Abstract

What is Jumpstart

Reasons to Automate

·Allows unattended installation

·Replication - same systems across the enterprise

All Solaris base installations require some basic configuration.With Jumpstart, Sun has enabled the system administrator to avoid repetitive tasks associated with bringing a sun system online.
 
 

Prerequisites

·A Jumpstart configuration server that defines rules and profiles.
 
 
 
 
 

Needed Services	Use
NFS (mountd nfsd)	Sharing Solaris OS Image Files
Rarp	IP address discovery
Bootp	Host and location of shared file systems
Rpld	Serves X86 initial boot net kernel
Tftp	Serves Solaris initial boot net kernel

 
 

Overview

1.Client sends a RARP for its IP address

2.The Boot Server responds via RARPD (in.rarpd) with the IP address in /etc/ethers or the ethers NIS/NIS+ map depending on the ethers setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf

3.The client sends a tftp request for a bootimage

4.The server starts in.tftp from inetd and sends the small net kernel image

5.The client then sends out a bootp request 

6.The server responds with the clients entry from /etc/bootparams

7.The client NFS mount it?s root partition from the install server

8.The client then mounts the configuration server (/jumpstart) and runs ?sysidtool?.

9.It then mounts the install image and runs Suninstall to begin the install process.

Boot Server

Server Files:

/etc/ethersContains entry for install clients ethernet address
 

8:0:20:ab:cd:ef client_name

 
 

/etc/bootparamsContains NFS share parameters for installation & configuration
 

client_nameroot=boot_svr:/export/install/Solaris_2.6/Tools/Boot\ install=boot_svr:/export/install boottype=:in\ sysid_config=boot_svr:/jumpstart\  install_config=boot_svr:/jumpstart rootopts=:rsize=32768

 
 

/tftpbootHouses the small net kernel used for bootstrapping
 

C0A8000B C0A8000B.SUN4U inetboot.SUN4U.Solaris_8-1 rm.192.168.0.11 tftpboot

/rpldbootUsed in x86 installs (tftp equivalent)
 

192.168.0.12.glue.com 192.168.0.12.hw.com 192.168.0.12.inetboot gluecode.com inetboot.I86PC.Solaris_2.7-1 rm.192.168.0.12 smc.com

Design

Install Server

Configuration Server

Example:
 

# profile keywords        profile values # -----------------       ----------------- # This profile keyword is required in every profile install_type            initial_install   system_type             standalone partitioning            default filesys                 any 60 swap filesys                 s_ref:/usr/share/man - /usr/share/man ro filesys                 s_ref:/usr/openwin/share/man -                          /usr/openwin/share/man ro,quota   cluster                 SUNWCprog package                 SUNWman delete package                 SUNWolman delete package                 SUNWxwman delete package                 SUNWoldem add package                 SUNWxwdem add package                 SUNWoldim add packageSUNWxwdim add

 
 

Example:
 

profile keywords	# profile values
install_type  system_type partitioning  cluster  cluster  package  filesys  filesys	initial_install  standalone  default  SUNWCuser  SUNWCxgl delete  SUNWaudmo add  any 40 swap  any 50 /opt

Derived Profiles

Note:If a begin script is used to create a derived profile, make sure there are no errors in it. A derived profile is not verified by the check script because it is not created until the execution of the begin script.
 
 

Example:
 

#!/bin/sh echo "install_type        initial_install"    > ${SI_PROFILE} echo "system_type         standalone"        >> ${SI_PROFILE} echo "partitioning        default"           >> ${SI_PROFILE} echo "cluster             SUNWCprog"         >> ${SI_PROFILE} echo "package       SUNWman     delete"      >> ${SI_PROFILE} echo "package       SUNWolman   delete"      >> ${SI_PROFILE} echo "package       SUNWxwman   delete"      >> ${SI_PROFILE}

Verify Profile
 
 

After you create a profile, use the pfinstall command to test the profile before you actually use it to install or upgrade a system. Testing a profile is especially useful when you are creating upgrade profiles that reallocate disk space.Profiles should only be tested on systems with the same architecture (i386 or sparc) as the Jumpstart clients to ensure accurate results.
 
 
 

# prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/device_name > disk_config # /usr/sbin/install.d/pfinstall disk_configuration [-c path] profile

 
 

Rules File

matches a system with a sun4c platform name to the basic_prof profile, which the Solaris installation program would use to install the system.
 
