Unable to Redirect CD-ROM or Floppy

Affected OS

Solaris 10 6/06

Problem

You cannot remotely redirect storage devices (CD-ROM or floppy) if your web browser is started as a non-root user for a Solaris remote client and if volume management (volmgt) is running.

To redirect a CD-ROM or floppy from a Solaris KVMS client, you must run the web browser process as root and volmgt must not be running

Workaround

To use Sun ILOM Remote Console to redirect a storage device from a Solaris client, you must stop volmgt and the web browser process must be running as root. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. As the root user, stop volmgt.

  2. Launch the web browser from which the Sun ILOM Remote Console will be launched. [I don't understand this sentence.]

    For example:

    % su
    Password: root_password
    # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
    # <your browser>