Performing a jumpstart installation oracle solaris 10 1. Optional if you want to install additional packages at the same time you install an archive, use the package keyword. Setting up an oracle solaris 11 express system as an oracle solaris 10 jumpstart server. Install any of multiple versions of solaris onto either sparc or x86x64 based clients. With solaris jumpstart software, installation of the solaris os can be automated for machines locally or across the network. Setting up the os image directory i will be using a solaris 10 iso image to setup the os image directory. In a nutshell, jet provides a wrapper around sun s installation technology to greatly simplify the provisioning of solaris 10 and below using jumpstart. Sun microsystems solaris jumpstart technology is used to automate the installation of the solaris operating system and other associated software on multiple nodes of a network. My jumpstart was a solaris 9, running in sun fire v120. Installing a solaris 10 jumpstart server on solaris 11 express. Suns primary reference for jumpstart configuration is the solaris advanced installation. I start to write this note the first time i tried jumpstart. The setup details for this post are as shown in the diagram. Download the solaris companion iso image from the sun freeware site.
If you are using the systems cdrom drive to install the solaris 8 software on the system, insert the cd labeled solaris 8 software 1 of 2 sparc platform edition into that systems cdrom drive. After your frontend is installed with the jumpstart roll, the administrator will need to. The following steps describe how to create an oracle solaris 11 express jumpstart install server to install the oracle solaris 10 os on client systems. In most cases, the problem lies with the package or patch postinstall scripts. Installing solaris using jumpstart technology on an. After getting this information, jumpstart client downloads the minimal kernelminiroot using tftp protocol from the jumpstart server from the tftpboot directory, and. Resources for the oracle solaris jumpstart enterprise toolkit. Use table 211 to ensure that the system on which you intend to install solaris 8 is correctly set up for a custom jumpstart installation table 211 sparc. Solaris jumpstart installation kind of unattended installation used to install solaris os from network on multiple machines at a. Software downloaded for trial use or downloaded as. Custom jumpstart procedure three main components of configuring jumpstart sever are as below. Do you intend to use a profile diskette to perform a custom jumpstart installation. How to install solaris and sun cluster software jumpstart. Installing solaris using custom jumpstart solaris 8.
Connect the target sun host directly to your physical host. Unix package managementrelated software sun microsystems software. Jumpstart was developed by sun microsystems to automate the installation of the solaris. The main jet framework is supplied in a single svr4 package called sunwjet. This method installs both solaris os and sun cluster software on all cluster nodes and establishes the cluster. I am trying to configuring jumpstart configuration. Setting up a system for a custom jumpstart installation.
How to configure a solaris 10 jumpstart server and client. How to install solaris and sun cluster software jumpstart this procedure describes how to set up and use the scinstall1m custom jumpstart installation method. The sun fire x2250 server operating system installation guide provides information for installing solaris, linux, or windows operating systems. Problem in configuring jumpstart installation unix and linux forums.
After installing jet on you sparc or x86 based jumpstart server, you can. First mount the solaris 10 image and then copy the solaris 10 os image into the exportinstall directory. In a nutshell, jet provides a wrapper around suns installation technology to greatly simplify. Using solaris jumpstart with the solaris 10 os for x86x64.
Power on a jumpstart client vm and check os installation. Installing oracle solaris 10 using jumpstart on an oracle. After getting this information, jumpstart client downloads the minimal kernel miniroot using tftp protocol from the jumpstart server from the tftpboot directory, and. Sun s new secure wan boot technology provides mechanisms that enable system administrators to boot and install new or upgrade systems over the internet.
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