Sun Microsystems 10 manual Zone migration within a system, Global# zoneadm List -vc

Version 3.1-enSolaris 10 Container Guide - 3.1 5. Cookbooks Effective: 30/11/2009

5.3.6. Zone migration within a system

[ug] Let us assume that a zone named "test" is to be moved to another directory. Currently, this zone is located on /export/home/zone/test (zonepath).

global# zoneadm		list -vc
ID	NAME	STATUS	PATH	BRAND	IP
0	global	running	/	native	shared
22	test	running	/export/home/zone/test	native	shared

Before moving it, the zone must be halted:

global# zoneadm -z test halt

In a short amount of time, the zone can then be moved with zoneadm move. The duration depends on whether the target directory is located in the same filesystem (implementation with mv) or in a different filesystem (zonepath must be copied), and depending on the contents (sparse- root/whole-root zone). The move takes several minutes.

global# zoneadm -z test move /container/test

Moving across file-systems; copying zonepath /export/home/zone/test...

Cleaning up zonepath /export/home/zone/test...

global#

The configuration of the zone is adjusted as well:

global# zonecfg -z test info zonename: test

zonepath: /container/test

brand: native

autoboot: false bootargs: pool: limitpriv: scheduling-class: ip-type: shared inherit-pkg-dir:

dir: /lib inherit-pkg-dir:

dir: /platform

inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /sbin

inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /usr inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /opt

global# zoneadm list -vc
ID	NAME	STATUS	PATH	BRAND	IP
0	global	running	/	native	shared
23	test	running	/container/test	native	shared

In this example, the zone was moved from a UFS to a ZFS directory.

global# df -k /export/home /container
Filesystem	kbytes	used	avail capacity		Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c1t1d0s6	5848297	2839898	2949917	50%	/export/home
container	1007616	90758	916031	10%	/container

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