Creating a Solaris Flash Archive (Various Examples)

Example 3–6 Creating an Exact Duplicate Archive

In this example, the archive is named archive1. This archive is copied exactly from the master system and then compressed. The archive is an exact duplicate of the master system and is stored in archive1.flar.

# flar create -n archive1 -c archive1.flar

To check the file structure of the archive, type the following.

# flar info -l archive1.flar
aaa
aaa/bbb
aaa/bbb/ccc
aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd
aaa/bbb/fff
aaa/eee
aaa/eee
ggg

Example 3–7 Creating an Archive From an Alternate root (/) File System

In this example, the archive is named archive4. This archive is copied exactly from the master system and then compressed. The archive is an exact duplicate of the master system and is stored in archive4.flar. The -R option is used to create the archive from another directory tree.

# flar create -n archive4 -c -R /x/yy/zz archive4.flar

Example 3–8 Creating an Archive and Adding Keywords to Describe the Archive

In this example, the archive is named archive3. This archive is copied exactly from the master system and then compressed. Options add descriptions to the archive identification section, which can help you to identify the archive later. For information about keywords, their values, and formats, see Solaris Flash Keywords.

# flar create -n archive3 -i 20000131221409 -m pumbaa \
 -e "Solaris 8 Print Server" -a "Mighty Matt" -U "Internal Finance" \
 -T server archive3.flar 

After the archive is created, you can access the identification section that contains the detailed description. An example of an identification section follows.

section_begin=identification
     files_archived_method=cpio
     files_compressed_method=compress
     files_archived_size=259323342
     files_unarchived_size=591238111
     creation_date=20000131221409
     creation_master=pumbaa
     content_name=Finance Print Server
     content_type=server
     content_description=Solaris 8 Print Server
     content_author=Mighty Matt
     content_architectures=sun4u
     creation_node=pumbaa
     creation_hardware_class=sun4u
     creation_platform=SUNW,Sun-Fire
     creation_processor=sparc
     creation_release=5.9
     creation_os_name=SunOS
     creation_os_version=s81_49
     x-department=Internal Finance