How to Import a Solaris Image

To provide basic JumpStart functionality, an image of the appropriate Solaris OS media must be installed on the JET server. The version or versions of Solaris to be imported onto the JET server depend on those required by the target servers. You can install multiple versions of the Solaris media on the same JET server at the same time.

While it is recommended that you copy the media to disk on the JET server, it is not strictly required. You can share the physical media appropriately to allow the target servers to boot from it. However, using the physical media severely restricts the performance of the target server build and minimizes your ability to support multiple versions of Solaris.

You can import images created by the setup_install_server command, as well as ISO images. Edit the plan variable settings to specify which images to import.

Before You Begin

If you want to fully automate the deployment of the Solaris 9 OS, you must create additional configuration files to accompany your Solaris 9 installation image. For more information, see Automating Solaris 9 Installations on x86 Based Systems.

Steps

1. Mount the Solaris DVD on the JET server, either through a local drive, or by using a shared drive on the network.

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

3. On the OS Provisioning Common Tasks page, click Import in the Solaris Images section.

4. On the Plans Details page, click Run.

5. 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	Unique name for the imported Solaris image.	Solaris:[version]_:[release]_:[architecture] For example: Solaris9_u7_sparc
        image_path	Path to where imported image will be stored.	/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
        ISO_files	Space-separated names of ISO files in the media_src directory. The files must be unzipped. Specify the bootable CD as the first ISO in the list. Note – You cannot import cross-platform CD ISO images of the Solaris OS. For example, you cannot import Solaris x86 CD ISO files to a boot and install server running the Solaris OS for SPARC. Solaris SPARC CD ISO files cannot be imported to a Solaris x86 boot and install server.	sol-10-GA-sparc-v1-iso sol-10-GA-sparc-v2-iso sol-10-GA-sparc-v3-iso sol-10-GA-sparc-v4-iso

     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.

6. On the Plan Details Run page, select the JET image server on which to import the image.

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   Tip –

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

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7. Click Run Plan (includes preflight).