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Preface

1.  Flash Archive (Overview)

2.  Flash Archive (Planning)

3.  Creating Flash Archive (tasks)

Task map: Creating Flash Archive

Installing the Master System

To Install the Master System for an Initial Installation

Creating Customization Scripts

To Create a Precreation Script

Using a Precreation Script to Create a User-Defined Archive Section

To Create a Predeployment Script

To Create a Postdeployment Script

To Create a Reboot Script

Creating a Flash Archive

To Create a Flash Archive for an Initial Installation

Creating a Flash Archive (Examples)

Creating a Flash Archive (Various Examples)

Creating a Flash Archive and Customizing Files (Examples)

To Create a Flash Archive Differential Archive With an Updated Master Image

To Create a Flash Archive Differential Archive by Using Live Upgrade

4.  Installing and Administering Flash Archive (Tasks)

5.  Creating and Using a Disaster Recovery Image

6.  Flash Archive (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Task map: Creating Flash Archive

Table 3-1 Task map: Creating a Flash Archive to Install With an Initial Installation

Task
Description
For instructions
Install your chosen software configuration on the master system
Determine the configuration that meets your needs and use any of the Oracle Solaris installation methods to install the master system.
To Install the Master System for an Initial Installation
(Optional) Create customization scripts
Determine if you need to create scripts to do the following:

  • Customize or reconfigure the archive

  • Protect local changes on clone systems
Creating Customization Scripts
Create the Flash Archive
Use the flarcreate command to create an archive.
To Create a Flash Archive for an Initial Installation
(Optional) Save a copy of the archive
Keep a copy of the archive for future comparison to update a clone system with a differential archive.
To Create a Flash Archive for an Initial Installation

Table 3-2 Task map: Creating a Flash Archive to Update a Clone System

Task
Description
For instructions
Prepare master image
Make changes to the unchanged master image such as adding or deleting packages or installing patches.
Installing the Master System
(Optional) Create customization scripts
Determine if you need to create scripts to do the following:

  • Customize or reconfigure the archive

  • Protect local changes on clone systems
Creating Customization Scripts
Create the Flash Archive differential archive
  1. Mount the unchanged master image.

  2. Use the flarcreate command to compare the two images and create the differential archive.
To Create a Flash Archive Differential Archive With an Updated Master Image
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