Solaris

I ran the refresh again exactly as you list.

When I shutdown with the zone running. its the same result it shuts down immediately.

The machine is up to date with patches.

Perhaps the host gives up to 5 mins to the zone. So if the zone had an app that required 5 mins to shutdown it would give that, but if not it shuts down straight away?

Seems like a long shot but I'll try and find an app that takes a few mins to shutdown and test it again.

That's the way it works. Why would you want the system to wait after the zone is down ?

I dont want it to wait after the zone is down, I just assumed it waited the full amount of time. Thanks for the clarification.