Task |
Description |
For Instructions |
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Decide how to upgrade the system if a previous version of
the Solaris software is installed on the system. |
If a previous release of Solaris
is installed on the system, you need to determine how to upgrade the
system. Ensure that you know what to do before and after you upgrade
a system. Planning helps you to create your profiles, begin scripts, and
finish scripts. |
Upgrade Planning in Solaris Express Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade |
Create a JumpStart directory. |
On a server If you want to perform custom JumpStart installations
on systems that are connected to a network, you must create a profile
server. The profile server contains a JumpStart directory for the custom JumpStart
files. |
Creating a Profile Server for Networked Systems |
On a diskette If you want to perform custom JumpStart installations on systems that are
not connected to a network, you must create a profile diskette. A
profile diskette contains the custom JumpStart files. |
Creating a Profile Diskette for Standalone Systems |
Add rules to the rules file.
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After you decide how you want each group of systems or single
systems to be installed, create a rule for each group that you want
to install. Each rule distinguishes a group, based on one or more system
attributes. The rule links each group to a profile. |
Creating the rules File |
Create a profile for
every rule. |
A profile is a text file that defines how to install
the Solaris software, for example, which software group to install on a system.
Every rule specifies a profile to define how a system is to be
installed with the Solaris software when the rule is matched. You usually create
a different profile for every rule. However, the same profile can be used
in more than one rule. |
Creating a Profile |
(Optional) Test the profiles. |
After you create a profile,
use the pfinstall(1M) command to test the profile before you use the profile
to install or upgrade a system. |
Testing a Profile |
Validate the rules file. |
The rules.ok file is
a generated version of the rules file that the JumpStart program uses
to match the system to be installed with a profile. You must use
the check script to validate the rules file. |
Validating the rules File |