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Operating Systems Solaris Change hostID of Solaris 10 virtual/guest machine installed by Virtual Box 4.1.12 on Windows-XP host Post 302632171 by hicksd8 on Sunday 29th of April 2012 11:56:21 AM
Old 04-29-2012
This is how I do it.

First decide what hostid you want to set the system to.

NOTE: THE CODE BELOW ONLY APPLIES TO SOLARIS X86

You need to add lines to the bottom of /etc/rc2.d/S20sysetup (which is executed when the system boots).

This is a copy of the whole file after I've added the lines to the bottom with comments to explain what I'm doing............

THIS IS PROVIDED AS AN EXAMPLE ONLY. INPUT YOUR OWN VALUES FOR HOSTID.

Code:
 
#!/sbin/sh
#
# Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
# Use is subject to license terms.
#
# ident "@(#)sysetup 1.27 06/06/05 SMI"
if [ -z "$_INIT_PREV_LEVEL" ]; then
 set -- `/usr/bin/who -r`
 _INIT_PREV_LEVEL="$9"
fi
[ $_INIT_PREV_LEVEL != S -a $_INIT_PREV_LEVEL != 1 ] && exit 0
# Uncomment this line to print the complete system configuration on startup
#[ -x /usr/sbin/prtconf ] && /usr/sbin/prtconf
# If there are trademark files, print them.
[ -d /etc/tm ] && /usr/bin/cat /etc/tm/* 2>/dev/null
#
# Run rctladm to configure system resource controls based on the settings
# previously saved by rctladm.  See rctladm(1m) for instructions on how to
# modify resource control settings.
#
if [ -f /etc/rctladm.conf ] && [ -x /usr/sbin/rctladm ]; then
 /usr/sbin/rctladm -u
fi
#
# Change hostid to 807a6e94
# Convert to decimal value = 2155507348
# Use HEXADECIMAL to BINARY conversion, HEX to Decimal converter, Hexdecimal convertor for heavy lifting
#
# Convert decimal value to ASCII chars = 32 31 35 35 35 30 37 33 34 38
# Use above web site for this too
#
# Pad ASCII char string to eleven values (if necessary) using zeros
# Result 32 31 35 35 35 30 37 33 34 38 0
# If string is only nine chars pad with "00 0" to make eleven
#
# Set the hostid to 807a6e94 - Let's do it!!
echo "hw_serial/v 32 31 35 35 35 30 37 33 34 38 0" | mdb -kw
# That's it!  Job done!
#

Once you've done the added lines you can test it without rebooting by executing:

Code:
 
/etc/rc2.d/S20sysetup

The hostid should change on the fly (or you should get an error telling you what's wrong. Obviously syntax is critical).

Hope that helps. I've just tested it on Solaris 10 (x86).
Last edited by hicksd8; 04-29-2012 at 02:02 PM..
 

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ppu(5)								File Formats Manual							    ppu(5)

NAME

       ppu - Pay per use software for HP-UX

DESCRIPTION

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