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rpool/ROOT/solaris 2.01G 10.5G 1.54G /
rpool/ROOT/solaris/var 476M 10.5G 474M /var
rpool/dump 2.06G 10.6G 2.00G -
rpool/export 98K 10.5G 32K /export
rpool/export/home 66K 10.5G 32K /export/home
rpool/export/home/martin 34K 10.5G 34K /export/home/martin
rpool/swap 1.03G 10.6G 1.00G -
As you can see, even the ZFS has been removed.
Further Reading
If you are interested in exploring zones in more detail, then you might find the following references useful:
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Oracle
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Solaris Administration: Oracle Solaris Zones, OracleSolaris10Zones, and Resource
Management
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Oracle
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Solaris Administration: ZFS File System
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Oracle
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Solaris Administration: Network Interfaces and Network Virtualization
Solaris 11 manual page:
solaris(5)
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brands(5)
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Solaris 11 manual page:
zones(5)
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Solaris 11 manual page:
Oracle VM Server for x86
Oracle has entered relatively late into the virtualization market, but it has since been aggressively promoting and
developing its products. One of the company's first virtualization products was Oracle VM, which is today known
to us as Oracle VM Server for x86. It is based on the Xen type 1 bare-metal hypervisor and unsurprisingly runs on
x86-hardware. Since the inception of Oracle VM, a number of products have been branded Oracle VM, making it
important to add more context as to which is meant. At the time of this writing, some of the additional products with
Oracle VM in their name were:
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Oracle VM Virtualbox
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Oracle VM Server for SPARC
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Oracle VM Manager
Oracle VM VirtualBox has initially been developed by innotek GmbH, which was acquired by Sun Microsystems
in 2008, only to be taken over by Oracle in 2010. VirtualBox is a desktop virtualization product (that is, it runs on top of
a desktop operating system). VirtualBox is a popular solution and is available under a liberal license.
Oracle VM Server for SPARC is the new name for Sun Logical Domains or LDOMs. Currently designed mainly for
Chip MultiThreading technology such as employed on Oracle's T-Series hardware, the Oracle VM Server for SPARC
promises lower overhead since the virtualization technology is already included in the CPU. Logical Domains in this
respect are not to be confused with Dynamic Domains, which are only available in M-Series hardware.
Oracle VM is an upcoming competitor in the x 86 virtualization world, but competition in this market segment is
tough. The version covered in this section is Oracle VM 3.1.1, which is current at the time of this writing.
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