Solaris

Hi all

Okay, I know how to make flash archives, and I even know how to split them and extract files. But, Ive never used one to restore an OS drive and I might have to.

Ive search around google, and seen different ideas / ways, but havent really come to a definate answer. So, lets imagine Ive got a complete flash archive of my root drive. The root drive fails, and I need to restore the flash.

How do I do that ? Ive read that we pop in the dvd, boot up the system in mini root and during the installation process it asks you if you want to install via a flash archive and gives you options, nfs, local, tape, etc etc.

If my flash archive lives on another server, do I have to nfs share this out, then put this share / server name into the install question ? if so, what is the format ? When you tick the NFS option, does it open up another box asking for the server /mount name ? or does it search the network for nfs mounts ?

Being honest, the last build I did, via cd, was a solaris 2.6 server years ago :-) I recently did a few x86 builds of solaris 10. So, my buid knowlegde is rusty :-)

So, any how too's, tips, advice would be grateful.

SBK

You specify the installation media as this:

Code:

server:/path/to/shared_directory

You'll then be asked to choose the flash archive to use.

Thanks for the reply. Do you use the hostname or the ip address ?? How does the install know about default routers / ip address / netmasks etc etc ?? Or do the previous install steps ask these questions, so the server is aware of the network etc etc ?

Also, just got an email telling me Ive got an infraction due to no code tags ! Amazing. What are code tags ?

SBK

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yes.
When you post some code or computer output, you select it and click on the sharp (#) icon. It will be displayed in a much readable way. I just used code tags in my previous posting to display "server:/path/to/shared_directory"