These commands are located on slice 0 of the Solaris Software and Solaris Installer CDs. If the Solaris CD has been copied to a local disk, cdrom_mnt_pt is the path to the copied Solaris CD. They can be used for a variety of installation tasks.

The XX in Solaris_XX is the version number of the Solaris release being used.

There are three versions of the add_install_client command. See SYNOPSIS.

Use the following version of the add_install_client command to add clients for network installation (these commands update the bootparams(4) file). The add_install_client command must be run from the install server's Solaris installation image (a mounted Solaris CD or a Solaris CD copied to disk) or the boot server's boot directory (if a boot server is required). The Solaris installation image or the boot directory must be the same Solaris release that you want installed on the client.

cdrom-mnt-pt/Solaris_XX/Tools/add_install_client [-i IP_address] [-e Ethernet_address] [ -s server_name : path] [ -c server_name : path] [ -n [server ] : name_service [ ( netmask] ] [ -p server_name : path] host_name platform_group

Use the following version of the add_install_client command to add support for instances of a platform within a platform group to the install server. This group will be booted and configured using DHCP. The script will perform the necessary configuration steps on the server, and prints the data that the user needs to add to the DHCP server for the group.

cdrom-mnt-pt/Solaris_XX/Tools/add_install_client -d [-s server:path] [-c server:path] [-p server:path] [-t install boot image path] [-f boot file name] platform_name platform_group

Use the following version of the add_install_client command to add a single client to the install server. This client will be booted and configured using DHCP. The script will perform the necessary configuration steps on the server, and will print the data that the user needs to add to the DHCP server for the client. The -f flag used above needs to be added to the existing usage as well. -f allows the user to specify a boot file name to be used for a given client.

cdrom-mnt-pt/Solaris_XX/Tools/add_install_client -d [-s server_name:path] [-c server_name:path] [-p server_name:path] [-t install_boot_image_path] [-f boot_file_name] -e Ethernet_address platform_group

Use add_to_install_server to merge other Solaris CDs with an existing image on a Net Install Server. Each CD that can be merged (currently OS CD 2, and the Language CD) has its own add_to_install_server script. Do not use add_to_install_server scripts with CDs other than the ones with which they were delivered.

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

Use modify_install_server to replace an existing net install server's miniroot with a Solaris Installation CD's miniroot. This will change the net install server's install time user interface over to the Solaris Installation CD's Web Start user interface.

An existing install image (created using setup_install_server) must exist prior to using the modify_install_server command.

Use rm_install_client to remove clients for network installation (these commands update the bootparams(4) file).

Use setup_install_server to copy the Solaris CD to a disk (to set up an install server) or to copy just the boot software of the Solaris CD to a disk (to set up a boot server). An install server is required to install clients over the network. A boot server is also required for network installations if the install server and clients to be installed are on different subnets (the boot server must be located on the client's subnet).

The add_install_client supports the following options:

-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.

-d

Specify as a DHCP client.

-e Ethernet_address

Specify the Ethernet address of the system to be installed.

-f

Specify the boot_file_name of the client to be installed.

-i IP_address

Specify the IP address of the client to be installed.

-n [server]:name_service[(netmask)]

This option specifies which name service should be used during system configuration. This sets the ns keyword in the bootparams(4) file.

name_service

Valid entries are nis, nisplus, and none.

netmask

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.

server

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 the client to contact the server.

-p server_name:path

This option is the location of the user-defined sysidcfg file for pre-configuring system or network information. server_name is either a valid host name or IP address. path is the absolute path to the Jumpstart directory.

-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.

The add_to_install_server command supports the following options:

-p

Specifies the location of the CD (containing the supplemental products) to be copied.

-s

Allows users to select from a list only the products needing installation.

The check command supports the following options:

-p install_dir_path

Validates the rules file by using the check script from a specified Solaris installation image, instead of the check script from the system you are using. install_dir_path is the path to a Solaris installation image on a local disk or a mounted Solaris CD.

Use this option to run the most recent version of check if your system is running a previous version of Solaris.

-r rulesfile

Specifies a rules file other than the one named rules. Using this option, the validity of a rule can be tested 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.

The modify_install_server command supports the following options:

-p

This option preserves the existing images miniroot in install_dir_path/Solaris_XX/Tools/Boot.orig.

The setup_install_servercommand supports the following options:

-b

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

-t

This option allows an alternate miniroot to be specified.

The add_install_client command supports the following options:

host_name

This is the name of the client to be installed.

platform_group

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

System	Platform Group
IA	i86pc
SPARCstation 1+	sun4c
SPARCstation 5	sun4m

Use the uname(1) command (with the -m option) to determine a system's platform group.

platform_name

Use the uname(1) command (with the -i option) to determine a system's platform name.

The following example shows the use of the uname command to determine the system platform name for an Ultra 1:

uname -i

The system responds with:

SUNW,Ultra-1

Therefore, the system's platform name is SUNW,Ultra1.

The following command calls add_install_client for Ultra 1s:

add_install_client -d SUNW,Ultra-1 sun4u

For IA32 platforms, the platform name is always SUNW.i86pc.

The following command calls add_install_client for IA32 platforms:

add_install_client -d SUNW.i86pc i86pc

The rm_install_client command supports the following operands:

host_name

This is the name of the client to be removed.

The setup_install_server command supports the following options:

install_dir_path

The absolute path of the directory in which the Solaris software is to be copied. The directory must be empty.

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

1

An error has occurred.

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

uname(1), bootparams(4), attributes(5)

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