Updated 22 March 2010 © 2010 Logiqwest, Inc. All rights reserved. Uninstalling a Solaris Zone Description: This procedure describes how to uninstall a Solaris Zone. Prerequisites: Access to the global zone server. Zone must be in the Installed. Notes: If a zone is not uninstalled and autoboot is set "true", it will startup automatically if the global zone is rebooted. References: Solaris Containers-Resource Management and Solaris Zones () Step Action Description 1 Use zoneadm list on the global zone server to show status of zone. # /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi On the global zone, use the zoneadm list -vi to show current status of all installed zones. If the zone is not in the installed state, it will need to be placed in that state with zoneadm -z <zone name> halt. global# /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 2 lqwdev running /zones/lqwdev native shared 5 lqweb running /zones/lqweb native shared - myzone running /zones/myzone native shared - myzone2 installed /zones/myzone2 native shared - myzone3 installed /zones/myzone3 native shared global# zoneadm -z myzone halt global# /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 2 lqwdev running /zones/lqwdev native shared 5 lqweb running /zones/lqweb native shared - myzone installed /zones/myzone native shared - myzone2 installed /zones/myzone2 native shared - myzone3 installed /zones/myzone3 native shared 2 Use zoneadm -z <zone name> with the uninstalled option to uninstlled a zone. # zoneadm -z <zone name> boot On the global zone, Boot the new zone by issuing zoneadm -z <zonename> uninstall. global# /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 2 lqwdev running /zones/lqwdev native shared 5 lqweb running /zones/lqweb native shared - myzone installed /zones/myzone native shared - myzone2 installed /zones/myzone2 native shared - myzone3 installed /zones/myzone3 native shared global# zoneadm -z myzone uninstall Are you sure you want to uninstall zone myzone (y/[n])? y global# Note: Unintalling a zone will remove all its file in the "zonepath" directory. The directory will still remain. 3 Use zoneadm list on the global zone server with the -vc option to show status of zone # /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vc On the global zone, use the zoneadm list -vc to verify that the zone is now running. global# /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vc ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 2 lqwdev running /zones/lqwdev native shared 5 lqweb running /zones/lqweb native shared - myzone installed /zones/myzone native shared - myzone2 installed /zones/myzone2 native shared - myzone3 installed /zones/myzone3 native shared global# zoneadm -z myzone uninstall Are you sure you want to uninstall zone myzone (y/[n])? y global# /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vc ID NAME STATUS PATH BRAND IP 0 global running / native shared 2 lqwdev running /zones/lqwdev native shared 5 lqweb running /zones/lqweb native shared - myzone configured /zones/myzone native shared - myzone2 installed /zones/myzone2 native shared - myzone3 installed /zones/myzone3 native shared global# Note: You must use /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vc or the zone will never appear in the list. c-stands for configured which also includes running and installed. If you try to use /usr/sbin/zoneadm list -vi, it will not show any configured zone entry. Click for more info