Global Zone 0 is the physical Solaris Host.

Creating Sparse/small Zones.

#zonecfg -z TestSparse-zone

Promt will change as

#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone>create
#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone>set autoboot=true
#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone>set zonepath=/export/home/TestSparse-zone
#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone>add net
#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone:net>set address=192.168.1.3
#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone:net>set physical=e0010g
#zonecfg:TestSparse-zone:net>end

zonecfg:TestSparse-zone> info
zonepath: /export/TestSparse-zone
autoboot: true
pool:
inherit-pkg-dir:
        dir: /lib
inherit-pkg-dir:
        dir: /platform
inherit-pkg-dir:
        dir: /sbin
inherit-pkg-dir:
        dir: /usr
net:
        address: 192.168.2.101
        physical: hme0
zonecfg:TestSparse-zone> verify
zonecfg:TestSparse-zone> commit
zonecfg:TestSparse-zone> exit
#
# zoneadm list -cv
  ID NAME             STATUS         PATH                         
   0 global           running        /                            
   - TestSparse-zone  configured     /export/home/TestSparse-zone

Now we have completed the configuration of the Zone.

Now we have to install

Check the necessary permission on zonepath
#chmod 700 /export/home/Testsparse-zone
#zoneadm -z Testsparse-zone install

Preparing to install zone <TestSparse-zone>.
Creating list of files to copy from the global zone.
Copying <2574> files to the zone.
Initializing zone product registry.
Determining zone package initialization order.
Preparing to initialize <987> packages on the zone.
Initialized <987> packages on zone.                               
Zone <TestSparse-zone> is initialized.
Installation of these packages generated warnings: <SUNWcsr SUNWdtdte>
The file </export/home/TestSparse-zone/root/var/sadm/system/logs/install_log> contains a log of the zone installation.




# zoneadm list -cv
  ID NAME             STATUS         PATH                         
   0 global           running        /                            
   - TestSparse-zone  installed      /export/home/TestSparse-zone



# zoneadm -z TestSparse-zone boot


# zoneadm list -cv
  ID NAME             STATUS         PATH                         
   0 global           running        /                            
   1 TestSparse-zone  running        /export/TestSparse-zone