Purpose of the Work Sheets

The work sheets in this appendix list information that may need to be supplied during the Solaris installation program. There is a work sheet for the initial installation option and the upgrade option.

Uses of the Work Sheets

The work sheets can be used before installing Solaris software, or to record your responses as you install Solaris software. For example, if you're a system administrator of a large site and need to delegate the task of installing Solaris software to less-experienced staff, you can fill out the work sheet in advance; installers will know exactly how you want them to install Solaris software on their system, thus reducing the errors that come from guessing.

Note - If you're using the following work sheet to gather information before installing Solaris software, you can ignore shaded areas if you are installing a system as a standalone, non-networked system.

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Work Sheet for the Initial Installation Option

The following work sheet lists important information you may need to supply when installing Solaris software on a system for the first time.

Information You May Need When Installing Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Host name	Host name of the system. Example: sherlock
Network connectivity	Is the system connected to a network?
Primary network interface	Primary network interface for the system. Example: le0
IP address	Internet protocol address of the system you're installing. Example: 129.221.2.1
Name service	Is the system a client of NIS+ or NIS? Part of another name service? Or is name service not yet established? Example: Other, DCE
Domain name	Domain in which the system resides. Example:chandy.West.Arp.COM
Name server	Specify a name server for the system or have software try to find one?

Information You May Need When Installing Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Name server information	Name server's host name and IP address. Example: toucan, 125.221.2.1
Subnet	Is the system part of a subnet?
Netmask	Netmask of the subnet. Example: 255.255.0.0
Time zone	Default time zone. Can be set by selecting geographic region, hours offset from GMT, or by pointing to a file in /usr/share/zoneinfo directory. Example: US/Mountain
System type	System type: standalone system, server, or dataless client?
Diskless clients	Number of diskless clients the server will support. Example: 5 (default) Number of megabytes of swap space to assign each diskless client. Example: 24 Mbytes (default)
Diskless client architectures	All the kernel architectures for diskless clients that are different from the server's architecture (see Appendix C, "Kernel Architectures).

Information You May Need When Installing Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Dataless clients	Host names and IP addresses of the server(s) where dataless clients will mount their /usr and /usr/kvm file systems. Example: morton, 112.221.2.1, /export/home
Languages	Language(s) to select for displaying the user interface after installing Solaris software. Example: French, Spanish
Software	Which software group to install? · Core · End User System Support · Developer System Support · Entire Distribution · Entire Distribution Plus OEM Support Should the software group be customized? Note: Removing or adding software often creates software dependencies; system administration knowledge is often required to fix dependencies.
Disk(s) to install Solaris software on	Disk(s) for installing Solaris. Example: c0t0d0, c0t3d0, c0t4d1

Information You May Need When Installing Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Auto-layout file systems?	Should file systems be laid out on disks automatically or manually? Note: Manual layout requires advanced system administration skills.
File systems to auto-layout	Which file systems should be used for auto-layout? Example: /, /opt, /var
Preserve existing data?	Should existing data on disk(s) be preserved?
Disk slices to preserve data	Which slices should be preserved? Example: /opt on c0t2d2
File system and disk layout	Accept the layout of file systems as created by auto-layout or manual layout, or customize? Note: Customizing requires advanced system administration skills.
Mount remote file systems?	Mount remote file systems from a server?

Information You May Need When Installing Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Mount remote file systems	Provide remote file system information: · Local mount point · Server's host name · Server's IP address · File system path Example: Server: mitra Server IP address: 129.222.2.2 File system path: /export/home Local mount point: /export
Reboot	Reboot after installing Solaris?
Root password	Create root password. Example: cat6file

Work Sheet for the Upgrade Option

The following work sheet lists the important information you may need to supply when upgrading a system from Solaris 2.1 or later.

Information You May Need When Upgrading Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Host name	Host name of the system Example: sherlock
Network connectivity	Is the system connected to a network?
Primary network interface	Primary network interface for the system. Example: le0
IP address	Internet protocol address of the system you're installing. Example: 129.221.2.1
Name service	Is the system a client of NIS+ or NIS? Part of another name service? Or is name service not yet established? Example: Other, DCE
Domain name	Domain in which the system resides. Example: chandon

Information You May Need When Upgrading Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Name server	Specify a name server for the system or have software try to find one?
Name server information	Name server's host name and IP address. Example: toucan, 125.221.2.1
Subnet	Is the system part of a subnet?
Netmask	Netmask of the subnet. Example: 255.255.0.0
Time zone	Default time zone. Can be set by selecting geographic region, hours offset from GMT, or by pointing to a file in /usr/share/zoneinfo directory. Example: US/Mountain
Installing Solaris - upgrade or initial?	Choose the upgrade or initial option for installing Solaris.
Disks to upgrade	Select a disk to use for upgrading to new version of Solaris. Example: c0d0t0

Information You May Need When Upgrading Solaris	Description/Example	Work Space
Languages	Language(s) to select for displaying the user interface after installing Solaris software. Example: French, Spanish
Customizing software?	Do you want to customize software before starting the upgrade? Note: Removing or adding software often creates software dependencies; system administration knowledge is often required to fix dependencies.