Failing to install pkg on non-global zone

(root)@syslog1:~# pkgadd -d . SUNWant
Processing package instance <SUNWant> from </home/iqbala>
Jakarta ANT(sparc) 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.08.05.16
WARNING: Stale lock installed for pkgrm, pkg SUNWaspell quit in remove-initial state.
Removing lock.
Using </> as the package base directory.
## Processing package information.
ERROR: Cannot allocate memory for package object array.
pkgadd: ERROR: memory allocation failure
pkgadd: ERROR: unable to process pkgmap
Installation of <SUNWant> failed (internal error).
No changes were made to the system.
(root)@syslog1:~#
(root)@syslog1:~# zonename
syslog
This non-global zone is capped to 1G phy memory out of 2G total of the T1000
(root)@syslog-global:~# uname -a
SunOS syslog-global 5.10 Generic_137137-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-T1000
(root)@syslog-global:~# zoneadm list
global
syslog
(root)@syslog-global:~# zonename
global
(root)@syslog-global:~# zonecfg -z syslog info
zonename: syslog
zonepath: /syslog
brand: native
autoboot: true
bootargs: -m verbose
pool:
limitpriv: default,sys_time
scheduling-class: FSS
ip-type: shared
inherit-pkg-dir:
     dir: /lib
inherit-pkg-dir:
     dir: /platform
inherit-pkg-dir:
     dir: /sbin
inherit-pkg-dir:
     dir: /usr
fs:
     dir: /var/logs
     special: /var/logs
     raw not specified
     type: lofs
     options: []
fs:
     dir: /usr/local
     special: /syslog-local/usr/local
     raw not specified
     type: lofs
     options: []
net:
     address: 192.168.0.114
     physical: aggr1
     defrouter: 192.168.0.1
dedicated-cpu:
     ncpus: 1-8
     importance: 10
capped-memory:
     physical: 1G
     [swap: 512M]
attr:
     name: comment
     type: string
     value: "syslog server"
rctl:
     name: zone.max-swap
     value: (priv=privileged,limit=536870912,action=deny)
(root)@syslog-global:~# prstat -Z
PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU PROCESS/NLWP
13118 root 7184K 5952K sleep 1 0 52:00:54 0.5% nco_p_syslog/10
11730 root 162M 123M sleep 59 0 38:51:35 0.1% splunkd/22
7324 root 12M 8280K sleep 59 0 0:58:06 0.0% syslogd/25
266 root 97M 24M sleep 49 0 31:45:02 0.0% poold/8
209 daemon 8104K 3080K sleep 59 0 24:39:56 0.0% rcapd/1
29553 root 2496K 2024K cpu4 59 5 0:00:00 0.0% splunk-optimize/1
21578 root 38M 36M sleep 59 0 0:01:10 0.0% puppetd/2
29554 root 6088K 3712K cpu0 49 0 0:00:00 0.0% prstat/1
24244 root 5760K 3104K sleep 49 0 0:00:00 0.0% bash/1
1024 noaccess 171M 96M sleep 59 0 8:41:32 0.0% java/18
27771 noaccess 189M 100M sleep 1 0 4:44:36 0.0% java/18
274 daemon 3192K 496K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% statd/1
279 daemon 2816K 576K sleep 60 -20 0:00:00 0.0% nfs4cbd/2
326 root 2304K 40K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% cimomboot/1
151 root 2576K 344K sleep 59 0 0:00:00 0.0% drd/2
ZONEID NPROC SWAP RSS MEMORY TIME CPU ZONE
3 47 465M 513M 25% 99:54:00 0.7% syslog
0 42 391M 466M 23% 71:04:39 0.1% global
Total: 89 processes, 386 lwps, load averages: 0.21, 0.26, 0.26
Am I hitting a bug?

If your pkg wants to be installed in /usr or another inherit-pkg-dir, it can't because they are share as read-only.
Verify wherer the pkg copies its files.

