Steps to create container for Oracle DB installation

• Create a vnic named public1

dladm create-vnic public1 -l net0

• Create a zone.template file as under:

create -b

set zonepath=/oraclePool/zones/test

set limitpriv=default,proc_priocntl

set max-shm-memory=50G

add net

 set physical=public1

end

• Generate sysconfig.xml file for initial zone configuration

There are two ways to generate the sysconfig.xml file

• Generate it from scratch by issuing the following command

sysconfig create-profile -o sysconfig.xml

• Update the hostname by searching system/identity and ip address by searching network/install on an existing sysconfig.xml file

A typical sysconfig.xml file is as under:

<!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM "/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1">

<service_bundle type="profile" name="sysconfig">

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/config-user">

    <instance enabled="true" name="default">

      <property_group type="application" name="root_account">

        <propval type="astring" name="login" value="root"/>

        <propval type="astring" name="password" value="$5$Px97tHB0$X3mcS7MybV7fk

YTB7Z4NEDDwDJDBPEvIA41w.UmbRm."/>

        <propval type="astring" name="type" value="normal"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/timezone">

    <instance enabled="true" name="default">

      <property_group type="application" name="timezone">

        <propval type="astring" name="localtime" value="US/Eastern"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/environment">

    <instance enabled="true" name="init">

      <property_group type="application" name="environment">

        <propval type="astring" name="LANG" value="en_US.UTF-8"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/identity">

    <instance enabled="true" name="node">

      <property_group type="application" name="config">

        <propval type="astring" name="nodename" value="dat-zone1"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/keymap">

    <instance enabled="true" name="default">

      <property_group type="system" name="keymap">

        <propval type="astring" name="layout" value="US-English"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/console-login">

  <instance enabled="true" name="default">

      <property_group type="application" name="ttymon">

        <propval type="astring" name="terminal_type" value="vt100"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="network/physical">

    <instance enabled="true" name="default">

      <property_group type="application" name="netcfg">

        <propval type="astring" name="active_ncp" value="DefaultFixed"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="network/install">

    <instance enabled="true" name="default">

      <property_group type="application" name="install_ipv4_interface">

        <propval type="astring" name="address_type" value="static"/>

        <propval type="net_address_v4" name="static_address" value="10.129.195.211/24"/>

        <propval type="astring" name="name" value="public1/v4"/>

        <propval type="net_address_v4" name="default_route" value="10.129.195.1"/>

      </property_group>

      <property_group type="application" name="install_ipv6_interface">

        <propval type="astring" name="stateful" value="yes"/>

        <propval type="astring" name="stateless" value="yes"/>

        <propval type="astring" name="address_type" value="addrconf"/>

        <propval type="astring" name="name" value="public1/v6"/>

      </property_group>

    </instance>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="system/name-service/switch">

    <property_group type="application" name="config">

      <propval type="astring" name="default" value="files"/>

      <propval type="astring" name="host" value="files dns"/>

      <propval type="astring" name="printer" value="user files"/>

    </property_group>

    <instance enabled="true" name="default"/>

  </service>

 <service version="1" type="service" name="system/name-service/cache">

    <instance enabled="true" name="default"/>

  </service>

  <service version="1" type="service" name="network/dns/client">

    <property_group type="application" name="config">

      <property type="net_address" name="nameserver">

        <net_address_list>

          <value_node value="130.35.249.41"/>

          <value_node value="130.35.249.52"/>

          <value_node value="144.20.190.70"/>

        </net_address_list>

      </property>

      <property type="astring" name="search">

        <astring_list>

          <value_node value="us.oracle.com oraclecorp.com oracle.com"/>

        </astring_list>

      </property>

    </property_group>

    <instance enabled="true" name="default"/>

  </service>

</service_bundle>

• Execute the following script to configure, install and boot the zone

zoneName=test
zoneTemplate=zone.template
VNIC=public1
echo "zone template : ${zoneTemplate}

echo "Configuring the zone :${zoneName}
zonecfg -z ${zoneName} -f ${zoneTemplate}
echo "Verify that zone ${zoneName} has been configured"
zoneadm list -icv | grep ${zoneName}


echo " Install the zone : ${zoneName}"
zoneadm -z ${zoneName} install -c /tmp/sysconfig.xml
echo "Verify that zone ${zoneName} has been installed"
zoneadm list -icv | grep ${zoneName}


echo "Wait for a minute before booting the zone"
sleep 60
echo "Boot the zone : ${zoneName} "
zoneadm -z ${zoneName} boot
echo "Verify that zone ${zoneName} is running"
zoneadm list -icv | grep ${zoneName}

• Verify if the smf services are up and running on the zone:

