Non-Global Zone State Model

A non-global zone can be in one of the following six states:

Configured

The zone's configuration is complete and committed to stable storage. However, those elements of the zone's application environment that must be specified after initial boot are not yet present.

Incomplete

During an install or uninstall operation, zoneadm sets the state of the target zone to incomplete. Upon successful completion of the operation, the state is set to the correct state.

Installed

The zone's configuration is instantiated on the system. The zoneadm command is used to verify that the configuration can be successfully used on the designated Solaris system. Packages are installed under the zone's root path. In this state, the zone has no associated virtual platform.

Ready

The virtual platform for the zone is established. The kernel creates the zsched process, network interfaces are set up and made available to the zone, file systems are mounted, and devices are configured. A unique zone ID is assigned by the system. At this stage, no processes associated with the zone have been started.

Running

User processes associated with the zone application environment are running. The zone enters the running state as soon as the first user process associated with the application environment (init) is created.

Shutting down and Down

These states are transitional states that are visible while the zone is being halted. However, a zone that is unable to shut down for any reason will stop in one of these states.

Commands That Affect Zone State

Current Zone State	Applicable Commands
Configured	zonecfg -z zonename verify zonecfg -z zonename commit zonecfg -z zonename delete zoneadm -z zonename attach zoneadm -z zonename verify zoneadm -z zonename install zoneadm -z zonename clone You can also use zonecfg to rename a zone in the configured or installed state.
Incomplete	zoneadm -z zonename uninstall
Installed	zoneadm -z zonename ready (optional) zoneadm -z zonename boot zoneadm -z zonename uninstall uninstalls the configuration of the specified zone from the system. zoneadm -z zonename move path zoneadm -z zonename detach zonecfg -z zonename can be used to add or remove an attr, bootargs, capped-memory, dataset, dedicated-cpu, device, fs, ip-type, limitpriv, net, rctl, or scheduling-class property. You can also rename a zone in the installed state. The inherit-pkg-dir resources cannot be changed.
Ready	zoneadm -z zonename boot zoneadm halt and system reboot return a zone in the ready state to the installed state. zonecfg -z zonename can be used to add or remove an attr, bootargs, capped-memory, dataset, dedicated-cpu, device, fs, ip-type, limitpriv, net, rctl, or scheduling-class property. The inherit-pkg-dir resources cannot be changed.
Running	zlogin options zonename zoneadm -z zonename reboot zoneadm -z zonename halt returns a ready zone to the installed state. zoneadm halt and system reboot return a zone in the running state to the installed state. zonecfg -z zonename can be used to add or remove an attr, bootargs, capped-memory, dataset, dedicated-cpu, device, fs, ip-type, limitpriv, net, rctl, or scheduling-class property. The zonepath and inherit-pkg-dir resources cannot be changed.

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Note –

Parameters changed through zonecfg do not affect a running zone. The zone must be rebooted for the changes to take effect.