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How to Reboot a Zone
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see "Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map)" in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
List the zones running on the system.
global# zoneadm list -v
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND 0 global running / native 1 my-zone running /export/home/my-zone native
Use the zoneadm command with the -z reboot option to reboot the zone my-zone.
global# zoneadm -z my-zone reboot
List the zones on the system again to verify that my-zone has been rebooted.
global# zoneadm list -v
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND 0 global running / native 2 my-zone running /export/home/my-zone native
Tip - Note that the zone ID for my-zone has changed. The zone ID generally changes after a reboot.
How to Uninstall a Zone
Caution - Use this procedure with caution. The action of removing all of
the files in the zone's root file system is irreversible.
The zone cannot be in the running state. The uninstall operation is invalid for running zones.
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see "Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map)" in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
List the zones on the system.
global# zoneadm list -v
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND 0 global running / native - my-zone installed /export/home/my-zone native
Use the zoneadm command with the -z uninstall option to remove the zone my-zone.
You can also use the -F option to force the action. If this option is not specified, the system will prompt for confirmation.
global# zoneadm -z my-zone uninstall -F
Note that when you uninstall a zone that has its own ZFS file system for the zonepath, the ZFS file system is destroyed.
List the zones on the system again, to verify that my-zone is no longer listed.
global# zoneadm list -iv
You will see a display that is similar to the following:
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND 0 global running / native
Troubleshooting
If a zone uninstall is interrupted, the zone is left in the incomplete state. Use the zoneadm uninstall command to reset the zone to the configured state.
Use the uninstall command with caution because the action is irreversible.
Cloning a Non-Global Zone on the Same System
Cloning is used to provision a new zone on a system by copying the data from a source zonepath to a target zonepath.
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. However, you can specify that the ZFS zonepath be copied and not ZFS cloned.
How to Clone a Zone
You must configure the new zone before you can install it. The parameter passed to the zoneadm create subcommand is the name of the zone to clone. This source zone must be halted.
You must be the global administrator in the global zone to perform this procedure.
Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.
To create the role and assign the role to a user, see "Using the Solaris Management Tools With RBAC (Task Map)" in System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.
Halt the source zone to be cloned, which is my-zone in this procedure.
global# zoneadm -z my-zone halt
Start configuring the new zone by exporting the configuration of the source zone my-zone to a file, for example, master.
global# zonecfg -z my-zone export -f /export/zones/master
Note - You can also create the new zone configuration using the procedure How to Configure the Zone instead of modifying an existing configuration. If you use this method, skip ahead to Step 6 after you create the zone.
Edit the file master. At a minimum, you must set a different zonepath for the new zone, but you can change other attributes, such as the IP address, as well.
Create the new zone, zone1, by using the commands in the file master.
global# zonecfg -z zone1 -f /export/zones/master
Install the new zone, zone1, by cloning my-zone.
global# zoneadm -z zone1 clone my-zone
The system displays:
Cloning zonepath /export/home/my-zone...
If the source zonepath is on a ZFS pool, for example, zeepool, the system displays:
Cloning snapshot zeepool/zones/my-zone@SUNWzone1 Instead of copying, a ZFS clone has been created for this zone.
List the zones on the system.
ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND 0 global running / native - my-zone installed /export/home/my-zone native - zone1 installed /export/home/zone1 native
More Information
When a Source zonepath on a
ZFS File System Is Cloned
When the zoneadm command clones a source zonepath that is on its own ZFS file system, the following actions are performed:
The zoneadm command takes a software inventory.
The zoneadm command takes a ZFS snapshot and names it SUNWzoneX, for example, SUNWzone1.
The zoneadm command uses ZFS clone to clone the snapshot.