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zfs list
NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT
rpool 91.2G 456G 106K /rpool
rpool/ROOT 9.06G 456G 31K legacy
rpool/ROOT/10 38.2M 456G 4.34G /.alt.10
rpool/ROOT/10/var 22.6M 24.0G 3.60G /.alt.10/var
rpool/ROOT/CPU_2012-07 9.02G 456G 4.34G /
rpool/ROOT/CPU_2012-07@CPU_2012-07 566M - 4.34G -
rpool/ROOT/CPU_2012-07/var 4.12G 456G 4.11G /var
rpool/ROOT/CPU_2012-07/var@CPU_2012-07 13.8M - 3.58G -
rpool/dump 2.00G 456G 2.00G -
rpool/export 5.94G 456G 35K /export
rpool/export/home 76.9M 23.9G 76.9M /export/home
rpool/export/zones 5.87G 456G 36K /export/zones
rpool/export/zones/tdukwbprepz01 21.7M 456G 323M /export/zones/tdukwbprepz01
rpool/export/zones/tdukwbprepz01-10 321M 31.7G 312M /export/zones/tdukwbprepz01-10
rpool/export/zones/tdukwbprepz01-10@CPU_2012-07 8.50M - 312M -
rpool/export/zones/tdukwxstestz01 29.6M 456G 5.49G /export/zones/tdukwxstestz01
rpool/export/zones/tdukwxstestz01-10 5.51G 26.5G 5.47G /export/zones/tdukwxstestz01-10
rpool/export/zones/tdukwxstestz01-10@CPU_2012-07 32.1M - 5.48G -
rpool/logs 8.23G 23.8G 8.23G /logs
rpool/swap 66.0G 458G 64.0G -
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Thanks - Julian.

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BEFORE:
bash-3.2# zoneadm list -cv
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rpool/ROOT/10/var 28.8M 24.0G 28.8M /var
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rpool/export/zones/build14 36.4M 32.0G 36.4M /export/zones/build14
rpool/logs 3.78M 32.0G 3.78M /logs
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rpool/ROOT/10 547G 1.9G 477G 1% /
rpool/ROOT/10/var 24G 29M 24G 1% /var
rpool/export 547G 33K 477G 1% /export
rpool/export/home 24G 35K 24G 1% /export/home
rpool/export/zones 547G 32K 477G 1% /export/zones
rpool/export/zones/build14 32G 36M 32G 1% /export/zones/build14
rpool/logs 32G 3.8M 32G 1% /logs
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bash-3.2# lucreate -n 10-CPU_2012_07
Analyzing system configuration.
Updating boot environment description database on all BEs.
Updating system configuration files.
Creating configuration for boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07>.
Source boot environment is <10>.
Creating file systems on boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07>.
Populating file systems on boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07>.
Temporarily mounting zones in PBE <10>.
Analyzing zones.
Duplicating ZFS datasets from PBE to ABE.
Creating snapshot for <rpool/ROOT/10> on <rpool/ROOT/10@10-CPU_2012_07>.
Creating clone for <rpool/ROOT/10@10-CPU_2012_07> on <rpool/ROOT/10-CPU_2012_07>.
Creating snapshot for <rpool/ROOT/10/var> on <rpool/ROOT/10/var@10-CPU_2012_07>.
Creating clone for <rpool/ROOT/10/var@10-CPU_2012_07> on <rpool/ROOT/10-CPU_2012_07/var>.
Mounting ABE <10-CPU_2012_07>.
Generating file list.
Copying data from PBE <10> to ABE <10-CPU_2012_07>.
100% of filenames transferred
Finalizing ABE.
Fixing zonepaths in ABE.
Unmounting ABE <10-CPU_2012_07>.
Fixing properties on ZFS datasets in ABE.
Reverting state of zones in PBE <10>.
Making boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07> bootable.
ERROR: Unable to mount zone <build14> in </.alt.tmp.b-0ob.mnt>.
zoneadm: zone 'build14': zone root /export/zones/build14/root already in use by zone build14
zoneadm: zone 'build14': call to zoneadmd failed
ERROR: Unable to mount non-global zones of ABE <10-CPU_2012_07>: cannot make ABE bootable.
ERROR: umount: /.alt.tmp.b-0ob.mnt/var/run busy
ERROR: cannot unmount </.alt.tmp.b-0ob.mnt/var/run>
ERROR: failed to unmount </.alt.tmp.b-0ob.mnt/var/run>
ERROR: cannot fully unmount boot environment - <1>: file systems remain mounted
ERROR: Unable to make boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07> bootable.
ERROR: Unable to populate file systems on boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07>.
Removing incomplete BE <10-CPU_2012_07>.
ERROR: Cannot make file systems for boot environment <10-CPU_2012_07>.
bash-3.2# lustatus
Boot Environment Is Active Active Can Copy
Name Complete Now On Reboot Delete Status
10 yes yes yes no -
10-CPU_2012_07 no no no yes -
So the very latest Live Upgrade patch doesn't seem to have fix this, I get even more errors now.
Again any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - Julian.

