To Create a Solaris Flash Archive for an Initial Installation

After you install the master system, create a Solaris Flash archive to use to install other systems.

1. Boot the master system and run it in as inactive a state as possible.

   When possible, run the system in single-user mode. If that is not possible, shut down any applications that you want to archive and any applications that require extensive operating system resources.

   You can create a Solaris Flash archive while the master system is running in multiuser mode, single-user mode, or while booted from one of the following:

   • Solaris Operating System DVD.

   • Solaris Software - 1 CD.

   • An image of the Solaris Software. If you are using CD media, the image could include the Solaris Languages CD if needed.

2. To create the archive, use the flarcreate command.

   # flarcreate -n name options path/filename

   name

   The name that you give the archive. The name you specify is the value of the content_name keyword.

   options

   For a description of options, see The flar Command.

   path

   The path to the directory in which you want to save the archive file. If you do not specify a path, flarcreate saves the archive file in the current directory.

   filename

   The name of the archive file.

   • If the archive creation is successful, the flarcreate command returns an exit code of 0.

   • If the archive creation fails, the flarcreate command returns a nonzero exit code.

3. Make a copy of the archive and save it. The copy can be used in the future to update a clone system with a differential archive.