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Operating Systems Solaris Ufsdump and migration Post 302993652 by rbatte1 on Monday 13th of March 2017 08:04:45 AM
Old 03-13-2017
When it comes to cloning / DR / bare metal type activities, I always suggest Linux, AIX and Solaris Backup and System Recovery Software as a good place to start. Costs depend on your setup, but you can have a play with the demo to see how you like the tools. It allows for network and disk layout changes in the restore step so you can correct poor practice (e.g. one huge root filesystem) and clone, safe in the knowledge that you can avoid IP conflicts the first time it boots. You can clone to & from physical or virtual servers as required. You can choose to include the application & data or not, but if you rely on a 3rd party backup tool for these, make sure it is part of the root volume group you clone.

It should also cope with hardware architecture changes, but I haven't tested that part of it for Solaris because I didn't have dissimilar hardware available to try it on.

Other commercial providers include Cristie Software which can do a whole server (including data) in one go, but in my experience is not quite as flexible.

There too and free tools too. Consider clone cd linux free download - SourceForge and Awesome Open Source Cloning Software too.


I hope that this helps,
Robin
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install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

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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. 23 Sep 2005 install-solaris(1M)
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