x86: Unable to Establish Sun4U Diskless Client (4878696) (Solaris 9 8/03 Release Notes)

Solaris 9 8/03 Release Notes

x86: Unable to Establish Sun4U Diskless Client (4878696)

If you try to add the Sun4U^TM diskless service on an x86 server, the following error is displayed:

Jun  12 17:02:48 s12-9 WBEM_Logging_Service[1810]: Failed to create clone area 
/export/root/clone/Solaris_9/sun4u.
Failed to create clone area /export/root/clone/Solaris_9/sun4u.


	The wbem_log had the following error:


strings  /var/sadm/wbem/log/wbem_log | grep SUNWidecr
 Solaris_OsService@#@0@#@0@#@root@#@s12-9@#@s12-9@#@1054856467079@#@System 
command return value.@#@System command, /usr/sbin/pkgadd -S -n -R 
/export/root/clone/Solaris_9/sun4u -a /tmp/admin.Qwayvg -d 
/export/root/templates/Solaris_9/SUNWidecr_4.1, REV=2001.03.02.13.55_sparc.sun4u
all, returned value of: 
/export/root/clone/Solaris_9/sun4u/var/sadm/pkg/SUNWidecr/install/postinstall:
test: argument expected
Installation of SUNWidecr failed.

Note –

It is possible to add a Sun4U diskless client to a SPARC server.

Workaround: None.