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Description: A quick howto on creating a brandz zone
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Created: 02/05/07 PJF
Revised: 02/18/08 PJF
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EXAMPLE of a LINUX branded zone created using centos or redhad

Notes: a. Centos tar ball can be downloaded from opensolaris.org.
       b. Redhat Linux AS 3 update 8 was downloaded from Redhat and iso's put in a local directory
       c. make sure CD service is enabled

1. Create zone framework
   # zonecfg -z myzone "create -t SUNWlx; set zonepath=/zones/myzone"
   # zonecfg -z myzone "add net; set address=10.6.10.233/24; set physical=rtls0; end"

2. If installing Centos/Redhat from a tar ball or ISO images (just specify directory for iso's)
   # zoneadm -z myzone install -d /root/centos_fs_image.tar
   or # zoneadm -z myzone install -d /cdrom/cdrom0

5. Enable networking in the linux zone
   - When you install an lx branded zone, networking is disabled.
   - To enable networking, edit the /etc/sysconfig/network file in the zone as follows:
        NETWORKING=yes
        HOSTNAME=<hostname>

EXAMPLE of a SOLARIS 8/9 branded zone

1. Create zone framework
   # zonecfg -z myzone "create -t SUNWsolaris8; set zonepath=/zones/myzone"
   # zonecfg -z myzone "add net; set address=10.6.10.233/24; set physical=rtls0; end"

2. Set the "hostid" to the hostid of an existing system (optional)
   # zonecfg -z myzone "add attr; set name=hostid; set type=string; set value=8325f14d; end"

3. Verify and commit your zone config.  Doesn't hurt to back it up (optional)
   # zonecfg -z myzone "verify; commit; end"
   # zonecfg -z myzone export > sol8-zone.config

4. Install the Solaris 8/9 zone from a flash archive (use only one of the following)
   # zoneadm -z myzone install -u -a /<share>/sol8_image.flar (sys-unconfig the zone)
   # zoneadm -z myzone install -p -a /<share>/sol8_image.flar (preserve sys identity)




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