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Solaris 9 Installation Guide

Adding Systems to Be Installed From the Network

After you create an install server and, if necessary, a boot server, you must set up each system that you want to install from the network. Each system that you want to install needs to find the following:

Use the following add_install_client procedure for setting up install servers and clients. Also, see the example procedures for the following:

For more options to use with this command, see the man page, add_install_client(1M).

To Add Systems to Be Installed From the Network With add_install_client From a Server

If you have a boot server, make sure you have shared the install server installation image and started the appropriate daemons. See Step 6.

  1. On the install server or boot server, become superuser.

  2. If you use the NIS, NIS+, DNS, or LDAP name service, verify that the following information about the system to be installed has been added to the name service.

    • Host name

    • IP address

    • Ethernet address

    For more information on name services, see System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, NIS+, and LDAP).

  3. Change to the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 DVD image on the install server:


    # cd /install_dir_path/Solaris_9/Tools

    install_dir_path

    Specifies the path to the Tools directory

  4. Set up a system to be installed from the network. The system can be an install server or a boot server. 


    # ./add_install_client [[-d]] [[-s install_server:install_dir_path]] \
[[-c jumpstart_server:jumpstart_dir_path]]  [[-p sysid_server:path]] \
[[-t boot_image_path]] client_name platform_group

    -d

    Specifies that the client is to use DHCP to obtain the network install parameters. 

    -s install_server:install_dir_path

    Specifies the name and path to the install server.  

    • install_server is the host name of the install server

    • install_dir_path is the absolute path to the Solaris 9 DVD image

    -c jumpstart_server:jumpstart_dir_path

    Specifies a JumpStart directory for custom JumpStart installations. jumpstart_server is the host name of the server on which the JumpStart directory is located. jumpstart_dir_path is the absolute path to the JumpStart directory.

    -p sysid_server:path

    Specifies the path to the sysidcfg file for preconfiguring system information. sysid_server is either a valid host name or an IP address for the server that contains the file. path is the absolute path to the directory containing the sysidcfg file.

    -t boot_image_path

    Specifies the path to an alternate boot image if you want to use a boot image other than the one in the Tools directory on the Solaris 9 net installation image, CD or DVD. 

    client_name

    Is the name of the system to be installed from the network. This name is not the host name of the install server.

    platform_group

    Is the platform group of the system to be installed. For more information, see Chapter 39, Platform Names and Groups (Reference).

Example 11-3 Adding an Install Client on an Install Server When Using DHCP

The following example illustrates how to add an install client when you are using DHCP to set installation parameters on the network. The install client is named basil, which is an UltraTM 5 system. The file system /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools contains the add_install_client command.


install_server# cd /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools
install_server# ./add_install_client -d basil sun4u
Example 11-4 Adding an Install Client That Is On the Same Subnet As Its Server to the Network

The following example illustrates how to add an install client that is on the same subnet as the install server. The install server is named basil, which is an UltraTM 5 system. The file system /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools contains the add_install_client command.


install_server# cd /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools
install_server# ./add_install_client basil sun4u
Example 11-5 Adding an Install Client on a Network With Only a Boot Server

The following example illustrates how to add an install client to a boot server. The install client is named rose, which is an UltraTM 5 system. Run the command on the boot server. The -s option is used to specify install server that is named basil, which contains a Solaris 9 DVD image in /export/home/s9dvdsparc.


boot_server# cd /export/home/s9dvdsparc/Solaris_9/Tools
boot_server# ./add_install_client -s basil:/export/home/s9dvdsparc rose sun4u