 
 
 
 

During a custom Jumpstart installation, the Solaris installation program attempts to match the rules in the rules.ok file in order: first rule through the last rule. A rule match occurs when the system being installed matches any of the values in the rule (as defined in Appendix A). As soon as a system matches a rule, the Solaris installation program stops reading the rules.ok file and begins to install the system as defined by the matched rule's profile.This allows a fine grain control over different configuration clusters (Figure 3).

 

#### [!]keyword value [&& [!]keyword value] ... begin  profile  finish # #              any -   -   any_machine  -               ^  ^   ^       ^        ^               |  |   |       |        |               |  |   |       |        -------------- Finish script               |  |   |       --------------- Profile               |  |   -------------- Begin script               |  ----------- Rule Value (specific system attribute)               ----- Rule keyword (general system attributes)

Example:
 

# The following rule matches one system:  hostname host1 - host1_class set_root_pw  # The following rule matches all x86:  arch i386 x86-begin x86-class -  # The following rule matches any system:  any - - any_machine -  karch i86pc - basic_prof -

Validating the rules file

Before the profile server is able to function the jumpstart share must have a rules.ok file.The check script validates the rules file and creates the rules.ok file.

 

Usage:check[-r<rules filename>][-p<Solaris 2.x CD image path>]

Sysidtool Suite

When you boot Solaris, a set of programs called sysidtool configures your system, prompting for information needed such as the client?s host name and IP address, the local date and time, the time zone and the netmask. NIS or NIS+ can provide this information, otherwise you have to enter it manually before JumpStart can install the OS and packages. It is also possible to create a sysidcfg file, which must be on either local media or a nfs exported filesystem.
 
 

The sysidcfg file is a file where, starting with Solaris 2.6, all the configuration information required during an OS installation can be specified.A change needed to be made to the sysidcfg provided as part of the Jumpstart package in order for the process to work on your local network.
 
 

Default values needed

·date & time

·time zone

·site netmask

·language options
 
 

Sysidcfg Example:
 

System_locale=en_US  name_service=NONE  network_interface=primary {protocol_ipv6=no netmask=255.255.255.0}  security_policy=NONE  root_password=XXXXXXXXX  system_locale=C  timezone=US/Eastern  timeserver=localhost  terminal=sun-cmd

Note: To use "name_service=NONE" with Solaris 2.6 you will need to load patch 106193-03 or greater.Also to use network_interface=primary on Solaris 2.6, you need patch 106193-0 or greater. Solaris 7 and Solaris 8 do not need any patches

Pre Solaris 2.6 did not support sysifcfg option.NIS/NIS+ can be used to supply systeminformation
 
 

NIS/NIS+ name service

*/etc/hosts

*/etc/timezone

*/etc/netmasks

*/etc/locale

Jumpstart Diskettes

The installation utility will look to the floppy drive for all configuration information.

Directory listing
 

drwxr-xr-x   4 root     other        512 Jan 16 12:58 .  drwxr-xr-x  47 root     root        1024 Jan 16 13:10 ..  -rw-r--r--   1 root     other        182 Jan 16 08:22 any_machine  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     other      30029 Jan 15 13:34 check  -rw-r--r--   1 root     other       4742 Jan 15 13:34 rules  -rw-r--r--   1 root     other         54 Jan 16 08:22 rules.ok  -rw-r--r--   1 root     other        188 Jan 15 13:36 sysidcfg

x86

The x86 Solaris installation cannot be totally automated.The default for installation media is local CD-ROM, you must choose network install at the intro screen.

Openwindows

#kdmconfig -c -s

Take the additions to the /etc/bootparms file and append them to your bootparms entry on the boot server
 
 

These values can also be found in

/etc/openwin/server/etc/owconfig

/etc/defaultkb

Post Install

Begin/Finish Scripts

Begin/Finish details

·The Solaris installation program mounts the system's file systems onto /a. The file systems remain mounted on /a until the system reboots. Therefore, you can use the finish script to add, change, or remove files from the newly installed file system hierarchy by modifying the file systems respective to /a.

·Output from the finish script goes to /var/sadm/finish.log.

·Finish scripts should be owned by root and have permissions equal to 644.
 
 

Configuration

Steps

1.Create install server(s).

2.Create a profile server

3.Create profiles

4.Create begin and finish scripts

5.Create and check rules file

Client

6.Add Client(s)

7.Boot Client(s)

Server Setup
 
 

1.The first step copies the Solaris CD to the disk.You will need around 450Mb of free space in this directory.
 
