Sun BluePrints document, Solaris Operating System Hardware Virtualization Product
Architecture, which explores the underlying hardware architecture and software implementation for enabling hardware virtualization,
plus the software architecture for implementing various types of virtualization
Consolidation Through Virtualization With Sun x64 Servers (pdf), which
describes how you can consolidate a combination of Solaris 10 OS and supported Linux and Microsoft Windows applications onto a single server
using Sun xVM hypervisor and how you can consolidate multiple
Solaris OS and Linux applications onto a single server using Solaris Containers technology
Solaris Containers and Zones
Solaris Zones provide virtualized OS services that look like different Solaris instances. Together with the existing Solaris resource management
framework, Solaris Zones form the basis of Solaris Containers.
Solaris Containers, a form of OS virtualization technology, enable you to run many virtual machines on
a single OS instance. Each Solaris Container is a virtual system that has its own IP address, host name, name service, locale, and time zone,
so each Container can be started or rebooted quickly without affecting others.
Solaris Containers provide additional capabilities for running Solaris 8 applications (through Solaris 8 Containers),
Solaris 9 applications
(through Solaris 9 Containers), and Linux applications (through Solaris Containers for Linux Applications).
Solaris Containers web site, which describes
how you can use Solaris Containers to consolidate multiple applications onto one system and increase utilization rates, save on power, space,
cooling, administrative, and support costs
Solaris Containers How To Guide (registration required), which provides an overview of
Solaris Containers and an example of using Solaris Containers to consolidate two Web server applications and an email server application onto a single server
User Scenarios for Sun Java System Web Server 7,
Solaris Zones, and a DMZ, a BigAdmin article that describes how zones allow virtualization and consolidation of servers and how
Sun Java System Web Server 7 can use this type of environment for improved provisioning and serviceability of applications
How It Works: Solaris 8 Container Software video
(approx. 9 minutes), which describes why Sun engineers developed Solaris 8 Containers and how you can use
Solaris 8 Containers to move your unmodified Solaris 8 applications and environment to a Container on Solaris 10
Demo: Solaris 8 Containers video (approx. 8 minutes), which
demonstrates how to move a Solaris 8 environment to a Container on Solaris 10
NewSolaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 Documentation Collection, which includes the
System Administration Guide: Solaris 8 Containers and
the System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones
Jeff Victor's blog Effortless Upgrade: Solaris 9 System to Solaris 9 Container, which explains how Solaris
9 Containers, a set of software packages, enables you to move an existing Solaris 9 system into a Solaris Container on a Solaris 10 system and create
new Solaris 9 Containers on Solaris 10 systems
NewSolaris 9 Containers 1.0.1 Documentation Collection, which includes the
System Administration Guide: Solaris 9 Containers and
the System Administration Guide: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones
With LDoms, you can run up to 64 isolated operating system instances on each physical Sun server with CoolThreads technology, so you can eliminate
old hardware while retaining your existing OS, data, and applications. Each Logical Domain can also run hundreds of Solaris Containers, creating
a very flexible combination.
Refer to these LDoms resources for more information:
Main Sun LDoms web page, which provides introductory info, plus
links to the servers that support LDoms, the LDoms administration guide, an LDoms video, and more
BigAdmin LDoms hub, which provides an overview of LDoms and
links to LDoms resources, such as an LDom demo, LDom blogs, and more
