Solaris Zones actor adapter requests and responses

The adapter requests for the actor adapter use a set of elements to invoke an SSH API call on the Solaris computer. The set of elements used to make an API call is referred to as an operation.

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The actor adapter can perform the following categories of operations:

Basic Zone operations
Advanced Zone operations
Configure Zone operations

The actor adapter supports the operations that are categorized and described in the following table:

Adapter operations

Type	Process name	Description
Basic Zone operations	Boot Zone	Boots the specified Zone, only if the Zone is in the halted or installed state
Basic Zone operations	Reboot Zone	Reboots the specified Zone, only if the Zone is in the running state
Basic Zone operations	Install Zone	Installs the Zone operating system files in the specified zone path This operation also changes the state of the Zone from the configured state to the installed state.
Basic Zone operations	Uninstall Zone	Uninstalls all files under the root file system of the specified Zone This operation also changes the state of the Zone from the installed state to the configured state.
Basic Zone operations	Halt Zone	Removes the application environment and the virtual platform for the specified Zone This operation also changes the state of the Zone from the running state to the installed state.
Basic Zone operations	Ready Zone	Changes the state of the specified Zone to ready and prepares the virtual platform to initiate the execution of user processes
Advanced Zone operations	Move Zone	Moves the Zone to the specified location on the same Solaris host computer, by changing the zone path For this operation to execute, the Zone must be in the halted state.
Configure Zone operations	Create Zone	Creates a new Zone with the basic parameters
Configure Zone operations	Create Zone With Custom Settings	Creates a new Zone with advanced configuration options This operation enables you to add virtual devices, such as a virtual hard disk or a virtual ethernet card, while creating the Zone.
Configure Zone operations	Create Zone From Template	Creates a new Zone by using the specified Zone template The template must exist on the local Solaris host.
Configure Zone operations	Clone Zone	Creates a new Zone on a Solaris host computer by copying the Zone data from a source zone path to a target zone path You can perform the Clone Zone operation only for Zones in the installed or running state.
Configure Zone operations	Delete Zone	Deletes the specified Zone
Configure Zone operations	Retrieve Zone Configuration	Retrieves the configuration parameters of the specified Zone
Configure Zone operations	Update Zone Configuration	Updates one or more configuration parameters of the specified Zone This operation enables you to add or remove hard disks, CD-ROMs, or ethernet adapters from a Zone.

Note

The <user-name> that you specify for any operation must have the superuser role.

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