 

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_2.6/Tools

# ./setup_install_server /export/Solaris_2.6

Verifying target directory...

Calculating the required disk space for the Solaris_2.6 product

Copying the CD image to disk...

Install Server setup complete

#
 
 

Note: for Solaris 8 if you would like to include CD 2 (Supplemental), insert CD 2 and run

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_8/Tools

#./add_to_install_server /export/Solaris_2.6
 
 
 
 

2.Creating a Profile server

#cp -r /cdrom/cdrom0/s2/Solaris_2.6/Misc/jumpstart_sample/*/jumpstart

#share -F nfs -o ro,anon=0 /jumpstart

#shareall
 
 

3.Create profiles (Reference Profiles)

Copy profile into /jumpstart directory
 
 

4.Create begin and finish scripts (Reference begin/finish scripts)

Copy scripts into /jumpstart directory
 
 

5.Create and check rules file (Reference Rules)

#cd /jumpstart

#./check

Validating rules...

Validating profile any_machine...

The custom JumpStart configuration is ok.
 
 

# cat rules.ok

any --any_machine-
 
 
 
 
 
 

6.Adding the Install Client

#vi /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1localhost

127.0.0.2129.151.29.1boot_svrloghost

127.0.0.3129.151.29.10client_name
 
 
 
 
 

#./add_install_client -e <CLIENT_ETHERNET_ADDRESS>                       -s <INSTALL_SERVER>:<OS_IMAGE_DIRECTORY                                      -c <CONFIG_SERVER>:<CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY>                                      -p <CONFIG_SERVER>:<PATH_TO_SYSIDCFG_FILE>                                      -n [SERVER]:name_service[netmask]                                           (The brackets "[]" are needed!!!)                       CLIENT_NAME  ARCHITECTURE

Add the client information to the server
 
 

# cd /jumpstart/Solaris_2.6/Tools

# ./add_install_client\

-e 8:0:20:7a:22:7e \

-t/jumpstart/Solaris_2.6/Tools/Boot \

-p server.rainmonkey.org:/jumpstart \

-c server.rainmonkey.org:/jumpstart \

-s server.rainmonkey.org:/export/Solaris_2.6 \

client.rainmonkey.org \

sun4u
 
 

Note: There must be an entry in the /etc/hosts for client.rainmonkey.org and server.rainmonkey.org
 
 
 
 

Client
 
 

Booting the Jumpstart Client
 
 

At the OpenBoot prompt enter
 
 

Upgrade: 

#reboot "net - install"
 
 

ok> boot net - install
Resetting ...
SPARCstation 20 MP (2 X SuperSPARC-II), No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.25, 64 MB memory installed, Serial #8004222.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:7a:22:7e, Host ID: 727a227e.
Initializing Memory |
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/ledma@f,400010/le@f,c00000 File and args: -
hostname: client.rainmonkey.org
domainname: rainmonkey.org
root server: server
root directory: /solaris_2.6/export/exec/kvm/sparc.sun
|
Copyright (c) 1983-1994, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
|
/
-
The system is coming up. Please wait.
 
 

Note: New machines will net boot at power on
 

Common Problems (docs.sun.com)

Q1:How do I configure my Boot server if it is a NIS client and I wish to

use sysidcfg file for my Jumpstart setup?
 
 

A1:To achieve that, we need to change /etc/nsswitch.conf to ensure that the

Server searches for local files first before using NIS. i.e. change hosts, ethers and

bootparams: in the nsswitch.conf file to:

hosts:files nis

ethers:files nis

bootparams: files nis

After which, we need to add to the /etc/hosts file the IP address and

hostname of the new client to be installed. We do not need to create or amend the

/etc/ethers and /etc/bootparams files. These files will be altered accordingly after we

execute the "add_install_client" command.
 
 

Q2:Can I have all Configuration, Install and Boot server functions on a

Single host?
 
 

A2:Yes.
 
 

Q3:After I have setup my Configuration/Install/Boot servers, I ran "boot net

-install" on the client and it gave me:

No bootparam (whoami) server responding; still trying...

RPC: Timed out.
 
 

A3:The ethernet address of the client is not set correctly on the Boot

server. Check that the /etc/ethers file on the Boot server has the correct ethernet

address of the client. If NIS is used for Jumpstart setup, make sure that the NIS

master server executes "make" to rebuild the network NIS maps, after the /etc/ethers

fileis updated.
 
