The information shown above indicates that currently one CPU is designated to pset_glassfish and the other designated to pset_default.

2.  Configure a non-global zone
In order to configure a non-global zone we can use the zone configuration command. In this example we will create a zone called zone_glassfish and assign the pool_glassfish to the zone.

zonecfg -z zone_glassfish

zone_glassfish: No such zone configured
Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone.

zonecfg:zone_glassfish> create
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> set zonepath=/zones/zone_glassfish/
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> add net
zonecfg:zone_glassfish:net> set address=172.16.20.110
zonecfg:zone_glassfish:net> set physical=rtls0
zonecfg:zone_glassfish:net> end
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> add dataset
zonecfg:zone_glassfish:dataset> set name=diskpool/glassfish
zonecfg:zone_glassfish:dataset> end
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> set pool=pool_glassfish
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> verify
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> commit
zonecfg:zone_glassfish> exit

The configuration above basically indicates the following points:

• Create a zone with zone_glassfish label
• Assign the zonepath for the zone repository
• Add network resources
• Add the ZFS (Zeta-byte File System)
• Assign pool_glassfish as the resource pool for the zone

zoneadm list -icv

3.  Installing a non-global zone
Installing non-global zones can be administered using the zoneadm command. To install the non-global zone we have created in Step-2, follow the command below:

zoneadm -z zone_glassfish install

4.  Boot a non-global zone
After the installation of the zone_glassfish is finished, you can start up the zone using the zoneadm command.

zoneadm -z zone_glassfish boot

You can log in the Solaris Zone using the command below. If you need to log in from a remote place, use ssh or telnet.

zlogin -C zone_glassfish

5.  Installing GlassFish v2 in a non-global zone
Log in to the zone_glassfish and start to copy the GlassFish installation package. To install the GlassFish application server type the following command:

java -Xmx256m -jar glassfish-installer-v2-b58g.jar

For the complete set of instructions for installing the GlassFish application server, go to:

https://glassfish.dev.java.net/downloads/v2-b58g.html

6.  Start up GlassFish v2
Start up the GlassFish application server and monitor the CPU utilization using the prstat command (see Figure 2).

./asadmin start-domain domain1

Figure 3 is the statistic of CPU utilization dedicated to the zone (zone_glassfish).

Summary
With the Solaris Container feature we can isolate the resources for the specific zones and improve the resource utilization for a single physical server. Since the resources are isolated and dedicated to the Solaris Container rather than to the whole system, application disruption is minimal.

Zone Administration Command

• Zonecfg: Utility command to create and configure a zone
• Zoneadm: Utility command to administer a system zone
• Zlogin: Utility command to enter to the system zone

• Poolcfg: Utility command that provides configuration operation on pools and sets
• Pooladm: Utility command that provides administration operation on pools and sets