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How would I disable copying of all (or some of) the rc2.d scripts to non-global zones during zone install procedure? Some of the services do not make sense inside a non-global zone, because they may be related to physical devices which can not be managed from the non-global zone.
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With smf , isn't it necessary that the rc.d script actually register for the monitoring service? If that is the case and a application doesn't register, then it is not monitored by smf.
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. B needs to be installed in the zone.
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I would appreciate your response on the use of these variables and how Sun packages deal with such dependencies.
Thanks!

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Hi,
I note that using direct I/O (by setting the forcedirectio while
mounting the database file systems) and bypassing the file system
cache may improve database performance significantly, but this should
be done only for file systems in which database files and redo log
files exist. If direct I/O is used and there is not enough database
buffer cache, it may even decrease the performance by moving the
problem from double buffering to a lack of database buffer cache. So,
this performance tuning must be planned carefully, and the database
buffer cache should be sized properly. The direct I/O option should
not be used for other file systems used by other applications because
they still need the UFS buffer cache.
Now, I have Oracle database installed inside a non-global zone and I
see a lot of Asynchronous I/O wait warnings in the Oracle Alert log
file. Storage mount points with UFS filesystem contain the Oracle
datafiles and redo log files. In addition, two Oracle datafiles of 10
GB each reside on the local disks. The Oracle init.ora parameter to
set asynchronous I/O for Oracle database files is
FILESYSTEMIO_OPTIONS= SETALL.
Although the above parameter was set during the database installation,
the aiowait warnings don't seem to disappear.
Can I use the "forcedirectio" option at the Operating System /etc/
vfstab file for Oracle datafiles and redo log files?
Or, should I just move the Oracle database files residing on the local
disks to the external storage? Will this take care of aiowait warnings
and if yes, how? The storage is a DAS.
Regards
Sandeep

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Sharing mounts on non global zone in Solaris 10

Dear All,
We have SAP Development server installed on a non global zone in Solaris 10 based machine. We want to share /usr/sap/trans [in DEV's non global zone] on another machine's non global zone which will host Quality server. I'm sure it can be done, however since I am not OS admin unable to find out how inspite of reading some posts on internet.
Can anyone please help me out here.
regards, Sean.

We did it.
regards, Sean.

Application pkg install in non Global zone

I have got another virtual instance up on solaris box, i am trying to install application pkg which writes to
/usr
which is mounted as read only.
is it possible to create policy to write under that folder
e.g. /usr/writable where u can add/change stuff in non global zone
thanks

You'll need to build a "whole root" zone to do that. You currently have a "sparse root" zone.
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(from http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-1592/6mhahuooc?a=view )

