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Requirements for Solaris Zones Management

Verify if the user account that CA Server Automation requires for Solaris Zones management meets the following settings and permissions on the Solaris Server:

• The prompt of the user on the Solaris server must be "#" (default).
• The Solaris user requires privileges to execute the following commands:
  • zlogin
  • zoneadm
  • zonecfg
• From the global zone, the user must have the permission to log in to individual Solaris Zones with zlogin and run the following commands:
  • uname -a
  • sar
  • prstat
  • netstat
• Using the user interface or the NodeCfgUtil.exe utility on the Managed Node where the Solaris Zones AIM resides, add this user name and the corresponding password to CA Server Automation during configuration. You can specify the additional feature in the user name field when using NodeCfgUtil.exe utility and the syntax is as follows:

  cassh://ZoneHost:sshPort?authMethod=[Password|PublicKey]&username=nonRootUser[&sudo][&sshPublicKeyFile=publicKeyFileName][&sshPrivateKeyFile=privateKeyFileName]
  

  authMethod=[Password|Publickey]

  Specifies the type of authentication method. The Default authentication method is password.

  username

  Specifies the username to log in to the Zone host.

  sudo

  Specifies the AIM to run sudo after the user logs in as defined in the username parameter.

  sshPublicKeyFile=publicKeyFileName sshPrivateKeyFile=privateKeyFileName

  Specifies the AIM to use sudo before running any command on the Zone host.

• Create a resource pool from Explore, Management, Create Resource Pool to allocate resources to zones, projects, and applications on a Solaris Zones server. Assign it to a zone during zone creation.