[OpenIndiana-discuss] solaris10 branded zones

[Sašo Kiselkov]

On 02/06/2013 09:48 PM, Ian Collins wrote:
> Jim Klimov wrote:
>> On 2013-02-06 21:20, Roel_D wrote:
>>> If the old software/services running on the old solaris didn't rely
>>> on /usr or /etc installed software (like apache/mysql/java-based
>>> software) i would suggest to only copy the software directories in
>>> newly created zones.
>>>
>>> It could take more hours to hurdle all the OS mismatches then to copy
>>> the old software or its data and maybe recompile some legacy libraries.
>> I know, unfortunately, those were packaged commercial softwarez
>> which took days of tuning just to get running as wanted. While
>> reinstallation is an option, it is one they want to avoid as a
>> lengthy downtime, or take in small steps rather than wholesale
>> replacement of the system...
>>
>> So far the zones are pouring into a sol10u8 VM (apparently, it
>> is the 10/09 release which was the base for solaris10 branded
>> zone integrated support, and also the one which is last free
>> from Sun).
>>
>> We'll think later then - if they will continue in this VM or
>> just use it as a step to update the zones' OSes.
> 
> It's well worth taking the next step.  We have migrated nearly all of
> our Solaris and Linux VMs into zones.  Much better performance and way
> less arse ache!

Are you guys doing Linux in zones? What's the status of these brands in
Illumos? AFAIK, they're pretty much defunct.

Cheers,
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Saso