Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0 Administration Guide

Installing Solaris Flash Archives on Managed Hosts by Using the Browser Interface (Task Map)

The following table identifies the procedures to follow to install Solaris Flash archives on managed hosts by using the browser interface.

Task 

Description 

For Instructions 

Import a Solaris boot image to the Change Manager repository. 

Find a copy of the Solaris boot image that matches the Solaris version of the archive. Then, import the Solaris boot image to the Change Manager repository. 

See How to Import Solaris Boot Images to the Change Manager Repository (Web Browser).

Import a Solaris Flash archive to the repository. 

  • If the software stack is already stored as a Solaris Flash archive in the Change Manager repository, then the archive can be deployed.

  • If the archive is not in the repository, then do one of the following:

    • Import the archive to the repository.

    • Create the archive and import it to the repository.

Create a shared profile. 

Create a shared profile that describes how to configure a set of managed hosts. 

See How to Create a Shared Profile (Web Browser).

Import a shared profile. 

Import a shared profile that describes how to configure a set of managed hosts. 

See How to Import a Shared Profile to the Change Manager Repository (Web Browser).

Add a host to be managed by the Change Manager. 

The managed host can use a shared profile. Parameter values in the host properties override those specified in the shared profile. 

See How to Add a Managed Host (Web Browser).

Perform an initial installation. 

Perform an initial installation of the Solaris Flash archive on managed hosts. When installed with the archive, these managed hosts can be remotely controlled by Change Manager. 

See How to Perform an Initial Installation (Web Browser).

Reinstall a managed host with a Solaris Flash archive. 

Reinstall a managed host with a Solaris Flash archive. Unlike initial installation, which must be initiated manually on each managed host, the reinstallation is initiated by the Change Manager. 

See How to Reinstall, Update, Fall Back, and Reboot Managed Hosts (Web Browser).

Update a managed host with a Solaris Flash archive. 

Use Solaris Live Upgrade to update a managed host with a Solaris Flash archive. The update is performed by installing the archive on the inactive boot environment of the managed host. 

See How to Reinstall, Update, Fall Back, and Reboot Managed Hosts (Web Browser).

Fall back to the previous boot environment after performing an update. 

Fall back to the previous boot environment if you want to run the software stack on a previous boot environment. You might fall back because the stack running on the active boot environment is bad. You might also fall back when you want to run the software stack that is installed on the other boot environment. You can only perform a fallback of a managed host you updated. 

See How to Reinstall, Update, Fall Back, and Reboot Managed Hosts (Web Browser).

Reboot a managed host. 

Reboot one or more managed hosts. 

See How to Reinstall, Update, Fall Back, and Reboot Managed Hosts (Web Browser).