Configuration and Transition Issues

In operating systems Solaris 2.5 and later, you can add new AutoClient systems to your network or you can make the following AutoClient system conversions.

Table 2-3 AutoClient System Conversions

You Can Convert A ...	To A ...
Generic System	AutoClient System
Standalone System	AutoClient System
Dataless System	AutoClient System
AutoClient System	Standalone System

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Caution -

If you plan to convert existing generic, dataless, or standalone systems to AutoClient systems, you should consider this process a re-installation. Any existing system data will be overwritten when the AutoClient system is booted for the first time.

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Note -

Supported configurations for AutoClient systems are systems with one or two disks only. Other disk configurations are not recommended for the AutoClient system type. Depending on the disk configuration you choose, all of one disk or all of two disks could be overwritten by the AutoClient product. (Disk configuration options are described in Table 6-3.)

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• If your standalone system that is being converted to an AutoClient contains local mail (in /var/mail), copy these directories from the local disk before using the local disk as a cache. In your AutoClient configuration, set up a central mail spool directory on your server for ease of administration.

• If your network has local file systems (other than the Solaris distribution file systems) on your standalone systems, you need to save these files before converting these systems to AutoClient systems. AutoClient systems that maintain local file systems lose the significant advantages of being FRUs, and of not requiring system backup.

• When an AutoClient system is set up using Host Manager, the /opt directory will be empty. On the server, you should establish a uniquely-named /opt file system for each platform that it will support (for example, sparc_opt or x86_opt), so that the AutoClient systems can mount the appropriate file system.

  You should use Storage Manager to create and maintain your file systems. See Solstice AdminSuite 2.3 Administration Guide for more information on Storage Manager.