08-03-2019
Hello Hicksd8,
Thanks so much for your reply and let me give a little more information as I am a bit new to the Unix (Solaris 11 based) side of things while coming from the Linux world.
The version that I am using is actually SmartOS which is Illumos-based and I think that it is closest to Solaris 11 from the OpenSolaris branch, if my reading has been correct, but could be wrong on this.
So then, what I am thinking is this. When I boot, the result is that the system starts up and I have a physical console (wscons) that I can login to which is the Global Zone, from what I understand. From there, if I hist <Alt>+<F2>, then I get the "vt2" screen which will also allow me to login. Of course, it looks to be configured all of the way to "vt6" via <Alt>+<F6>. I have seen in the source code where this is setup so I now have a basic idea on the virtual terminals.
I am also figuring out the zone system which is similar to "jails", "sandboxes", or "chroot" in Linux and other systems so that they are basically configurable virtual machines akin to Docker containers which can also be configured as assigning physical devices to them from what I have read in the Solaris 11 world with "zonecfg".
I do not want to run many things in the global zone, so what I am attempting to figure out, if it is possible, is to have the Global Zone on, say "vt2" and have a Non-Global Zone on "wscons" since I want to have an xserver running in the non-global zone such that the xserver does not need to be added to the global zone. This way, the xserver and x11 application is in the non-global zone and comes up at boot time, and to access the global zone, I can use <Alt>+<F2>, for example and then login to it as needed.
Basically, the user interfaces via "wscons" console and admin stuff is in the global zone on "vt2", for example.
Something like this is what I was actually thinking.
Thanks
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
brands
brands(5) Standards, Environments, and Macros brands(5)
NAME
brands - alternate operating environments for non-global zones
DESCRIPTION
The branded zone (BrandZ) framework extends the Solaris Zones infrastructure described in zones(5) to include the creation of brands, which
provide non-global zones that contain non-native operating environments.
The term "brand" can refer to a wide range of operating environments. All brand management is performed as extensions to the current zones
structure.
Every zone is configured with an associated brand. The brand type is used to determine which scripts are executed when a zone is installed
and booted. In addition, a zone's brand is used to properly identify the correct application type at application launch time. The default
is the native brand.
A branded zone will support exactly one brand of non-native binary, which means that a branded zone provides a single operating environ-
ment. Once a zone has been assigned a brand, that brand cannot be changed or removed.
BrandZ extends the zones tools in the following ways:
o A brand is an attribute of a zone, set at zone create time.
o The zonecfg tool (see zonecfg(1M)) is used to set a zone's brand type and configure the zone.
o The zoneadm tool (see zoneadm(1M)) is used to report a zone's brand type and administer the zone.
Device Support
The devices supported by each zone are documented in the man pages and other documentation for that brand. The zones infrastructure detects
any attempt to add an unsupported device and issues a warning to the administrator. If the administrator chooses to add an unsupported
device despite that warning, that device might or might not work as expected. The configuration will be untested and unsupported.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWzoneu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mdb(1), zlogin(1), zonename(1), dtrace(1M), in.rlogind(1M), sshd(1M), zoneadm(1M), zonecfg(1M), kill(2), priocntl(2), getzoneid(3C),
ucred_get(3C), getzoneid(3C), proc(4), attributes(5), lx(5), native(5), privileges(5), zones(5), lx_systrace(7D), crgetzoneid(9F)
SunOS 5.11 13 Feb 2009 brands(5)