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Create a JumpStart Directory |
On a Diskette If you want to perform custom JumpStart installations on systems that are not connected to a network, you must create a profile diskette, which is a diskette that contains the custom JumpStart files. | ||||||
On a Server If you want to perform custom JumpStart installations on systems connected to a network, you should create a profile server, which is a server that contains a JumpStart directory for the custom JumpStart files. | |||||||
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Enable All Systems to Access the Profile Server |
Optional. When you use a profile server, you can enable all systems at once to access the profile server. By doing this, you don't have to individually enable every system to access the profiles on the profile server. | ||||||
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Add Rules to the rules File |
After you decide how you want each group of systems (or single systems) at your site to be installed, you have to create a rule for each specific group that you want to install. Each rule distinguishes a group based on one or more system attributes, and it links each group to a profile. | ||||||
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Create a Profile for Every Rule |
A profile is a text file that defines how to install the Solaris software (for example, which software group to install) on a system. Every rule specifies a profile to define how a system will be installed when the rule is matched. You usually create a different profile for every rule; however, the same profile can be used in more than one rule. | ||||||
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Test the Profiles |
Optional. After you create a profile, you should use the pfinstall(1M) command to test the profile before using it to install or upgrade a system (called a "dry run" installation). | ||||||
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Validate the rules File |
The rules.ok file is a generated version of the rules file that the Solaris installation program uses to match the system to be installed with a profile. You must use the check script to validate the rules.ok file. | ||||||