Installing Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Containers

by Vaishak Suvarna

Introduction

Purpose

Describe how to install & set-up Solaris 8 & Solaris 9 Containers on Solaris 10 Host System

Scope

This topic simply describes how to set-up Solaris containers, it does not discuss zones concepts etc.

References

• Solaris 10 Installation
• Solaris 8 Containers
• Solaris 9 Containers

See also:

• Solaris 10 Upgrade Resources for System Administrators, which contains links to additional resources for Solaris Containers, such as the Using Solaris Containers to Host Solaris 8 and 9 Environments on the Solaris 10 OS article on BigAdmin
• Virtualization Resources for System Administrators, which contains links to virtualization resources

Preparation

• Install Solaris 10 5/08 or higher
  NOTE : If you install Solaris 10 8/07,you need patch 127111-01 or higher
• Download Solaris 8 Container Software
• Download Solaris 9 Container Software

Installation

The following procedure is for Solaris 8 containers only. Follow the same steps to install Solaris 9
container

Step 1

• Install Solaris 10 5/08

     # cat /etc/release
                         Solaris 10 5/08 s10s_u5wos_10 SPARC
             Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                          Use is subject to license terms.
                               Assembled 24 March 2008
    

• Install solaris 8 container packages

    # pkgadd -d SUNWs8brandr
    # pkgadd -d SUNWs8brandu
    # pkgadd -d SUNWs8p2v
    

Step 2

• Create zone for Solaris8

In this example zone name is "zone-s8" and "130.15.241.89" is used
as the IP address

 # mkdir /export/home/zone-s8
 # chmod go-rx /export/home/zone-s8
 # zonecfg -z s8-zone
	s8-zone: No such zone configured
	Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
	zonecfg:s8-zone> create -t SUNWsolaris8
	zonecfg:s8-zone> set zonepath=/export/home/zone-s8
	zonecfg:s8-zone> set autoboot=true
	zonecfg:s8-zone> add net
	zonecfg:s8-zone:net> set address=130.15.241.89
	zonecfg:s8-zone:net> set physical=ipge0
	zonecfg:s8-zone:net> end
        zonecfg:s8-zone> verify
      	zonecfg:s8-zone> commit
	zonecfg:s8-zone> exit

• Install S8 image in this zone

NOTE: This step uses the sample Solaris 8 image(solaris8-image.flar) which is included in
Solaris 8 Container Software.If you want to migrate your existing S8 system into the
container,then you must create an archive of your S8 system. Refer here

 # zoneadm -z zone-s8 install -u -a solaris8-image.flar
      Log File: /var/tmp/zone-s8.install.1888.log
            Source: /workspace/vs145730/etude/s8containers_pkg/solaris8-image.flar
     Installing: This may take several minutes...
   Postprocessing: This may take several minutes...
  Log File: /export/home/zone-s8/root/var/log/zone-s8.install.1888.log
 #
      

• Boot the zone

   # zoneadm -z zone-s8 boot
  

• Check if zone is running

   # zoneadm list -cv
    ID NAME          STATUS     PATH                       BRAND    IP    
     0 global        running    /                          native   shared
    15 zone-s8       running    /export/home/zone-s8       solaris8 shared
    
  

In another window; login to the console for initial zone configuration

 # zlogin -C zone-s8
 

Follow interactive menu for zone configuration. After configuration is complete, the zone will
automatically reboot

• Login to the zone

   # zlogin zone-s8
   [Connected to zone 'zone-s8' pts/7]
   Last login: Wed Jun  4 13:02:31 on pts/1
   Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.8       Generic Patch   February 2004
   # 
   # uname -a
   SunOS zone-s8 5.8 Generic_Virtual sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T200
   # 
   # cat /etc/release
                         Solaris 8 2/04 s28s_hw4wos_05a SPARC
             Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
                              Assembled 08 January 2004
   #