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Operating Systems Solaris How to identify a global or non-global Solaris server?
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Old 04-12-2010
Thanks all..
I got it...
# 23  
Old 04-12-2010
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Originally Posted by jlliagre
Solaris 9 zones are definitely available.
1.Introduction to Solaris 9 Containers (System Administration Guide: Solaris 9 Containers) - Sun Microsystems
Please read this thread from the start to avoid posting confusing statements.
er,.. actually you are the one getting confused. The statement "Solaris zones are not available in Solaris 9 " is correct... it is not the same as saying "you can't create a Solaris 9 zone"..

.. but anyway, a Solaris 9 zone wouldn't know it is a zone, however, if one were to log into a box and try to figure out if it was a standalone server or a zone without knowing anything about it, commands like uname, df, mount, format, would give clear indications...
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Old 04-12-2010
As the OP is using Solaris 9 zones, commenting such zones do not exist was the confusing statement, not my comment.
# 25  
Old 04-12-2010
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Originally Posted by jlliagre
As the OP is using Solaris 9 zones, commenting such zones do not exist was the confusing statement, not my comment.

No one said Solaris 9 zones didn't exist.. what was said is that zones are not available IN Solaris 9, as in you cannot configure zones WITHIN Solaris 9.
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Old 04-12-2010
Hum, please read again the statement I was commenting:
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I Hope in solaris 9 zones are not available . Difference b/t global & non-global is global zone is nothing but the physical machine , non-global zone are the virutal OE . Even though zones are not available on solaris 9 , conceptually speaking , solaris 9 is global zone, a physical system by default is global zone .
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