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   6 .TH BRANDS 5 "Jul 29, 2009"
   7 .SH NAME
   8 brands \- alternate operating environments for non-global zones
   9 .SH DESCRIPTION
  10 .sp
  11 .LP
  12 The branded zone (BrandZ) framework extends the Solaris Zones infrastructure
  13 described in \fBzones\fR(5) to include the creation of brands, which provide
  14 non-global zones that contain non-native operating environments.
  15 .sp
  16 .LP
  17 The term "brand" can refer to a wide range of operating environments. All brand
  18 management is performed as extensions to the current zones structure.
  19 .sp
  20 .LP
  21 Every zone is configured with an associated brand. The brand type is used to
  22 determine which scripts are executed when a zone is installed and booted. In
  23 addition, a zone's brand is used to properly identify the correct application
  24 type at application launch time.  The default brand is determined by the
  25 installed distribution in the global zone.
  26 .sp
  27 .LP
  28 A branded zone will support exactly one brand of non-native binary, which means
  29 that a branded zone provides a single operating environment. Once a zone has
  30 been assigned a brand, that brand cannot be changed or removed.
  31 .sp
  32 .LP
  33 BrandZ extends the zones tools in the following ways:
  34 .RS +4
  35 .TP
  36 .ie t \(bu
  37 .el o
  38 A brand is an attribute of a zone, set at zone create time.
  39 .RE
  40 .RS +4
  41 .TP
  42 .ie t \(bu
  43 .el o
  44 The zonecfg tool (see \fBzonecfg\fR(1M)) is used to set a zone's brand type and
  45 configure the zone.
  46 .RE
  47 .RS +4
  48 .TP
  49 .ie t \(bu
  50 .el o
  51 The zoneadm tool (see \fBzoneadm\fR(1M)) is used to report a zone's brand type
  52 and administer the zone.
  53 .RE
  54 .SS "Device Support"
  55 .sp
  56 .LP
  57 The devices supported by each zone are documented in the man pages and other
  58 documentation for that brand. The zones infrastructure detects any attempt to
  59 add an unsupported device and issues a warning to the administrator. If the
  60 administrator chooses to add an unsupported device despite that warning, that
  61 device might or might not work as expected. The configuration will be untested
  62 and unsupported.
  63 .SH ATTRIBUTES
  64 .sp
  65 .LP
  66 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for a description of the following attributes:
  67 .sp
  68 
  69 .sp
  70 .TS
  71 box;
  72 c | c
  73 l | l .
  74 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
  75 _
  76 Interface Stability     Evolving
  77 .TE
  78 
  79 .SH SEE ALSO
  80 .sp
  81 .LP
  82 \fBmdb\fR(1), \fBzlogin\fR(1), \fBzonename\fR(1), \fBdtrace\fR(1M),
  83 \fBin.rlogind\fR(1M), \fBsshd\fR(1M), \fBzoneadm\fR(1M), \fBzonecfg\fR(1M),
  84 \fBkill\fR(2), \fBpriocntl\fR(2), \fBgetzoneid\fR(3C), \fBucred_get\fR(3C),
  85 \fBgetzoneid\fR(3C), \fBproc\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBlx\fR(5),
  86 \fBprivileges\fR(5), \fBzones\fR(5), \fBcrgetzoneid\fR(9F)