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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