How to Create a Solaris Provisioning Profile (Browser Interface)

Before You Begin

Make sure the JET server exists and that the Solaris OS software is available to that server. For more information about creating the JET server, see Setting up the Solaris JET Server. For more information about creating the Solaris image, see How to Import a Solaris Image.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the N1 SPS browser interface, select OS Provisioning.

2. On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Create Profile in the Solaris Images section.

3. On the Plans Details page, click Run.

4. Choose variables to use for this plan.

   • To use an existing variables set, select a name from the drop-down menu in the SolarisImage component row of the Plan Parameters table.

   • To create a new variables set, click Select from List in the SolarisImage component row of the Plan Parameters table.

     1. Click Create Set.

     2. Type a name for the variables set.

     3. Type the Solaris main version number into the version variable.

     4. Type the Solaris minor version number into the release variable.

     5. Verify the remaining variables and change them, if needed.

        The following table describes the additional variables and their default values.

        Variable Name	Description	Default Value
        architecture	Architecture of the physical system, for example, SPARC or x86	sparc
        installPath	Solaris image name to attach	Solaris:[version]_:[release]_:[architecture] For example: Solaris9_u7_sparc
        image_path	Path to location where image file resides	/export/osp_image/:[installPath]
        image_subnet_addr	Subnet address of the image server	:[target(/):sys.ipAddress]
        image_subnet_mask	Subnet mask of the image server	255.255.255.0
        media_src	Path to the image files. By default, the software assumes the files are on a DVD disc.	/cdrom/cdrom0/s0

     6. Save the variables set.

     7. Select the variables set that you just saved from the drop-down menu in the SolarisImage component row of the Plan Parameters table.

5. On the Plan Details Run page, select the JET image server on which to create the profile.

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   Tip –

   The host name of the JET image server ends in -jet.

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6. If needed, change the Profile Name.

7. If needed, change the Profile Description.

8. Update the list of the JET modules to use.

   The JET product modules are located on the JET server in the directory /opt/SUNWjet/Products.

   By default, the plan variable JET Modules Name(s) lists two JET modules to include in the Solaris profile component:

   • base_config – Installs and configures the Solaris OS. For information about base_config variables, see Basic OS Configuration Variables.

   • spsra – Installs and configures the N1 SPS Remote Agent (RA) on a Solaris system. For information about spsra variables, see Component Variables for N1 SPS Remote Agents.

   base_config is the required JET module for basic Solaris installation. All other /opt/SUNWjet/Products modules are optional. Adding a module name to this list adds the module installation function and configuration variables to the newly created Solaris provisioning profile.

   One of the /opt/SUNWjet/Products optional modules is the custom module. The custom module installs arbitrary lists of Solaris packages, patches, and files, and can run arbitrary collections of scripts. See Using the custom Module for further details. You can also write other JET modules. For information about creating JET modules, see Appendix C, Creating Additional JET Modules.

9. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).

10. (Optional) Change default profile values.

    1. Navigate to the Solaris folder that contains the new Provision component.

       For example, /com/sun/n1osp/autogen-biss1-jet/provision/.

    2. Click the Solaris provisioning component name.

       For example, Solaris10_0205_sparc.standard.

    3. Edit default values.

       For information about Solaris profile variables, see Appendix B, Solaris Profile Component Variables.

       1. Click the Edit button at bottom of Details page.

       2. Change values.

       3. Click the Check-in button at the bottom of the Details page.