HP 9000 containers

Figure 4: Workload container file system layout

HP 9000 containers replicate an HP 9000 HP-UX ecosystem and create a chroot isolated virtual HP 9000 file system. An HP 9000 container provides an environment to re-host the complete HP 9000 user-space environment without the need to recompile or re-install individual applications or reconstruct application ecosystem, all with minimal reconfiguration and application inventory preparation effort.

The transitioned application(s) reside in a chroot environment (HP 9000 container) along with the HP 9000 commands and libraries. The HP 9000 container has its own IP address that can be used by applications to access services running in the container, including remote SSH access. You can start, stop, export, import, and delete an HP 9000 container. However, HP 9000 containers do not support the HP 9000 HP-UX kernel, kernel intrusive applications, system administration commands, and system management related applications inside them.

NOTE:

As of the release of this document, HP 9000 Containers is only supported with HP-UX SRP v2. Support for HP 9000 Containers with HP-UX Containers v3 is currently under development.