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Operating Systems Solaris Re-installing Solaris Post 302441846 by tawnos42 on Monday 2nd of August 2010 03:13:03 PM
Old 08-02-2010
I can get to the 'lom' and 'ok' prompt remotely (again, via the intermediary of a serial->ethernet device attached to the lom port). I'm not sure if this helps, but I think it was the original idea our UNIX guy had for remotely reinstalling.

My assumption is that the liveUpgrade process was not viable (not my project originally and I'm just going by what others say). I've put in a query to people who are rarely available to see if there is something preventing us from using an upgrade. If its just something they didn't consider, what resources do i need that might not be available? The machine has an internet connection through NAT if thats what I need. I've still got some problem with name resolution: after changing the nameserver in resolv.conf, I can resolve names properly with nslookup but the names do not resolve properly if I try to ping. Otherwise, the connection seems to work fine (I can ping e.g. google by IP after looking it up with nslookup).

Assuming an upgrade isn't viable, I'll probably try the liveUSB method. Do I specifically need fedora to prep the USB drive or can I just use the Ubuntu virtual machine I already have?
 

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rpc.nisd_resolv(1M)					  System Administration Commands				       rpc.nisd_resolv(1M)

NAME
rpc.nisd_resolv, nisd_resolv - NIS+ service daemon SYNOPSIS
rpc.nisd_resolv [-v | -V] [ -F [-C fd]] [-t xx] [-p yy] DESCRIPTION
rpc.nisd_resolv is an auxiliary process which provides DNS forwarding service for NIS hosts requests to both ypserv and rpc.nisd that are running in the NIS compatibility mode. It is generally started by invoking rpc.nisd(1M) with the -B option or ypserv(1M) with the -d option. Although it is not recommended, rpc.nisd_resolv can also be started independently with the following options. This command requires that the /etc/resolv.conf file be setup for communication with a DNS nameserver. The nslookup utility can be used to verify communication with a DNS nameserver. See resolv.conf(4) and nslookup(1M). OPTIONS
-F Run in foreground. -C fd Use fd for service xprt (from nisd). -v Verbose. Send output to the syslog daemon. -V Verbose. Send output to stdout. -t xx Use transport xx. -p yy Use transient program# yy. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWnisu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
nslookup(1M), rpc.nisd(1M), resolv.conf(4), attributes(5) NOTES
NIS+ might not be supported in future releases of the SolarisTM Operating Environment. Tools to aid the migration from NIS+ to LDAP are available in the Solaris 9 operating environment. For more information, visit http://www.sun.com/directory/nisplus/transition.html. SunOS 5.10 12 Dec 2001 rpc.nisd_resolv(1M)
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