 

Q4:After I have setup my Configuration/Install/Boot servers, I ran "boot net

-install" on the client and it gave me:

root directory: /cdrom/sol_7_sparc/s0/Solaris_2.7/Tools/Boot

panic - boot: Could not mount filesystem.
 
 

A4:The filesystem with the installation directory on the Install server is

not shared. Also, make sure that, on the Configuration server, the directory with

allthe rules, classes and sysidcfg files are shared.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Q5:Half way through, during the installation of the client, it stopped and

Asked for user input in one of its sysidtool or installtool dialog boxes.
 
 

A5:It means that the class or sysidcfg file has not been set up correctly.

Makesure that all the essential entries are included. Commonly omitted entries are:

"system_locale" and "timezone" for the sysidcfg file; and "locale" for the

class file.
 

Snoop Output
 
 

10.00000 OLD-BROADCAST -> (broadcast)RARP C Who is 0:a0:24:d2:f6:34 ?

23.00626pikachu -> togepiRARP R 0:a0:24:d2:f6:34 is 192.168.0.12, togepi

30.00078togepi -> BROADCASTBPARAM C WHOAMI? 192.168.0.12

40.00862pikachu -> togepiBPARAM R WHOAMI? togepi in 

50.00054togepi -> (broadcast)ARP C Who is 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.1 ?

60.00006192.168.0.1 -> togepiARP R 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.1 is 0:90:27:d0:fd:27

70.00037togepi -> pikachuBPARAM C GETFILE root

80.00163pikachu -> togepiBPARAM R GETFILE File=/export/install/2.6/x86/Solaris_2.6/Tools/Boot

90.00073togepi -> pikachuPORTMAP C GETPORT prog=100005 (MOUNT) vers=1 proto=UDP

100.00122pikachu -> togepiPORTMAP R GETPORT port=32774

110.00075togepi -> pikachuMOUNT1 C Mount /export/install/2.6/x86/Solaris_2.6/Tools/Boot

120.00281pikachu -> togepiMOUNT1 R Mount OK FH=CE64

130.01728togepi -> pikachuNFS C LOOKUP2 FH=CE64 etc

140.00099pikachu -> togepiNFS R LOOKUP2 OK FH=8298

150.00066togepi -> pikachuNFS C LOOKUP2 FH=8298 bootrc

160.00040pikachu -> togepiNFS R LOOKUP2 OK FH=6C1F

170.00068togepi -> pikachuNFS C GETATTR2 FH=6C1F

180.00038pikachu -> togepiNFS R GETATTR2 OK

190.00075togepi -> pikachuNFS C GETATTR2 FH=6C1F

200.00034pikachu -> togepiNFS R GETATTR2 OK

210.00086togepi -> pikachuNFS C READ2 FH=6C1F at 0 for 1344

References

http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0300/sysidcfg.pdf

http://www.sun.com/software/solutions/blueprints/1099/jumpstart.pdf
 
 

http://xi.nu/~jheiss/js/lisa99/paper.html
 
 

http://www.octaldream.com/scottm/talks/jsintro/img3.htm
 
 

Kasper, Paul Anthony and Alan L. McClellan. Automating Solaris Installations.  Prentice Hall, April 1995.  ISBN:  013312505X.
 
 

http://docs.sun.com/ab2/coll.214.4/SPARCINSTALL/
 
 

http://wwwwswest.sun.com/smcc/solaris-migration/cookbook/jump1.html
 
 

http://docs.sun.com/ab2/@LegacyPageView?Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1&toc=SUNWab_47_3%3A%2Fsafedir%2Fspace3%2Fcoll2%2FSUNWaadm%2Ftoc%2Fx86INSTALL%3A1032;bt=x86%3A++Installing+Solaris+Software;ps=ps%2FSUNWab_47_3%2Fx86INSTALL%2F04.Preparing_Custom_JumpStart_Installati
 
 

http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0300/sysidcfg.pdf
 
 
 
