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.