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

Mon May 20 21:59:30 UTC 2013

/etc/hostname.adaptername looked fine. I went ahead and ran sys-unconfig,
and whatever it needed, that took care of the issue. Thank you so much for
taking the time to offer help.
Best regards
mc

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com <
dormitionskete at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Oh yeah.  If you are using "ip-type: exclusive", does "# dladm show-vnic"
> show your vnic for the zone you are moving?
>
>
>
> On May 20, 2013, at 2:31 PM, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Oops.  Typo.
> >
> > /etc.hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME
> >
> > should be
> >
> > /etc/hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME
> >
> >
> >
> > On May 20, 2013, at 2:27 PM, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Well, the socially *un*acceptable way is to do a "sys-unconfig".  This
> will preserve your zone itself, but wipe out all the network configuration.
>  (Including your /etc/hosts file, so if you need that, be sure to back it
> up to a different name). When you reboot the zone, it will make you go
> through the whole configuration process just like it was a new zone.
> >>
> >> Before you try that, though, I suggest editing your
> /etc.hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME file.  Put in it the ip address  you want
> it to have, followed by "netmask" followed by your netmask.  Like:
> >>
> >> 192.168.2.52 netmask 255.255.255.0
> >>
> >> It wouldn't hurt to look at your other networking files -- I'm sorry I
> can't tell you what they are offhand, but if you open "gnome-search-tool"
> in your global zone, you could use it to search for part of your ip address
> range (like 192.168) in your non-global zone, and that should find them all.
> >>
> >> Sorry, but I'm not much of a networker.
> >>
> >> In any case, changing your /etc/hostname.YOUR_ADAPTER_NAME file, and
> making sure the info in your /etc/hosts file are correct, and probably your
> /etc/nodename file -- then rebooting, should probably get you up and
> running.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 20, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Mark Creamer wrote:
> >>
> >>> Well, sort of. It definitely got me thinking in a different direction,
> I
> >>> found my mistake(s) and now I am able to finally attach and boot the
> zone.
> >>> So thank you very much for that pointer
> >>>
> >>> The last thing (I think) I still am having trouble with is networking
> in
> >>> the zone. I had created a vnic on the new server, and made sure it was
> >>> named correctly in the zone config. I can ping the IP of the zone
> itself,
> >>> but nothing else. Not the gateway, not other machines in the same
> subnet.
> >>> The /etc/defaultrouter is correct, as is /etc/netmasks. I've tried
> halting
> >>> the zone, zonecfg -> remove net, then re-adding it again. The zonecfg
> >>> configuration is exactly like the one on the old server, the physical
> >>> interface is the same name e1000g0. The vnic shows up correctly in the
> >>> global zone with dladm show-vnic. Probably the best thing is to just
> delete
> >>> networking on the zone and set it up from scratch, but I must be doing
> that
> >>> wrong because that still didn't work.
> >>>
> >>> How do I configure and enable networking on a zone that has just been
> moved
> >>> to a new server? (btw, the zone is halted and detached on the original
> >>> server)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:48 PM, DormitionSkete at hotmail.com <
> >>> dormitionskete at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> 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?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
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Mark