| States of non-global Zone | Description | Applicable commands | |
| Configured | The Zone's configuration is complete and committed to stable storage. But elements at environment that must be specified after initial boot are not yet present. | zonecfg -z zone_name verify zonecfg -z zone_name commit zonecfg -z zone_name delete zoneadm -z zone_name attach zoneadm -z zone_name verify zoneadm -z zone_name install zoneadm -z zone_name clone |
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| Incomplete | State during installation or uninstallation process. | zoneadm -z zone_name uninstall | |
| Installed | The zone's configuration is installed on system. Packages are installed under zone's root path. Zone has no associated virtual platform. | zoneadm -z zone_name ready zoneadm -z zone_name boot zoneadm -z zone_name uninstall zoneadm -z zone_name move path zoneadm -z zone_name detach | |
| Ready | The virtual platform is established. The kernel creates "zsched" process, network interface is ready, file systems are mounted and devices configured. Zone has unique ID. But processes are not started. | zoneadm -z zone_name boot zoneadm halt |
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| Running | Processes are running | zlogin zone_name zoneadm -z zone_name reboot zoneadm -z zone_name halt |
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| Shutting down and Down | Transitional state while zone is being halted | NA |