ZoneMgr

The OpenSolaris ZoneMgr project has the following goals:

• Simplify zones creation
• Simplify zones management
• Incorporate Solaris features into zone creation/management such as resource controls, minimization, service lockdown,…
• Incorporate external features such as network package repository based package installation.

It is not the project's goal replace the existing zonecfg/zoneadm commands but rather to supplement them.

OpenSolaris Project Page
56 slide Presentation (PDF) by Brad Diggs
Discuss Zones and the Zone Manager

Here's an example from Brad's presentation:

Add a zone and install multiple Blastwave packages:

zonemgr -a add -n m2 -z /zones -P pw -I "192.168.0.20|hme0|24|m2" \
-C /etc/nsswitch.conf \
-C /etc/resolv.conf \
-G mysql5 -G apache2 -G dss

Have a stiff drink before reviewing example 10 in the presentation.