Boot Zone operation
The Boot Zone operation enables you to boot the specified Zone, which must be in the installed or the halted state.
The following table describes the elements for the adapter request:
Adapter request elements for the Boot Zone operation
Element | Definition | Required |
|---|---|---|
<operation-type> | Defines the type of operation: Basic_Zone | Yes |
<operation-name> | Defines the name of operation: Boot_Zone | Yes |
<zone-name> | Specifies the name of the Zone that you want to boot | Yes |
<host> | Specifies the host name of the Solaris computer hosting Solaris Zones | No |
<port> | Specifies the port on which the SSH service is running on the host computer | No |
<operation-timeout-secs> | Specifies the time, in seconds, to wait for the operation to complete on the target server | No |
<user-name> | Specifies the user name for the Solaris computer | No |
<password> | Specifies the password corresponding to the user name | Conditional |
The following figure shows the sample adapter request for the Boot Zone operation:
Sample adapter request for the Boot Zone operation
<target>
<host>vm-sol-abc</host>
<user-name>admin</user-name>
<password>adminpass</password>
<port>8888</port>
</target>
<operation-type>Basic_Zone</operation-type>
<operation-name>Boot_Zone</operation-name>
<operation-timeout-secs>100</operation-timeout-secs>
<zone-name>testzone</zone-name>
</solaris-zones-request>
The following figure shows the response for the sample adapter request:
Sample adapter response for the Boot Zone operation
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<target-output host="vm-sol-abc">
<metadata>
<os-id>SunOS</os-id>
<os-version>5.10</os-version>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<operation-output>
<metadata>
<command>zoneadm -z testzone boot</command>
<line-count>1</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>547</execution-milliseconds>
<exit-code>0</exit-code>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<output>
<line index="1">Operation Boot_Zone executed successfully!!</line>
</output>
</operation-output>
</target-output>
</solaris-zones-response>