Re: [zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-12 Thread Arun Gupta
Closing the loop ... I published a blog on how to install zones at: http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry/totd_68_installing_zones_in Thanks! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [zones-discuss] Making directories in /usr visible (from global zone) in non-global zone

2009-02-10 Thread Arun Gupta
Here is what I tried in my OS Virtual Box image: - created 2 zones (http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry/totd_68_installing_zones_in) - installed GlassFish in /usr/glassfish - created another zone In all the zones, /usr/glassfish is not visible. Manually created /usr/foo and even that's

Re: [zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-09 Thread Arun Gupta
net (set address and physical), zone boot. If you are really needing DHCP for some reason, I'll defer to others with more experience in those realms. bill. Arun Gupta wrote: Hi Bill, That might be it and I'm new to all this :) End goal: Configure 2 non-global zones in a Open

Re: [zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-09 Thread Arun Gupta
Hi James, Can you explain what is exclusive stack instance mean in this context ? Will creating zones in a Virtual Box image qualify as that ? -Arun James Carlson wrote: Bill Walker writes: If you are really needing DHCP for some reason, I'll defer to others with more experience in those

Re: [zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-09 Thread Arun Gupta
commit zonecfg:my-zone exit host# Arun Gupta wrote: Thanks! I prefer DHCP since I don't care about the IP address that is assigned to each zone. But willing to live with static IP as well. Any guidelines on how to set the IP for each zone ? -Arun Bill Walker wrote: So my question

Re: [zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-09 Thread Arun Gupta
Thanks James! With an exclusive stack instance, the non-global zone is able to control most of the IP configuration aspects of the interface, including using DHCP to configure the address. (It's unable to supply its own kernel modules, though, because there's still only one kernel image on

Re: [zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-09 Thread Arun Gupta
Anyway, this seems to be more of a question about VirtualBox networking, than zones. --Glenn Arun Gupta wrote: Hi Bill, That might be it and I'm new to all this :) End goal: Configure 2 non-global zones in a Open Solaris Virtual Box image and assign them addresses using DHCP

[zones-discuss] Making directories in /usr visible (from global zone) in non-global zone

2009-02-09 Thread Arun Gupta
I installed GlassFish in global zone in /usr directory. However this directory does not seem to be visible in non global zone. Do I need to do something special to make it visible ? Bunch of other directories in /usr are visible. What am I missing ? -- This message posted from

[zones-discuss] Install zones, configure as DHCP client

2009-02-08 Thread Arun Gupta
I'm looking for simple instructions to install zones, configure them as DHCP clients to the DHCP server in global zone (all in an OpenSolaris VM using Virtual Bx). The documentation at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1592/ seems to quite involving and keeps referring to multiple pointers