Solaris Branded Zones running on a LDOM - Part 2/6

1) Getting the flar files from the Physical Systems

We have 2 servers v210 and v240, from where we got the flar files for our branded zones

We have a v240, running Solaris 9

bash-2.05# prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Fire V240
System clock frequency: 167 MHZ
Memory size: 8GB

System PROM revisions:
----------------------
OBP 4.30.4.a 2010/01/06 14:48 Sun Fire V210/V240,Netra 210/240
OBDIAG 4.30.4 2010/01/06 15:01

bash-2.05# more /etc/release
Solaris 9 4/04 s9s_u6wos_08a SPARC
Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 22 March 2004


We have a V210 server, running Solaris 8

bash-2.03# more /etc/release
Solaris 8 HW 12/02 s28s_hw1wos_06a SPARC
Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Assembled 12 December 2002

bash-2.03# uname -a
SunOS v210 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210
bash-2.03#

###### Flar File from the V210 Server (Solaris 8) ######

# flarcreate -S -n s8-zone /opt/sol8_zone/s8-zone.flar

Determining which filesystems will be included in the archive...
Creating the archive...
2686455 blocks
Archive creation complete.

###### Flar File from the V240 Server (Solaris 9) ######

bash-2.05# flarcreate -S -n s9-zone /opt/sol9-zone/s9-zone.flar
Full Flash
Checking integrity...
Integrity OK.
Running precreation scripts...
Precreation scripts done.
Creating the archive...
2709414 blocks
Archive creation complete.

https://community.oracle.com/docs/DOC-920418

CONTENT

1) Getting the flar files from the Physical Systems (Part 2)
2) Creating LDOM (Part 3)
3) Creating Solaris 8 zone (Part 4)
4) Creating Solaris 9 zone (Part 5)
5) Moving between Primary/Guest Domain and Zones (Part 6)