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Hi all,
I am having problems with installing and booting a non-global zones. My configurations are as follows :
zonepath: /export/small-zone
autoboot: true
pool:
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /lib
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /platform
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /sbin
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /usr
net:
address: 192.168.1.101
physical: hme0
There is no problems when I try to verify the zone. However, upon installing, I get the following errors :
<SUNWexplu SUNWexplo SUNWesr SUNWtftpr SUNWdtdmr SUNWmdu SUNWbsr .....(and many other pachages ) >
Despite all this, I am able to boot the new non-global zone. However when I do `zlogin -C -e\@ small-zone', I only get the message "[Connected to zone 'small-zone' console]" .I don't get the install sequence as expected. I am consequently unable to get the console login.
Can anyone please help me ?
Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi swa.. it's Lucky... thanks for your time...
the out put of "df -hk /export/small-zone" is :
Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 9.6G 9.4G 118M 99% /
the out put of "zoneadm list -cv" is :
ID NAME STATUS PATH
0 global running /
6 small-zone running /export/small-zone
Now, I know it seems like its working, but it's not quite working properly. I tried a "zlogin -C small-zone" before I ever booted up. It just hangs with the message "[Connected to zone 'small-zone' console]"
Then upon booting up, I get :
"[NOTICE : zone booting up]
Sun OS Release 5.10 Version Generic 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to licence terms.
INIT : can not open /etc/default/init. Environment not initialised.
INIT : can not stat inittab, errno:2.
INIT : Absent svc.startd entry a bad contract template. Not starting svc.startd.
Requesting maintenence mode
(see /lib/svc/share/README for additional information)
** Unable to retrieve 'root' entry in shadow password file ***
Entering maintainence mode
It seems that the initial configuration where you set up the username passwords has been totally bi-passed due to a failure. I have no idea why this is so.... Any help would be much appreciated.
Once again, thats for your help.

How to install JDK6 and Netbeans 6 in a non-global zone?

Hi,
I have a Solaris system where I want to deploy separate containers for several developers.
I'm having difficulty in installing JDK 6 and Netbeans 6, I get lots of missing package errors in non-global zone.
What would be the best approach for installing jdk 6 + netbeans 6 seperately for each developer?
Thanks in advance.

Hi
It depends how you have created your zone, what has been inherited from the global:
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /lib
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /platform
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /sbin
inherit-pkg-dir:
dir: /usr
But if you only want a jdk and netbeans, there is no really dependencies the simplest approach si to download the not packaged version and put it in /opt which is not inherited
You just have to put a jdk in /opt/jdk1.6.0... and netbeans in /opt/netbeans-6.0..
Don't really understand why you want a separate zone, one zone, several accounts which share the same jdk and netbeans, that's the way unix work ;)

Installing multiple MySQLs in Non-Global Zones

Hi all,
We have db01 and db02 physical servers with latest Solaris and Sun Cluster software installed. Each one has the following zones:
db01z001 - db02z001
db01z002 - db02z002
db01z003 - db02z003
db01z004 - db02z004
db01zXXX - db02zXXX
Every zone is installed on zpool zones (on local disks):
root@db01:~$ zpool status zones
pool: zones
state: ONLINE
scrub: none requested
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
zones ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror ONLINE 0 0 0
c2t0d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
c2t1d0 ONLINE 0 0 0
We want to install and configure a different MySQL application and data service in every pair of non-global zones.
We want to use two SAN logical devices for mysql data:
d3 db02:/dev/rdsk/c4t600508B4000906990001100000E70000d0
d3 db01:/dev/rdsk/c4t600508B4000906990001100000E70000d0
d7 db02:/dev/rdsk/c4t600508B40009069900011000008E0000d0
d7 db01:/dev/rdsk/c4t600508B40009069900011000008E0000d0
Is there any way to use this configuration for N pairs or we can only use 2?
Thanks,
George

Hi George,
You might get away creating global monunts, create directories below the mount pint. Now comes the trick, you create HAStoragePlus resources with filesystem_mountpoints=/global_mountmount/mysql1, you must set AffinityOn to false.
This creates a lofs mount into the zone.
I must admit, that I never tried this myself, but it should work. Of cause you will get a performance penalty if you create tables over the wire. Creating tables means creating small files. It is wortha a
It would be better, if you would have more and smaller luns, so that you could restrict on lun to a pair of zones.
Kind Regards
Detlef

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