NAME

install_scripts, add_install_client, rm_install_client, setup_install_server, check - scripts used to install the Solaris software

SYNOPSIS

cdrom-mnt-pt/add_install_client [ -i IP_address ] [ -e Ethernet_address ]

     [ -s server_name: path] [ -c server_name: path]
     [ -n [server]:name_service [(netmask)]] host_name platform_name
cdrom-mnt-pt/rm_install_client host_name
cdrom-mnt-pt/setup_install_server [ -b ] install_dir_path
cdrom-mnt-pt/check [ -p ] [ -r rulesfile ] install_dir_path

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcdrom (Solaris CD)

DESCRIPTION

These commands are located on the Solaris CD in the /cdrom/cdrom0/s0 directory. (If the Solaris CD has been copied to a local disk, these scripts will be in the path to that directory.) You can use them for a variety of installation tasks. Specifically,

Use add_install_client and rm_install_client to add or remove clients for network installation.

Use setup_install_server to copy the Solaris CD to a disk or to copy just the boot software of the Solaris CD to a disk (i.e., set up a boot server)

Use check to validate the rules in a rules file (this is only necessary if you are setting up a custom JumpStart installation).

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

add_install_client

-i IP_address

Specify the IP address of the client to be installed.

-e Ethernet_address

Specify the Ethernet address of the system to be installed.

-s server_name:path

This option is required only when using add_install_client from a boot server. Specify the name of the server and the absolute path of the Solaris installation image that will be used for this installation. path is either the path to a mounted Solaris CD or a path to a directory with a copy of the Solaris CD.

-c server_name: path

This option is required only to specify a JumpStart directory for a custom JumpStart installation. server_name is the host name of the server with a JumpStart directory. path is the absolute path to the JumpStart directory.

-n [server]:name_service

This option specifies which name service should be used during system configuration. This sets the 'ns' bootparams(4) keyword. Valid entries are 'nis', 'nisplus', and 'none'. server is the name of the server or IP address of the specified name service. If the server specified is on a different subnet, then the netmask may be needed to enable to client to contact the server. netmask is a series of four

numbers separated by periods, specifying which portion of an IP address is the network part, and which is the host part.

rm_install_client

-b

This option sets up the server only as a boot server.

check

-p install_dir_path

Specifies the absolute path to the Solaris installation image (either the mounted Solaris CD-ROM or a copy of the Solaris CD-ROM on the local disk). Using this option ensures you are using the most recent check program to validate your rules file.

-r rulesfile

Specifies a rules file other than the one named rules. Using this option, you can test the validity of a rule before integrating it into the rules file. check will report whether or not the rule is valid, but it will not create the rules.ok file necessary for a custom JumpStart installation.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

add_install_client

host_name

This is the name of the client that you are going to install.

platform_name

Vendor-defined grouping of hardware platforms for the purpose of distributing specific software. Examples of valid platform names are:

System

Platform Name

x86

i86pc

SPARCstation 1+

sun4c

SPARCstation LX

sun4c

rm_install_client

host_name

This is the name of the client that you are going to remove.

platform_name

Vendor-defined grouping of hardware platforms for the purpose of distributing specific software. (See previous list for valid arguments.)

setup_install_server

install_dir_path

Specify the absolute path of the directory in which you want to copy the Solaris software.

platform_name

Vendor-defined grouping of hardware platforms for the purpose of distributing

EXAMPLES

The following add_install_client commands add clients for network installation from a mounted Solaris CD on an install server.

example# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0
example# ./add_install_client system_1 sun4c
example# ./add_install_client system_2 i86pc

The following add_install_client commands add clients for network installation from a mounted Solaris CD on an install server. The -c option specifies a server and path to a JumpStart directory that has a rules and profile files for performing a custom JumpStart installation.

example# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0
example# ./add_install_client -c install_server:/jumpstart system_1 sun4c
example# ./add_install_client -c install_server:/jumpstart system_2 i86pc

The following rm_install_client commands remove system information about the named clients on the install server.

example# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0
example# ./rm_install_client holmes
example# ./rm_install_client watson

The following setup_install_server command copies the mounted Solaris CD to a directory named /export/install on the local disk. (This requires approximately 200 Mbytes of disk space.)

example# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0
example# ./setup_install_server /export/install

The following setup_install_server command copies the boot software of a mounted Solaris CD to a directory named /boot_dir on system that is going to be a boot server for a subnet. You must enter the command once for each client architecture to be installed on the subnet.

example# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0
example# ./setup_install_server -b
example# ./setup_install_server -b

The following check command validates the syntax of the rules file used for a custom JumpStart installation.

example# cd jumpstart_dir_path
example# ./check -p /cdrom/cdrom0/s0

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0

success

1

an error has occurred.