System Administration Guide, Volume I

Using the Host Manager Command-Line Interface to Automate Setup Tasks

Using the Host Manager command-line equivalents allows you to automate many of the setup tasks associated with creating new diskless and AutoClient systems. This automation is similar to what can be done when using the JumpStart product to install Solaris on standalone systems. By writing your own shell scripts and using the command-line equivalents, you can automatically customize the client environment in one operation.

Table 4-3 summarizes the equivalent Host Manager commands that can be used instead of the Solstice AdminSuite to perform administration tasks.

Table 4-3 Solstice AdminSuite Command Line Equivalents


The Command ...	Is Used To ...	See `/opt/SUNWadm/2.x/man/...`
`admhostmod -x type=type` `host`	Update system types marked as generic	`admhostmod`
`admhostadd -D -x [fileserv=server] [-x root=directory] [-x swap=swap_file] [-x swapsize=size] [-x os=version] [-x ns=NIS+\|NIS\|NONE] [-x domain=domain\|rhost=host`]	Set up defaults for adding client support	`admhostadd`
`admhostadd -i` `ip_address` `-e` `ethernet_addr` [`-x type=` `type`] [`-x tz=timezone`] [ `-x install=Y\|N ][ -x installpath=server:`/`path`] `host`	Add a system and enable a network installation (optional)	`admhostadd`
`admhostmod -x type=OS_SERVER` `host`	Convert a standalone system to an OS server	`admhostmod`
`admhostmod -x mediapath=`server:/path `-x platform=`platform host	Add OS services to an OS server	`admhostmod`
`admhostdel [ -x ns=NIS+\|NIS\|NONE ]` `[ -x domain=domain\|rhost=host ...` ] `host ...`	Delete an existing system or OS server	`admhostdel`