Setting up a Jumpstart Server 1

[comtec17]

Can anyone provide me with the easiest way to setup a JumpStart Server?

 

[tuka]

Go to Google and search for solaris jumpstart setup.

Also sunsolve (

http://www.sunsolve.com)

has a lot of articles.

 

[comtec17]

Tuka,
Thanks for the reply. I have gone through google, sunsolve, and bigadmin. I am looking for someone who might have a cheat sheet or a quick and easy guide.

Thanks

 

[comtec17]

Found a good document on this site -->

http://www.amorin.org/professional/jumpstart.php

 

[crimso]

it gets complicated but i'll give you something to go on. you need the os sftwr in an exported directory on machine1 and you use setup_install_server to do this. you need a machine2 that is the boot server. they can be and often are the same host. the bootserver needs the command add_install_client ran on it to configure the /etc/bootparams file with the necessary boot info for the requesting client. syntax is: "add_install_client -c machine1:/config-dir -s machine2:/install-dir -i ipaddr clienthostname arch". config-dir is where the profiles and rules file lives. install-dir is where setup_install_server put the cd 'image'. ipaddr and clienthostname are obvious and arch is the architechture of the client (uname -m). the rule file syntax on machine1 in /config-dir is: "hostname clienthostname - disk_profile -". the last dash in the previous line is reserved for finish scripts that will execute upon install completion. i've wrote scripts to modify the vfstab, root passwd, etc. there's a script on the solaris cd's called set_root_pw or similar that you can modify to do some of the other things i mentioned. the disk_profile in the same directory has the syntax:

install_type initial_install
system_type standalone
partitioning explicit
filesys c0t3d0s0 auto /
filesys c0t3d0s1 100 swap
filesys c0t3d0s5 auto /opt
filesys c0t3d0s6 auto /usr
filesys c0t3d0s4 free /stuff
locale C
cluster SUNWCall add

the above is an example only. also make sure in the prom that "disk net" is set so it will look to the network at some point. can't remember if the ethers file is necessary. after creating profiles you have to run check in the same directory. this validates the profiles and rules file and creates a rules.ok file. you can find all of these commands and doc on the sftwr cd's. go to $cdromdir/Solaris_x.x and snoop in the Misc and Tools dirs. there are the commands i mentioned and loads of examples. this should get you a 'jumpstart'. good luck and have fun. joe.

 

[crimso]

forgot: if i recall correctly the /tftpboot directory and subsequent files happen automatically when you issue add_install_client.