Creating the Solaris Flash Archive From the Master System

Create the Solaris Flash archive of the integrated software stack after installing and configuring the software on the master system.

Use the flar command to create the Solaris Flash archive. See the flar(1MCM) man page.

For example, to create a Solaris Flash archive named Netra082202.apache.flar, type the following:

# /usr/sbin/flar create -n apacheServer -u ic_cfgparams \
  -c /flarchive/Netra082202.apache.flar

The -n option assigns its value, apacheServer, to the content_name keyword in the Solaris Flash archive. You can view archive keywords by using the browser interface or the command-line interface. See How to View or Modify File Properties (Web Browser) or How to View File or Folder Properties (Command Line).

/flarchive is the target directory name in which the Solaris Flash archive is created. The example command line creates an archive named Netra082202.apache.flar in the target directory.

Ensure that the target directory has sufficient disk space to accommodate the Solaris Flash archive.

Archive parameters must be described in a text file called ic_cfgparams. The file must be located in the directory from which the flar create command is invoked. Or you can specify the path to the ic_cfgparams file as an argument to the -d option. Use flar create -u to include the ic_cfgparams file in the “user-defined section” of the Solaris Flash archive you create.

Import this archive to the Change Manager repository for deployment to managed hosts.