Provision Machine Solaris Zones

The Provision Solaris Zone Machine action type creates and installs a zone. Specify a Solaris Zones host, a zone name, the zone type, and other zone properties. The zone installs automatically after creation.
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The Provision Solaris Zone Machine action type creates and installs a zone. Specify a Solaris Zones host, a zone name, the zone type, and other zone properties. The zone installs automatically after creation.
The Details section of the action definition contains the following fields on the first page:
  • Host
    Defines the Solaris Zones host on which to create the zone.
  • Name
    Defines the zone name. You can use automatically generated text or text extracted from event messages.
  • Description
    (Optional) Defines a description of the zone.
  • Type
    Defines whether the Zone is Native, Whole Root, or Branded. A Branded Zone is based on an existing Zone template.
  • Template
    (Optional) Defines the template from which to create the zone when you set Type to Branded.
  • Install Archive Path
    Defines the directory path of the installation archive on the zone. This field is only required if you set Type to Branded.
  • Require Approval
    Select to specify that the ticket requires approval by a third party.
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Auto close ticket on approval/rejection
    Select to close the ticket after it is approved or rejected.
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Ticket Types
    Select a valid ticket type from the drop-down list. Depending on your configuration, valid types include:
    • Default
    • Incident
    • Problem
    • Request
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
  • Templates
    Specifies the template to use to create a ticket. Select a template from the drop-down list. Depending on the ticket type selected, the form is populated with corresponding values.
    CA SDM must be configured to use this option.
The Details section contains the following fields on the second page after you click Next:
  • Type
    Defines the scheduler type. Select FSS to use the Fair Share Scheduling class to control CPU allocation based on the number of CPU shares assigned to tasks.
  • Capacity
    Defines the amount of physical memory capacity to allocate to the zone, in megabytes.
  • Swap Memory
    Defines the amount of swap memory to allocate to the zone, in megabytes. The swap memory must be at least 50 MB.
  • Lock Memory
    Defines the amount of lock memory to allocate to the zone, in megabytes. The lock memory must be less than the physical memory.
  • Zone Path
    Defines the root directory path of the zone.
  • NIC Type
    Defines the NIC type. Select a type from the drop-down list. If you do not select a NIC, the zone is not assigned a NIC card or IP address.
  • IP Address
    Defines the IP address of the zone.
  • Resource Pool
    Defines the resource pool to use with the zone. Select a pool from the drop-down list. If you want to use a new resource pool with the zone, create the pool first. If you do not select a pool, the default is used.
  • Auto Reboot
    Defines whether to reboot the zone automatically when the global zone is rebooted.