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

Mon May 20 23:36:20 UTC 2013

Glory to God.

You helped me earlier this year.  I'm glad I was able to return the favor.

And actually, I just passed on what Andrej Javoršek taught me on this list last March.

I'm glad you're able to move on to other things now.

fp

On May 20, 2013, at 3:59 PM, Mark Creamer wrote:

> /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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