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Operating Systems Solaris AI server corporate nightmare Post 302892697 by maverick72 on Friday 14th of March 2014 06:29:44 AM

03-14-2014

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AI server corporate nightmare

Hello Ex-Sun fellows,

i've been tasked to install a bran spanking new AI Solaris 11.1 server for our Oracle park.

With the documentation this is what's running and what's working.

T5120 2 oracle VM's (one ldom on each disk)
One with a Solaris 11.1 repo, AI server.
One for testing (mainly jumpstarting the ldom)

- T5120 one VM with mirror disks
One Solaris 11.1 (testing jumpstart with mirror disks)

I'm able to install Solaris 11.1 on either the oracle VM (first T5120) or directly on the metal of the T5120 (mirror disk, blablabla)

My question is regarding installadm.... how to you guys manage it? I mean i have 2 servers right now with only one type of hardware and only one build of solaris 11.1 but i can't imagine going into production with a 50 pages long installadm -c -p -m.

Code:

root@server001a:~# installadm list -c -p -m

Service Name        Client Address     Arch   Image Path
------------        --------------     ----   ----------
default_service 00:14:4F:F9:53:65  sparc  /export/auto_install/default_service
                    00:21:28:18:0B:FA  sparc  /export/auto_install/default_service


Service/Manifest Name    Status   Criteria
---------------------    ------   --------
default_service
   onedisk_manifest           mac  = 00:14:4F:F9:53:65
   default_manifest  Default  None


Service/Profile Name  Criteria
--------------------  --------
default_service
   server1_profile    mac = 00:21:28:18:0B:FA
   server2_profile   mac = 00:14:4F:F9:53:65

Default service manifest covers:

Disk, Datasets, Locale, Publishers, Build

Default profile manifest covers:

Accounts, Network, Timezone, Env, Identity, DNS

Seems like everytime i'll pull off another build i'll have to redo everything again (service/manifest/profile/client). Everytime i'll bring another hardware.. same thing. Our Oracle park is only 120 servers but with metal, vm's AND zones it will be a nightmare to manage.

There must be a simpler way... how do you guys pull it off with a big park?

Maybe i should write a build script (or web service) that customizes the manifests and does everything automaticly ... i don't know.

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcdrom  (Solaris instal-  |
       |			     |lation media)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

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