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Operating Systems Solaris Upgrading To Larger Disk? Post 79009 by cstovall on Sunday 24th of July 2005 09:12:14 PM

07-24-2005

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Upgrading To Larger Disk?

I have just been assigned the task of upgrading to a larger disk on a e250; however, I am use to working on Linux and x86 hardware. I would be very appreciative if someone could inform me on how this procedure can be done safely.

To begin with, the e250 has a 18 Gig primary scsi disk and a 18 Gig secondary scsi disk . One partition on the primary disk is being striped using soltice disksuite. I'm guessing that I need to copy the the striped partiton data to a server with free space, then break the striped partiton. The new disk is 72 Gigs and I want a new partition scheme on it. Once I have moved the OS from the old 18 gig disk to the new 72 Gig disk. I have to mirror the new 72 Gig disk with a secondary 72 Gig disk. I have read documentation saying the disk to disk copy using ufsdump could be done in multi-user mode, but there are numerous NFS mounts from other servers. I have read of another method using ufsdump and booting from an installation cd into single-user mode. At this point, I am confused. How can I migrate to the larger disk with a new partition scheme? I can't afford to mess this up.

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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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