# [OmniOS-discuss] Old OpenSolaris Zones in OmniOS?

Theo Schlossnagle jesus at omniti.com
Tue Aug 7 11:06:33 EDT 2012

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    On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Benjamin Grogg <info at thetube.ch> wrote:
    > Dear List,
    >
    > I run OpenSolaris svn_134 on my Homeserver. My idea is switch to OmniOS.
    > The base installation is on a single physical disk. All data are in a
    > mirrored pool (two other physical disks).
    > I have 7 ipkg zones (Data on the mirrored pool).
    > Now my questions :
    >
    > 1) Can I use (import) my 7 zones under OmniOS or I have create all
    > zones from scratch?

    ipkg does upgrade on import and my guess is that this will be utter
    hell.  I think you're going to have to redo them.

    > 2) I run VirtualBox in a Zone. Anyone try this under OmniOS? (If it's
    > possible to run KVM on a AMD-V I would switch)

    Virtualbox in a zone works fine.  You'll likely have a better overall
    experience with KVM on Intel. AMD-V is not currently supported on
    illumos-kvm.

    --
    Theo Schlossnagle

    http://omniti.com/is/theo-schlossnagle

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