[OpenIndiana-discuss] Cannot move a zone to another server successfully

[DormitionSkete@hotmail.com]

On May 19, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Mark Creamer wrote:

> I've been trying for weeks to get a zone off old hardware onto new. Both
> servers are running exactly the same OI release, 151a7. I have not been
> able to find a document that I can follow and get successful results. I've
> tried both an Oracle doc on performing the procedure on Solaris 11, and
> another one here: http://unixhowto.filodownunder.com/?p=10. Neither work
> for me.
> 
> The error I'm getting is: ERROR: no active dataset
> 
> I found an article Alistair wrote here:
> http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/10/fixing-no-active-dataset-on-zone-attach/and
> I tried the script in the article, but that returns:
> Invalid dataset name. It's looking for the parent of ROOT but I apparently
> do not have that path so it fails, which is probably the root of the whole
> issue.
> 
> In a nutshell here's what I did in case anyone can see what the problem is:
> 
> 1. On the source server, I export the zone manifest and copy it to the
> destination server in /var/tmp
> 2. I halt and detach the zone on the source
> 3. I tar/gzip the zone, copy it to the destination server, and untar it
> there so that it resides in /datastore/zones/zonename just as it does on
> the source
> 4. I create a zonecfg, and edit it so the network vnic is correct for the
> new machine
> 5. I attempt to attach it on the new server, which fails.
> 
> Maybe is someone can just tell me what they do to accomplish this, or point
> me to a different how-to. I haven't been able to find anything else.
> 
> Thanks
> -- 
> Mark

Look in the "Troubleshooting" and the "Create a zfs filesystem as a container for build-zones" sections of this page.  

http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Building+in+zones

Does this help?