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Provision Machine: Solaris Zones

The Provision Solaris Zone Machine action type creates and installs a zone. Specify a Solaris Zones host, a zone name, the zone type, and other zone properties. The zone installs automatically after creation.

The Details section of the action definition contains the following fields on the first page:

Host

Defines the Solaris Zones host on which to create the zone.

Name

Defines the zone name. You can use automatically generated text or text extracted from event messages.

Description

(Optional) Defines a description of the zone.

Type

Defines whether the Zone is Native, Whole Root, or Branded. A Branded Zone is based on an existing Zone template.

Template

(Optional) Defines the template from which to create the zone when you set Type to Branded.

Install Archive Path

Defines the directory path of the installation archive on the zone. This field is only required if you set Type to Branded.

Require Approval

Select to specify that the ticket requires approval by a third party.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Auto close ticket on approval/rejection

Select to close the ticket after it is approved or rejected.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Ticket Types

Select a valid ticket type from the drop-down list. Depending on your configuration, valid types include:

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

Templates

Specifies the template to use to create a ticket. Select a template from the drop-down list. Depending on the ticket type selected, the form is populated with corresponding values.

Note: CA SDM must be configured to use this option.

The Details section contains the following fields on the second page after you click Next:

Type

Defines the scheduler type. Select FSS to use the Fair Share Scheduling class to control CPU allocation based on the number of CPU shares assigned to tasks.

Capacity

Defines the amount of physical memory capacity to allocate to the zone, in megabytes.

Swap Memory

Defines the amount of swap memory to allocate to the zone, in megabytes. The swap memory must be at least 50 MB.

Lock Memory

Defines the amount of lock memory to allocate to the zone, in megabytes. The lock memory must be less than the physical memory.

Zone Path

Defines the root directory path of the zone.

NIC Type

Defines the NIC type. Select a type from the drop-down list. If you do not select a NIC, the zone is not assigned a NIC card or IP address.

IP Address

Defines the IP address of the zone.

Resource Pool

Defines the resource pool to use with the zone. Select a pool from the drop-down list. If you want to use a new resource pool with the zone, create the pool first. If you do not select a pool, the default is used.

Auto Reboot

Defines whether to reboot the zone automatically when the global zone is rebooted.