Solaris 10 08/06 version container within Solaris 10 05/08 global zone

I have the need to run Solaris 8 , Solaris 9 and even Solaris 10 (08/06) containers within my Solaris 10 05/08 global T5120. No problem with the branded Solaris 8 nad Solaris9, but I'm not sure how to create a native Solaris 10 (older version 06) to run on the newer version Solaris 10 05/08. Do I have to create the global zone with the older 06 version of Sol 10? hmm?

The minimum supported version for a 5120 is Solaris 10 8/07.
And they wouldnt say that without a good reason.
Its pretty silly of a software vendor to specify a particular version of Solaris 10.
Unless they mean that version or later.
I mean suppose its certifed for Solaris 10 8/06 and you start with that.
Then you run smpatch and apply all available patches.
What you end up with is virtually indistinguishable from Solaris 10 5/08 anyway.
So unless, they certify a specific version and also specify the set of patches you are allowed to apply.
Then the restriction is virtually meaningless.
Personally I suggest you just go with Solaris 5/08 and be done with it.
As far as I know, theres no way for you to use the "earlier" version without buying new hardware.
The closest you could come is to run it on a solaris 9 zone.

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http://blogs.sun.com/thaniwa/entry/en_diskless_solaris_x86_p5
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banguitainf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if I can use coldfusion 8 standard
version in Sun / Solaris
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Is "version" broken in Solaris Studio 12.2?

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Chris, thanks for explaining that this is the behavior that we should expect. I spent several hours considering if something might have gone wrong during the installation of Solaris Studio. My colleague who actually performed the installation will likely be almost as gratified as I am to review your explanation.
By way of feeback, I would like to offer the following comments.
1) It's regrettable that this functionality was removed without any sort of deprecation notice (at least, none that I could find, and I looked pretty hard). My colleagues and I spent several hours wondering what we did wrong since this wasn't working. Truss shows that the 12.2 bin/version tool still looks for the "inventory" directory and so the fact that it was missing suggested to me that something might have gone wrong with our installation.
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