Non-global Solaris zone migration to another machine

I had task to migrate Nagios with NagiosGrapher (running on Sparc zone) to another machine (SunFire X4200, yes i386 platform). 
First I manually migrated "Nagios sparc zone" to test i386 platform and then it was simple doing migration from there to production platform (another X4200 with same Solaris release and additional patches).  
 
So in this page I just explain how to migrate non-global zone between 2 totally identical systems. 

System Serbia has zone France. France zone will be migrated to system Japan and will have new zone name India! 

1. Configure whole root zone France to Serbia

{serbia}/zones> mkdir france

{serbia}/> zonecfg -z france
france: No such zone configured
Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
zonecfg:france> create
zonecfg:france> set zonepath=/zones/france
zonecfg:france> add net
zonecfg:france:net> set physical=e1000g0
zonecfg:france:net> set address=192.168.20.222
zonecfg:france:net> end
zonecfg:france> verify
zonecfg:france> commit
zonecfg:france> exit


Since zone is whole root, remove inherited dirs

{serbia}/zones> zonecfg -z france
zonecfg:france> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/lib
zonecfg:france> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/platform
zonecfg:france> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/sbin
zonecfg:france> remove inherit-pkg-dir dir=/usr
zonecfg:france> verify
zonecfg:france> commit
zonecfg:france> exit

{serbia}/zones> zonecfg -z france info
zonename: france
zonepath: /zones/france
brand: native
autoboot: false
bootargs:
pool:
limitpriv:
scheduling-class:
ip-type: shared
net:
        address: 192.168.20.222
        physical: e1000g0
        defrouter not specified


2. Install the zone

{serbia}/zones> zoneadm -z france install
A ZFS file system has been created for this zone.
Preparing to install zone <france>.
Creating list of files to copy from the global zone.
Copying <48022> files to the zone.
Initializing zone product registry.
Determining zone package initialization order.
Preparing to initialize <455> packages on the zone.
Initialized <455> packages on zone.
Zone <france> is initialized.
The file </zones/france/root/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log> contains a log of the zone installation.


The zone size is:

{serbia}/zones/france> du -sh .
 680M   .

{serbia}/zones/france> zoneadm list -vi
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              native   shared
   - france           installed  /zones/france                  native   shared


3. Boot the zone, but first place sysidcfg file in /zones/france/root/etc/

#The sysidcfg file: 
#--------------------
system_locale=en_US
timezone=US/Pacific
timeserver=localhost

#name_service=DNS
#       {domain_name=googlux.com
#        name_server=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx}

name_service=NONE

nfs4_domain=genesyslab.com

service_profile=limited_net

terminal=vt100
security_policy=NONE
root_password=NP
network_interface=primary { hostname=france
                                netmask=255.255.255.0
                                protocol_ipv6=no
                                ip_address=192.168.20.222
                                default_route=192.168.20.1}


{serbia}/> zoneadm -z france boot

{serbia}/> zoneadm list -vi
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              native   shared
   1 france           running    /zones/france                  native   shared


4. Login to zone's console and make sure it works well. 

{serbia}/> zlogin -C france
[Connected to zone 'france' console]
france console login:

or login to zone's terminal session

{serbia}/> zlogin france
[Connected to zone 'france' pts/2]
Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.10      Generic January 2005
# pwd
/
# hostname

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	Migration to the another machine

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1. Now, when having zone, let's migrate it to another machine. 

Halt and Detach the zone

{serbia}/> zoneadm -z france halt

{serbia}/> zoneadm list -vi
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              native   shared
   - france           installed  /zones/france                  native   shared

{serbia}/> zoneadm -z france detach

{serbia}/> zoneadm list -vi
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              native   shared


2. Migrate zone path to the new host

{serbia}/zones> rsync -avH france japan:/zones/


3. Rename {japan}/zones/france to /zones/india and adjust sysidcfg file as below

network_interface=primary { hostname=india
                                netmask=255.255.255.0
                                protocol_ipv6=no
                                ip_address=192.168.24.35
                                default_route=192.168.24.1}



4.  Configure zone on the new system

{japan}/tmp> zonecfg -z india
india: No such zone configured
Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.
zonecfg:india> create -a /zones/india

zonecfg:india> info ---> see zone info 
zonename: india
zonepath: /zones/india
brand: native
autoboot: false
bootargs:
pool:
limitpriv:
scheduling-class:
ip-type: shared
net:
        address: 192.168.20.222  ----> change IP 
        physical: e1000g0
        defrouter not specified

zonecfg:india> select net physical=e1000g0
zonecfg:india:net> set address=192.168.24.35  
zonecfg:india:net> end
zonecfg:india> commit
zonecfg:india> exit


5. Attach the zone 

{japan}/tmp> zoneadm -z india attach

{japan}/tmp> zoneadm list -vi
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              native   shared
   - india            installed  /zones/india                   native   shared


6. Boot the zone

{japan}/tmp> zoneadm -z india boot

{japan}/tmp> zoneadm list -vi
  ID NAME             STATUS     PATH                           BRAND    IP
   0 global           running    /                              native   shared
   3 india            running    /zones/india                   native   shared

{japan}/tmp> zlogin -C india
[Connected to zone 'india' console]
france console login:      --------------> hostname has to be changed


7. Login to zone and change hostname to /etc/hosts and /etc/nodename. Done.