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solaris NR / 917.06M static 2012-03-21 14:04

ZNG# beadm create solaris-1

ZNG# beadm activate solaris-1

ZNG# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created

solaris - - 3.06M static 2012-03-21 14:04 solaris-1 NR / 979.46M static 2012-03-21 17:56

DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 1/1 20/20 0.0/0.0

PHASE ACTIONS Install Phase 73/73

PHASE ITEMS Package State Update Phase 1/1 Image State Update Phase 2/2 pkg: ‘/sbin/bootadm update-archive -R /tmp/tmpCqUVIT’ failed. with a return code of 1.

A clone of solaris exists and has been updated and activated. On the next boot the Boot Environment solaris-1 will be mounted on ‘/’. Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE.

ZNG# beadm list BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created

newsolaris R - 864.50M static 2012-03-21 17:52 solaris N / 80.84M static 2012-03-21 14:04 ZNG# beadm mount newsolaris /mnt

ZNG# bootadm update-archive -vn -R /mnt file not found: /mnt//boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk /mnt/: not a boot archive based Solaris instance

ZNG# ls -l /mnt/boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk /mnt/boot/solaris/bin/create_ramdisk: No such file or directory

ZNG# ls -l /mnt/boot /mnt/boot: No such file or directory

ZNG# ls -l /mnt total 72 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Mar 21 14:17 bin -> ./usr/bin drwxr-xr-x 17 root sys 18 Mar 21 17:18 dev drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Mar 21 14:26 dpool drwxr-xr-x 48 root sys 114 Mar 21 17:52 etc drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 2 Mar 21 14:11 export dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Mar 21 14:11 home drwxr-xr-x 12 root bin 185 Mar 21 14:17 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 2 Mar 21 14:11 mnt dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Mar 21 14:26 net dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Mar 21 14:26 nfs4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root sys 2 Mar 21 14:11 opt dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Mar 21 14:11 proc drwx—— 2 root root 5 Mar 21 16:50 root

Although beadm utility is now supported inside a non-global zone, I find a case where its behavior seems not works as expected. So, connected inside a Zone (say, myzone), I can create a new BE (say, solaris-1), activate it, and reboot on it.

ZG# zoneadm list -vc
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              solaris  shared
   4 myzone           running    /zones/myzone                  solaris  excl

ZG# zlogin myZone
[Connected to zone 'myzone' pts/7]
Oracle Corporation      SunOS 5.11      11.0    February 2012

ZNG# beadm list
BE      Active Mountpoint Space   Policy Created
solaris   N      /          43.0K   static 2012-03-21 14:04
solaris-1 R      -          917.19M static 2012-03-21 16:48

ZNG# init 6
[Connection to zone 'myzone' pts/9 closed]

ZG# zlogin myzone
[Connected to zone 'myzone' pts/7]
Oracle Corporation      SunOS 5.11      11.0    February 2012

ZNG# beadm list
BE        Active Mountpoint Space   Policy Created
solaris   N      /          102.0K  static 2012-03-21 14:04
solaris-1 R      -          950.52M static 2012-03-21 17:39

So a new BE was created, but this time there is something wrong. Try to see what's missing:

ZNG# beadm list
beadm mount newsolaBE         Active Mountpoint Space   Policy Created
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root           2 Mar 21 14:26 rpool
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          10 Mar 21 14:17 sbin -> ./usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root           5 Mar 21 14:11 system
drwxrwxrwt   2 root     sys            2 Mar 21 17:19 tmp
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root           2 Mar 21 14:26 tools
drwxr-xr-x  22 root     sys           32 Mar 21 14:26 usr
drwxr-xr-x  28 root     sys           29 Mar 21 14:17 var

Well, I don't why there is a difference between those two BE, but the differences are significant enough to be a problem.

Comments welcome!