Description

This articles describes how to uninstall Solaris based Veritas VRTSperl and VRTSvlic packages from Solaris Local Zone which is in an "unavailable" state.

The following Solaris Local (non-global) Zones are visible to the Solaris Sparc system from the Solaris Global Zone:

# zoneadm list -civ
  ID NAME             STATUS      PATH                         BRAND      IP
   0 global           running     /                            solaris    shared
   - zone1            unavailable /zones/zone1             solaris    excl
   - zone2            unavailable /zones/zone2             solaris    excl
   - zone3            unavailable /zones/zone3             solaris    excl
   - zone4            unavailable /zones/zone4             solaris    excl

The rootpath for the Solaris Local Zone "zone4" is shown below:

# df -k | grep zone4 | grep ROOT
pool4/zone4/rpool/ROOT/BASE    25675776      943651    19827162     5%    /zones/zone4/root
pool4/zone4/rpool/ROOT/BASE/var    25675776      173167    19827162     1%    /zones/zone4/root/var

The Solaris Local Zone cannot be "booted" until it is attached, hence the following error:

# zoneadm -z zone4 boot
zoneadm: zone 'zone4': zone is unavailable; attach suggested.  See zoneadm(8) for other options.

The Solaris Local Zone fails to "attach":
 

# zoneadm -z zone4 attach
Progress being logged to /var/log/zones/zoneadm.20220909T112404Z.zone4.attach
      Zone BE root dataset: pool4/zone4/rpool/ROOT/BASE
Updating non-global zone: Linking to image /.
Updating non-global zone: Auditing packages.
Creating Plan (Solver setup): \
Error: Attach failed. This zone must be attached with the -u or -U option to update or -x attach-matched-zbe to use a ZBE associated with the global zone.
Log saved in non-global zone as /zones/zone4/root/var/log/zones/zoneadm.20220909T112404Z.zone4.attach
zoneadm: zone 'zone4': NOTICE: attach partially succeeded: zone transitioning to unavailable state

The log snippets shows a version mismatch between the Solaris Global and Local (non-global) Zone "zone4"

# cat /var/log/zones/zoneadm.20220909T112404Z.zone4.attach
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pkg sync-linked: Package 'VRTSperl' must be uninstalled or upgraded if the requested operation is to be performed.
  Reject:  pkg://Veritas/VRTSperl@5.30.0.4
  Reason:  Global zone has an older version of package: pkg://Veritas/VRTSperl@5.30.0.0,5.11:20200401T122410Z
Package 'VRTSvlic' must be uninstalled or upgraded if the requested operation is to be performed.
  Reject:  pkg://Veritas/VRTSvlic@4.1.74.4
  Reason:  No version matching 'require' dependency VRTSperl can be installed

The Solaris Global Zone has the following product versions:
 

# pkg list VRTSvlic VRTSperl
NAME (PUBLISHER)                                  VERSION                    IFO
VRTSperl (Veritas)                                5.30.0.0                   i--
VRTSvlic (Veritas)                                4.1.74.4                   i--
 

The Solaris Local Zone "zone4" has the following product versions:

# pkg -R /zones/zone4/root  list | grep -i VRTS
VRTSperl                                          5.30.0.4                   i--
VRTSvlic                                          4.1.74.4                   i--

Due to product version mismatch for the VRTSperl package, the Solaris Local Zone cannot be "attached".

The user has two options: 
 

1.] Upgrade the VRTSperl package to version "5.30.0.4" in the Solaris Global Zone to match the same product version installed inside the Solaris Local Zone.

or

2.] Uninstall the VRTSperl package in the Solaris Local Zone, i.e. "zone4" and reinstall as per the versions in the Solaris Global Zone to avoid conflicting versioning.


Option #2 is shown below:
 

# pkg -R /zones/zone4/root uninstall VRTSvlic
Packages to remove: 1
Services to change: 1

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Removing old actions                         122/122
Updating package state database                 Done
Updating package cache                           1/1
Updating image state                            Done
Creating fast lookup database                   Done
Updating package cache                           2/2

# pkg -R /zones/zone4/root  list | grep -i VRTS
VRTSperl                                          5.30.0.4                   i--

# pkg -R /zones/zone4/root uninstall VRTSperl
Packages to remove: 1
Services to change: 1

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Removing old actions                       3413/3413
Updating package state database                 Done
Updating package cache                           1/1
Updating image state                            Done
Creating fast lookup database                   Done
Updating package cache                           2/2

Now the conflicting VRTSperl package has been installed, the Solaris Local Zone can now be "attached".

# zoneadm -z zone4 attach
Progress being logged to /var/log/zones/zoneadm.20220909T131545Z.zone4.attach
      Zone BE root dataset: pool4/zone4/rpool/ROOT/BASE
Updating non-global zone: Linking to image /.
Updating non-global zone: Auditing packages.
No updates necessary for this image. (zone:zone4)
Updating non-global zone: Zone updated.
Result: Attach Succeeded.

Log saved in non-global zone as /zones/zone4/root/var/log/zones/zoneadm.20220909T131545Z.zone4.attach
 

# zoneadm list -civ
  ID NAME             STATUS      PATH                         BRAND      IP
   0 global           running     /                            solaris    shared
   - zone1            unavailable /zones/zone1             solaris    excl
   - zone2            unavailable /zones/zone2             solaris    excl
   - zone3            unavailable /zones/zone3             solaris    excl
   - zone4            installed   /zones/zone4             solaris    excl
 

Once "attached", the Solaris Local Zone can be "booted":

# zoneadm -z zone4 boot

Once "booted", the Solaris Local Zone will show a "running" state:
 

# zoneadm -z zone4 list -v
  ID NAME             STATUS      PATH                         BRAND      IP
   1 zone4            running     /zones/zone4             solaris    excl

 

# zlogin zone4 "pkg list VRTS*"
pkg list: no packages matching the following patterns are installed:
  VRTS*