Issue : zlogin  test  ; svcs

If the smf services are not up, login to console for a couple of minutes and check again

zlogin -C test

• Verify that zone is up and running

ping <zone-hostname> from global zone
ping <global-hostname> from local zone
Verify network is configured correctly in the local zone
zlogin  test
root@dat-zone1:~# dladm show-physroot@dat-zone1:~# dladm show-vnic
LINK                OVER         SPEED  MACADDRESS        MACADDRTYPE       VID
public1             ?            1000   2:8:20:af:91:c8   random            0root@dat-zone1:~# ipadm show-addr
ADDROBJ           TYPE     STATE        ADDR
lo0/v4            static   ok           127.0.0.1/8
public1/v4        static   ok           10.129.195.211/24
lo0/v6            static   ok           ::1/128
public1/v6        addrconf ok           fe80::8:20ff:feaf:91c8/10root@dat-zone1:~#


Add asm disk and the directory where the Oracle bits are available to zone and reboot the zone. 
Create a file named addtoZone.template

add device
        set match=/dev/rdsk/c2t8d3s2
        set allow-partition=true
        set allow-raw-io=true
end
add fs
   set dir=/installer
set special=/installer
set type=lofs
end
   

Reconfigure and reboot the zone

zonecfg -z test -f addtoZone.template

zonecfg -z test reboot

Prepare for Oracle installation. Install Oracle and asm

Log on to test container and execute the following script:

asmDisk=/dev/rdsk/c2t8d3s2

groupadd -g 201 dba

groupadd -g 200 oinstall

useradd -g oinstall -G dba -u 200 oracle

mkdir /export/home/oracle

chown -R oracle:oinstall /export/home/oracle

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle

chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01

chmod -R 775 /u01

echo "Enter password for Oracle"

passwd oracle

pkg install   SUNWarc SUNWbtool SUNWhea SUNWlibm SUNWlibms SUNWpool SUNWsprot SUNWtoo SUNWuiu8 SUNWfont-xorg-core SUNWfont-xorg-iso8859-1 SUNWmfrun SUNWxorg-client-programs SUNWxorg-clientlibs SUNWxwfsw  pkg://solaris/SUNWxwplt

chown oracle:oinstall ${asmDisk}

chmod 660 ${asmDisk}

Invoke grid installer and db installer to install ASM and Oracle DB.

V2V across servers : From non-global zone on one server to non-global zone on another server

I have a non-global zone, namely db1Zone, on server dat01. The following post explains the steps to migrate this zone to a non-global zone in another server dat02.

• Create a archive of db1Zone that needs to be migrated:

zoneadm -z db1Zone shutdown
zoneadm -z db1Zone detach
zonecfg -z db1Zone export > db1Zone.cfg
zfs list -H -o name /zonespool/zones/db1Zone ; zoneroot can  be obtained from db1Zone.cfg
zfs snapshot -r zonespool/zones/db1Zone@migr
zfs send -rc zonespool/zones/db1Zone@migr > db1Zone.zfs

Detaching a zone is the first step in moving a zone from one step to anoter. Once the zone is detached,it is left in the configured state. If you try to install or clone to a configured zone that has been detached, you will receive an error message and install or clone process will fail.

• Ensure that target server, dat02, is at the same OS patch level as source server, dat01.

• Create the zone named db1Zone on target server

Copy db1Zone.cfg and db1Zone.zfs files to dat02 server
Make any required changes to db1Zone.cfg file. The network information will remain the same. Update any disk related info
Create the zone issuing the following command
zonecfg -z db1Zone -f db1Zone.cfg
Attach the source zone to this zone

• zoneadm -z db1Zone attach -U -a /export/home/oracle/db1Zone.zfs

Additional info:

• http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/821-1460/gcgnc.html#scrolltoc

Errors

• ERROR: Argument db1Zone.zfs is not a regular file

root@dat02:/export/home/oracle# zoneadm -z db2Zone attach -a db1Zone.zfs
ERROR: Argument db1Zone.zfs is not a regular file

Specify the complete path of the archive file. If the problem still exist, verify that target system is on the same OS patch level as the source system.

• cannot receive: stream has unsupported feature, feature flags = 0

If the log file has the following info:

   Installing: This may take several minutes...
[Tue Jun  5 12:01:14 PDT 2012] gzcat /tmp/db1Zone.zfs.gz | zfs receive -F -u -x zoned rpool/zonespool/zones/db1Zone/installtmp/ds
cannot receive: stream has unsupported feature, feature flags = 0
[Tue Jun  5 12:01:14 PDT 2012] ERROR: Error: Command <zfs receive -F -u -x zoned rpool/zonespool/zones/db1Zone/installtmp/ds> exited with status 1

Verify that the target system is on the same OS patch level as the source system.