 

http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=faqs%2F3172
 
 

http://sunsolve.sun.com/private-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=infodoc%2F16484&zone_32=jumpstart
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (2 of 10)
Profile Keyword		Profile Values and Description
cluster		group_name   (use for software groups) cluster designates what software group to add to the system. The cluster names for the software groups are found in Appendix C.
:Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (3 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description
dontuse	disk_name dontuse designates a disk that the Solaris installation program should not use when partitioning default is specified. You can specify dontuse once for each disk, and disk_name must be specified in the form cxtydz or cydz, for example, c0t0d0.  By default, the Solaris installation program uses all the operational disks on the system.  Restriction: You cannot specify the dontuse keyword and the usedisk keyword in the same profile.
fdisk	disk_name type size fdisk defines how the fdisk partitions are set up on an x86 system (only required for x86 systems), and you can specify fdisk more than once. This is what happens by default with fdisk partitions on x86 systems: · All fdisk partitions on the disk are preserved unless you specifically delete them with the fdisk keyword (if size is delete or 0). Also, all existing fdisk partitions are deleted when size is all. · A Solaris fdisk partition that contains a root file system is always designated as the active partition on the disk (an x86 system boots from the active partition by default). · If no fdisk keyword is specified in a profile, the following fdisk keyword is specified during the installation: fdisk all solaris maxfree · fdisk entries are processed in the order they appear in the profile.  disk_name - Choose where the fdisk partition will be created or deleted: · cxtydz or cydz - A specific disk, for example, c0t3d0. · rootdisk - The disk where the root file system is placed during an installation, which is determined by the Solaris installation program (described on page 87). · all - All the selected disks.  type - Choose what type of fdisk partition will be created or deleted on the specified disk: · solaris - A Solaris fdisk partition (SUNIXOS fdisk type). · dosprimary - An alias for primary DOS fdisk partitions (not for extended or data DOS fdisk partitions). When deleting fdisk partitions (size is delete), dosprimary is an alias for the DOSHUGE, DOSOS12, and DOSOS16 fdisk types (they are all deleted). When creating an fdisk partition, dosprimary is an alias for the DOSHUGE fdisk partition (a DOSHUGE fdisk partition is created).
. Profile keywords that can be used for upgrading

 

Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (4 of 10)
Profile Keyword		Profile Values and Description
Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (5 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description
filesys (use for mounting remote file systems)	server:path server_address mount_pt_name [mount_options] This instance of filesys sets up the installed system to automatically mount remote file systems when it boots. You can specify filesys more than once.  For Dataless Clients: Profiles for dataless clients (when system_type dataless is specified) must include a remote filesys entry for both the /usr file system. The following line is an example of the filesys entries that must be used in a profile to install the Solaris software on a dataless client:  filesys sherlock:/export/exec/Solaris_2.4_sparc.all/usr - /usr server: - The name of the server where the remote file system resides (followed by a colon).  path - The remote file system's mount point name, for example, /usr or /export/home.  server_address - The IP address of the server specified in server:path. If you don't have a name service running on the network, this value can be used to populate the /etc/hosts file with the server's host name and IP address. If you don't want to specify the server's IP address (if you have a name service running on the network), you must specify a minus sign (-).  mount_pt_name - The name of the mount point that the remote file system will be mounted on.  mount_options - One or more mount options (-o option of the command) that are added to the /etc/vfstab entry for the specified mount_pt_name.  Note: If you need to specify more than one mount option, the mount options must be separated by commas and no spaces. For example: ro, quota
. Profile keywords that can be used for upgrading

 

Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (6 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description
filesys (use for creating local file systems)	slice size [file_system] [optional_parameters]  This instance of filesys creates local file systems during the installation. You can specify filesys more than once.  slice - Choose one of the following: · any - The Solaris installation program places the file system on any disk. Restriction: any cannot be specified when size IS existing, all, free, start:size, or ignore. · cwtxdysz or cxdysz - The disk slice where the Solaris installation program places the file system, for example, c0t0d0s0. · rootdisk.sn - The logical name of the disk where the installation program places the root file system. The sn suffix indicates a specific slice on the disk.  size - Choose one of the following: · num - The size of the file system is set to num (in Mbytes). · existing - The current size of the existing file system is used. Note: When using this value, you can change the name of an existing slice by specifying file_system as a different mount_pt_name. · auto - The size the file system is automatically determined depending on the selected software. · all - The specified slice uses the entire disk for the file system. When you specify this value, no other file systems can reside on the specified disk. · free - The remaining unused space on the disk is used for the file system. Restriction: If free is used as the value to filesys, it must by the last filesys entry in a profile. · start:size - The file system is explicitly partitioned: start is the cylinder where the slice begins; size is the number of cylinders for the slice.
. Profile keywords that can be used for upgrading

 

Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (7 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description
filesys (use for creating local file systems) continued	slice size [file_system] [optional_parameters]  file_system - You can use this optional value when slice is specified as any or cwtxdysz. If file_system is not specified, unnamed is set by default, but then you can't specify the optional_parameters value. Choose one of the following: · mount_pt_name - The file system's mount point name, for example, /var. · swap - The specified slice is used as swap. · overlap - The specified slice is defined as a representation of a disk region (VTOC value is V_BACKUP). By default, slice 2 is an overlap slice that is a representation of the whole disk. Restriction: overlap can be specified only when size is existing, all, or start:size. · unnamed - The specified slice is defined as a raw slice, so slice will not have a mount point name. If file_system is not specified, unnamed is set by default. · ignore - The specified slice is not used or recognized by the Solaris installation program. This could be used to ignore a file system on a disk during an installation, so the Solaris installation program can create a new file system on the same disk with the same name.  optional_parameters - Choose one of the following: · preserve - The file system on the specified slice is preserved. Restriction: preserve can be specified only when size is existing and slice is cwtxdysz. · mount_options - One or more mount options (-o option of the mount(1M) command) that are added to the /etc/vfstab entry for the specified mount_pt_name.  Note: If you need to specify more than one mount option, the mount options must be separated by commas and no spaces. For example: ro, quota
. install_type	initial_install | upgrade install_type defines whether to perform the initial installation option or upgrade option on the system.  Restriction: install_type must be the first profile keyword in every profile.
. Profile keywords that can be used for upgrading

 

Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (8 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description

.
 

Language		locale_name
Chinese		zh
French		fr
German		de
Italian		it
Japanese		ja
Korean		ko
Latin American		es
Swedish		sv
Taiwanese		zh_TW
Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (9 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description
. package	package_name [add | delete]  package designates whether a package should be added to or deleted from the software group that will be installed on the system. add or delete indicates whether the package should be added or deleted. If you do not specify add | delete, add is set by default.  package_name must be in the form SUNWname. Use the pkginfo -l command or Admintool (select Software from the Browse menu) on an installed system to view detailed information about packages and their names.  For Upgrade: · All packages already on the system are automatically upgraded. · If you specify package_name add, and package_name is not installed on the system, the package is installed. · If you specify package_name delete, and package_name is installed on the system, the package is deleted before the upgrade begins. · If you specify package_name delete, and package_name is not installed on the system, the package is prevented from being installed if it is part of a cluster that is designated to be installed.
. Profile keywords that can be used for upgrading

 

Table 4-2 Profile Keyword and Profile Value Descriptions (10 of 10)
Profile Keyword	Profile Values and Description
partitioning	default | existing | explicit partitioning defines how the disks are divided into slices for file systems during the installation. If you do not specify partitioning, default is set.  default - The Solaris installation program selects the disks and creates the file systems on which to install the specified software, except for any file systems specified by the filesys keyword. rootdiskis selected first; additional disks are used if the specified software does not fit on rootdisk.  existing - The Solaris installation program uses the existing file systems on the system's disks. All file systems except /, /usr, /usr/openwin, /opt, and /var are preserved. The installation program uses the last mount point field from the file system superblock to determine which file system mount point the slice represents.  Restriction: When specifying the filesys profile keyword with partitioning existing, size must be existing.  explicit - The Solaris installation program uses the disks and creates the file systems specified by the filesys keywords. If you specify only the root (/) file system with the filesys keyword, all the Solaris software will be installed in the root file system.  Restriction: When you use the explicit profile value, you must use the filesys profile keyword to specify which disks to use and what file systems to create.
system_type	standalone | dataless | server system_type defines the type of system being installed. If you do not specify system_type in a profile, standalone is set by default.
Usedisk	disk_name usedisk designates a disk that the Solaris installation program will use when partitioning default is specified. You can specify usedisk once for each disk, and disk_name must be specified in the form cxtydz or cydz, for example, c0t0d0.  If you specify the usedisk profile keyword in a profile, the Solaris installation program will only use the disks that you specify with the usedisk profile keyword.  Restriction: You cannot specify the usedisk keyword and the dontuse keyword in the same profile.
. Profile keywords that can be used for upgrading

The following is the list of sun clusters available
 
 
 
 
 

Software Group	group_name
Core	SUNWCreq
End User System Support	SUNWCuser
Developer System Support	SUNWCprog
Entire Distribution	SUNWCall
Entire Distribution Plus OEM Support	SUNWCXall