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1. Solaris
Hey guys,
I'm attempting to migrate us to a new box. First problem I had was the change in architecture going from sun4u to sun4v, we have a Sun M5000 and are moving to a Fujitsu M10-4. I figured out how to make the flash archive work between architectures.
Now I appear to be running into an... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kaledragule
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2. Solaris
:)Hi Solaris Specialists,
I need to carry out a disaster recovery backup using Solaris 10 x86 Flash Archive (flarcreate - http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E18752_01/html/821-1912/flashoverview-2.html) on a critical productin server where maintenance downtime is reduced to a minimal. Only 2 filesystems... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: gjackson123
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3. Solaris
Dear friends,
I have the DVD image of solaris 10 but I don't have DVD writer to burn it onto a dvd R. I was wondering if I could install Solaris from my 4gb usb flash drive as my PC supports booting from usb. I have installed Windows 7 this way recently, I have no idea about Solaris. Could you... (2 Replies)
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4. Solaris
I'm writing a design doc and I got this feedback.
"Apparently flash archives have issues with VXVM root F/S's - May also impact licensing for “kick” systems. SVM may be more sensible / flexible option"
The VxVM will be use global zones. i intend on using flash archives of solaris 8/9... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: frustin
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Where can I find instructions for doing this? I am running Win XP and would like to be able to run solaris 10 from my flash drive.
Thanks,
Carrie (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Carrie Heiser
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6. Solaris
I want take a flash backup by flar command for specific files like:
/ , /boot, /tmp
I am trying this command but its not working
# flar -n archive1 -f /,/boot,/tmp -F -c /home/arc1.flar
Please can any body help me __.____._ (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kmuqalled
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7. Solaris
Hello everyone I am Kevin and new to this forum.
I have encounter an issue I can't seem to resolve. I am currently using Solaris 8 02/04 on Sun V240 servers. I know how to create a flar image of the server and restore it using NFS (network server) or Local Tape (tape drive). What I need to do... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kevin1166
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8. Solaris
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-5779/6n7rcfdn1?a=view
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To Create a Reboot Script
This script is kept in the archive and runs after the system is rebooted. The script does any final configuration after system reconfiguration.
After you... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: kungpow
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9. Solaris
I am trying to use a flash image to install a v890.
I have the image on another box.
I am trying to use ftp to pull down the image.
But, when i go though the install, choose flash, enter the ftp info, it can not ever connect to the server.
I've never had this trouble before.
There are 4... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: BG_JrAdmin
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root_archive(1M) System Administration Commands root_archive(1M)
NAME
root_archive - manage bootable miniroot archives
SYNOPSIS
/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive pack archive root
/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpack archive root
/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive packmedia solaris_image root
/boot/solaris/bin/root_archive unpackmedia solaris_image root
DESCRIPTION
The root_archive utility is used to manage bootable miniroot archives and is currently only available on x86 platforms. The utility can
pack and unpack boot/root archives in both ufs and hsfs (iso9660) format. It will always generate ufs archives.
root_archive also uses the lofi file driver to export a file as a block device (see lofi(7D)) and mount to mount or unmount file systems
and remote resources (see mount(1M)). root_archive requires the same privileges that are needed to run these commands.
SUBCOMMANDS
The root_archive command has the following subcommands:
pack archive root Pack from the image found under the root directory to the archive.
unpack archive root
Unpack from the archive to an unpacked image under the root directory.
packmedia solaris_image root
Pack the solaris image to the root directory.
unpackmedia solaris_image root
Unpack the solaris image from the root directory.
For packmedia and unpackmedia, other items that do not go into the ramdisk image are copied or uncopied (see cpio(1)) as well. Specifi-
cally, this includes all the packaging databases needed for pkgadd and the other packaging utilities to succeed which are not used in the
running and hence pruned to conserve memory.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Unpacking the Solaris x86 install image
The following command unpacks the current Solaris image from the root directory:
# root_archive unpackmedia
/export/nv/solarisdvd.nvx_dvd/latest /export/Boot
Where /export/nv/solarisdvd.nvx_dvd/latest represents a path to a Solaris x86 install image and /export/Boot is a directory that will be
purged or created, as necessary.
Example 2 Packing the Solaris x86 install image
The following command packs the current Solaris image to the root directory:
# root_archive packmedia
/export/nv/solarisdvd.nvx_dvd/latest /export/Boot
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 The command completed successfully.
1 The command exited due to an error.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Stable |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cpio(1), bootadm(1M), mount(1M), attributes(5), lofi(7D)
SunOS 5.11 26 Sep 2005 root_archive(1M)
