Solaris 11 zones - command reference

Create a zone with an exclusive IP network stack:



# zonecfg -z testzone

testzone: No such zone configured

Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.

zonecfg:testzone> create

zonecfg:testzone> set zonepath=/zones/testzone

zonecfg:testzone> set autoboot=true

zonecfg:testzone> verify

zonecfg:testzone> commit

zonecfg:testzone> exit


List all running zones verbosely:



# zoneadm list -v


List all configured zones:


# zoneadm list -c


List all installed zones:

  # zoneadm list -i


Install a zone:
# zoneadm -z testzone install

Boot a zone:
# zoneadm -z testzone boot

List configuration about a zone:


# zoneadm -z testzone list


Login to a zone:

  # zlogin -C testzone


Halt a zone
# zoneadm -z testzone halt



Shutdown a zone
# zoneadm -z testzone shutdown


Monitor a zone for CPU, memory and network utilization every 10 seconds:
# zonestat -z testzone 10