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Operating Systems Solaris Clone Production Server (Sun v120) Post 302496851 by rbatte1 on Tuesday 15th of February 2011 01:00:59 PM
Old 02-15-2011
So as an AIX lover, you want to create a mksysb image on a NIM server ready to deploy a new client?

I think that Jumpstart is the Solaris term for it. I used to do it, but it's been 10 years and I've forgotten. I think we used to use ufsbackup to tape and then restore, because it was in the days before 100M ethernet even. A quick search of these sorts of terms turned up BigAdmin Feature Article: Using Solaris JumpStart With the Solaris 10 OS for x86/x64 Platforms if that's useful.

An alternate might be (if you have an identical server up and running) with a spare bootable disk (assuming it is c0t0d0 source to c0t1d0 on the target)

Code:
dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2 | rsh $target dd of=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2


You would need to set up remote shell on the receving target server before you run this. If all goes well, you should be able to then:-
  1. mount /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0 /mnt
  2. vi /etc/hosts <---- set new network here!
  3. Set the boot flags, with an eeprom command I think (c'mon, it's been 10 years already!)
  4. init 6 to boot from the new disk. Probably as well to pull the network cables before this point and log on at the console, just to be sure. Smilie
  5. ifconfig -a (or whatever) and check the addresses carefully

Take care with this. You could easily upset the current live server or perhaps overwrite the wrong target disk. High caution is advised!

Because of the risk, no guarantees are included with this post and no acceptance of liability will be accepted for losses to services or consequentially losses to any parties dependant on them.

Apart from that, I hope that this is helpful pointer.


Robin
Liverpool/Blackburn
UK
 

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dhcpmgr(1M)                                               System Administration Commands                                               dhcpmgr(1M)

NAME
dhcpmgr - graphical interface for managing DHCP service SYNOPSIS
/usr/sadm/admin/bin/dhcpmgr DESCRIPTION
dhcpmgr is a graphical user interface which enables you to manage the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) service on the local sys- tem. It performs the functions of the dhcpconfig, dhtadm, and pntadm command line utilities. You must be root to use dhcpmgr. The dhcpmgr Help, available from the Help menu, contains detailed information about using the tool. USAGE
You can perform the following tasks using dhcpmgr: Configure DHCP service Use dhcpmgr to configure the DHCP daemon as a DHCP server, and select the data store to use for storing network configuration tables.. Configure BOOTP relay service Use dhcpmgr to configure the DHCP daemon as a BOOTP relay. Manage DHCP or BOOTP relay service Use dhcpmgr to start, stop, enable, disable or unconfigure the DHCP service or BOOTP relay service, or change DHCP server parameters. Manage DHCP addresses Use dhcpmgr to add, modify, or delete IP addresses leased by the DHCP service. Manage DHCP macros Use dhcpmgr to add, modify or delete macros used to supply configuration parameters to DHCP clients. Manage DHCP options Use dhcpmgr to add, modify or delete options used to define parameters deliverable through DHCP. Convert to a new DHCP data store Use dhcpmgr to configure the DHCP server to use a different data store, and convert the DHCP data to the format used by the new data store. Move DHCP data to another server Use dhcpmgr to export data from one Solaris DHCP server and import data onto another Solaris DHCP server. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion. non-zero An error occurred. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWdhcm | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
dhcpconfig(1M), dhtadm(1M), pntadm(1M), in.dhcpd(1M), dhcpsvc.conf(4), dhcp_network(4), dhcptab(4), attributes(5), dhcp(5), dhcp_modules(5) Solaris DHCP Service Developer's Guide System Administration Guide: IP Services SunOS 5.10 13 Mar 2001 dhcpmgr(1M)
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