the source zone, such as added packages or file modifications.
When the source zonepath and the target zonepath both reside on ZFS and are in the same pool, the zoneadm clone command automatically uses ZFS to clone the zone. When using ZFS clone, the data is not actually copied until it is modified. Thus, the initial clone takes very little time. The zoneadm command takes a ZFS snapshot of the source zonepath, and sets up the target zonepath. The system names the snapshot SUNWzoneX, where X is a unique ID used to distinguish between multiple snapshots. The zonepath of the destination zone is used to name the ZFS clone. A software inventory is performed so that a snapshot used at a future time can be validated by the system. To clone a source zone multiple times, the zoneadm command allows you to specify that an existing snapshot should be used. The system validates that the existing snapshot is usable on the target.
You cannot use manual snapshots, such as the type described in "Creating and Destroying ZFS Snapshots" in Solaris ZFS Administration Guide. This type of snapshot lacks the data to perform a validation.
Note - You can specify that a ZFS zonepath be copied instead of ZFS cloned, even though the source could be cloned in this way.
See Cloning a Non-Global Zone on the Same System for more information.