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Cloning a Zone in Solaris

Step1: export zone config 

zonecfg -z webzone-1 export -f /zones/webzone-2-profile

Step 2: modify template 

vi /zones/webzone-2-profile
create -b
set zonepath=/zones/webzone-2
set brand=solaris
set autoboot=true
set ip-type=exclusive
add anet
set linkname=net0
set lower-link=auto
set configure-allowed-address=false
set link-protection=mac-nospoof
set mac-address=random
set auto-mac-address=2:8x:2:xx:xx:xx
end

Step 3: configure new zone

zonecfg -z webzone-2 -f /zones/webzone-2-profile

Step 4: Create a zone template

sysconfig create-profile -o /zones/webzone-2-template.xml

step5: clone the existing zone for all software configs


zoneadm -z webzone-2 clone -c /zones/webzone-2-template.xml webzone-1''
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