Sun Microsystems 10 manual Special commands for zones, Command Description

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

5.1.2. Special commands for zones

[dd/ug] The creation and usage of zones in Solaris 10 is done by the following commands:

Command	Description
zoneadm(1M)	Administration of zones
	(installation/uninstallation, booting/rebooting/halting, listing)
zonecfg(1M)	Zone configuration
zlogin(1)	Zone login from the global zone
	-C
	Connection to the zone console
zonename(1)	Print the name of the current zone

Table 6: [dd/ug] Commands for zones

With the following commands, administrative actions with respect to zones are possible:

Command	Description
dladm(1M)	Administration of data links
ifconfig(1M)	zone <zonename>
	assigns a virtual IP address to a zone
	-zone
	gives a virtual IP address back to the global zone
	-Z
	executes the command for all interfaces in the zone
ipcrm(1)	-z <zonename)
	deletes a message queue, a semaphore set or a shared memory ID of a zone
patchadd(1M)	-G
	installs a patch in the current zone only (caution!)
pkill(1)	-z <zoneid>
	applies pkill to processes in zone zoneid
pkgadd(1M)	-G
	installs a package in the current zone only (caution!)
pooladm(1M)	Activation and deactivation of resource pools
poolbind(1M)	-i zoneid <zonename>
	binds all processes of the zone <id> or <zonename> to the resource pool
poolcfg(1M)	Configuration of Ressource Management
prctl(1)	-i zoneid <zonename>
	Displaying and modification of resource controls of zone processes
priocntl(1)	-i zoneid <zoneidlist>
	Displaying and changing the scheduling parameters in a zone.
rctladm(1M)	Displaying and modification of global settings for resource controls
renice(1)	-i zoneid <zoneidlist>
	modifies the priority of running processes in <zoneidlist>

Table 7: [dd/ug] Administrative commands for zones

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