How to Add an OS Service

After you determine the platform, media path, and cluster for each diskless client, you are ready to add OS services. The following directories are created and populated for each OS service that you add:

/export/Solaris_version/Solaris_version_instruction_set.all (symbolic link to /export/exec/Solaris_version/Solaris_version_instruction_set.all)/export/Solaris_version/export/Solaris_version/var/export/Solaris_version/opt/export/share/export/dump/export/root/templates/Solaris_version/export/root/clone/export/root/clone/Solaris_version/export/root/clone/Solaris_version/machine_class

1. Use the /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice add command, including the required mediapath, platform, and cluster options, to add the first OS service.

   For example, the following command adds an OS service for the Solaris 8 software for the sun4u machine class, where the OS server is not using a name service:

   % /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice add -- -x mediapath=/net/image/5.8/sparc \ -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x cluster=SUNWCXall

   The installation process can require 45 minutes, depending on the server speed and the OS service configuration you choose.

2. Continue to use the /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice add command to add any other OS services.

3. When you are finished adding OS services, use the /usr/sadm/bin/smosservice list command to verify that the OS services were installed.