Zones provide a new isolation primitive for the Solaris OS, which is secure,
flexible, scalable and lightweight: virtualized OS services which look like
different Solaris instances. Together with the existing Solaris Resource management framework, Solaris Zones forms the basis of Solaris Containers.
Describes why Sun engineers developed Solaris 8 Containers and how you can use Solaris 8 Containers to move your unmodified Solaris 8 Application and environment to a Container on Solaris 10.
Starting with the Solaris 10/08 release, a new -u option to zoneadm attach updates zone-dependent packages and associated patches within the zone to match those on the new host when migrating a zone. Migration between machine classes, such as between sun4u and sun4v machines, is also enabled using this option. See System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones for information on all new features added in the Solaris 10 10/08 release.
OpenSolaris Zones Community
This community is the home base for the Zones community: Users, application developers, folks who want to contribute to the zones infrastructure itself, and those developing management solutions.
How to Move A Solaris Container
Instructs users, system administrators, and developers who have experience with Solaris 10 on proper use of new features which allow a Solaris 10 Container to be moved from one computer to another. Users are guided step-by-step through the process of moving a Container, with code examples and illustrations.
Consolidating Servers and Applications
Instructs users, system admins, and developers on how to consolidate applications onto a single server. Users are guided through the consolidation process, with code examples and illustrations.
Solaris Containers Learning Center(01/2008)
The Solaris Containers Learning Center provides links to Solaris Container resources, such as multimedia presentations and demos, how-to guides, and more.
Solaris Zones Examples(04/2007)
This page contains a few examples for the configuration of Solaris 10 Zones. Currently with a focus on Resource Controls. brendangregg.com.
OpenSolaris Zones Presentation (pdf)(11/2006)
Presentation on Zones and OpenSolaris given at ApacheCon US 2006. Authors: Narayana Janga and Shivani Khosa.
