Updated 22 March 2010 © 2010 Logiqwest, Inc. All rights reserved. Associate a Zone to a Resource Pool Description: This procedure describes two ways to associate a resource pool to a zone: temporary permanent Prerequisites: Must be on logged on to global zone as root. The resource pool must exist. The resource facility must be enable and running Notes: Resource pools cannot be created, modified, assigned or deleted unless pool facilities is enabled. You can bind a multiple zones to a single pool. You cannot bind multiple pools to a single zone. References: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones () Step Action Description 1a # /usr/sbin/poolbind -p <pool name> -i zoneid <zone name or list>   Use /usr/sbin/poolbind to temporarily bind an exising pool to a zone. global# poolbind -p work1-pool -i zoneid workzone1 Notes: Each zoneid can be specified as either a zone name or a numerical zone ID from the zone list generated by /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi on the global zone. Multiple list zone ids or names can be specified after the zoneid parameter an will bind the list to that single pool. zoneid can be a zone name or its zone ID number from /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi output. A bind created by using poolbind will disappear if the global zone is rebooted. The resource pool will not take affect until the zone is rebooted. or 1b # zonecfg -z <zone name> zonecfg:workzone1> set pool=<pool name> zonecfg:workzone1> verify zonecfg:workzone1> exit   Use /usr/sbin/zonecfg to permanently assoiciate an exiting pool to an existing zone using the set pool option. global# zonecfg -z workzone3 zonecfg:workzone1> set pool=work3-pool zonecfg:workzone1> verify zonecfg:workzone1> exit global# Verify the zone configuration has been updated by using zonecfg -z <zonename> info. This will display the updated configuration with the pool assignment displayed. global# zonecfg -z workzone3 info zonepath: /zones/workzone3 autoboot: true pool: work3-pool inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /lib inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /platform inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /sbin inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /usr inherit-pkg-dir: dir: /opt/sfw net: address: 192.168.3.44/24 physical: bge0 global# 2 Reboot Zones Use zoneadm with the reboot option to reboot the zone for the new pool to take affect. # zoneadm -z <zone name> reboot   global# zoneadm -z workzone1 reboot global# global# zonecfg -z workzone2 reboot global# global# zonecfg -z workzone3 reboot global# global# zonecfg -z workzone4 reboot global# Click for more info