Updated 22 March 2010
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Enable Resource Pool

Description:
  • This procedure describes how to create a resource pool for to be used with a Solaris Zone.
Prerequisites:
  • Must be on logged on to global zone as root
Notes:
  • Resource pools cannot be created, modified, assigned or deleted unless pool facilities is enabled
References:

Step Action Description
1 /usr/sbin/pooladm -e Use /usr/sbin/pooladm -e on the global zone server to enable the the pools facility so that pools can be manipulated. 
# pooladm
pooladm: couldn't open pools state file: Facility is not active
# pooladm -e
# pooladm
system lqwv20z
        string  system.comment 
        int     system.version 1
        boolean system.bind-default true
        int     system.poold.pid 28231

        pool pool_default
                int     pool.sys_id 0
                boolean pool.active true
                boolean pool.default true
                int     pool.importance 1
                string  pool.comment 
                pset    pset_default

        pset pset_default
                int     pset.sys_id -1
                boolean pset.default true
                uint    pset.min 1
                uint    pset.max 65536
                string  pset.units population
                uint    pset.load 1
                uint    pset.size 2
                string  pset.comment

                cpu
                        int     cpu.sys_id 1
                        string  cpu.comment 
                        string  cpu.status on-line

                cpu
                        int     cpu.sys_id 0
                        string  cpu.comment 
                        string  cpu.status on-line
#
Notes:
  • Use /usr/sbin/pooladm with no options to verify that the pool facility has been enabled. If the resource pool facilities is not enable an error meesage will be displayed "pooladm: couldn't open pools state file: Facility is not active". If the resource pool facility is enabled, pooladm with no options will prints out the current running pools configuration.
  • Use /usr/sbin/pooladm -d to disable the resource pool facility.
  • If the system is rebooted, the pool facility will not be enabled. To make the pool facility permenent use /usr/sbin/pooladm -s to create a default /etc/pooladm.conf file. When a system boots, if this file exists, then the resource pools framework is enabled and this static configuration is applied to the system.
  • It is best to use /usr/sbin/pooladm -x to flush any current in-memory pool configuration prior to running /usr/sbin/pooladm -s to create a default /etc/pooladm.conf file.
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