SunMC 3.6.1 Agent and zones

Hi Petur,

> I'm wondering how to handle zones with SunMC 3.6.1.

> We're planning to use zones in the future, mostly

> whole root zones. As far as I understood, I need to

> install the agent in the global zone and in the local

> zone afterwards. Is this correct?

For all the hardware monitoring bits, and to use Solaris Container Manager to manipulate and report on your local Zones... you only need an Agent in the Global Zone.

However, if you want to do any sort of application monitoring within a local Zone, you need to install an Agent there as well.

Regards,

Mike.Kirk@HalcyonInc.com

http://www.HalcyonInc.com

Aroneka at 2007-7-8 23:07:12 >

> 1. How does the container manager link with SunMC.

> Does monitor info go to the sunMC server ?

SCM is one of the optional components you're prompted to add when you're installing SunMC Server and Agents. The way it works on the Server is that SCM adds an extra web interface, and it relies on the SunMC for host lists and a place to store it's data (i.e the graphs shown in the SCM web interface are actually coming from the SunMC Oracle database).

On the Agent side, all that happens when you say "y"es to SCM during install is that it adds a hidden module to the Agent that collects container/zone-type data, and can do the bidding of the SCM web interface (i.e. make/destroy Zones, alter CPU pools and container shares etc)

> Do you only have to install the container manager

> on the global zone ?

Yes, it's only required for the SunMC Agent in each global zone. It's that Agent that can "see everything" about the containers and zones that are running.

Regards,

Mike.Kirk@HalcyonInc.com

http://www.HalcyonInc.com

Aroneka at 2007-7-8 23:07:12 >