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Preface

1.  Flash Archive Overview

2.  Flash Archive Planning

3.  Creating Flash Archives (Tasks)

Creating a Flash Archive (Task Maps)

Installing the Master System

Creating Customization Scripts

Creating a Precreation Script

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

Creating a Postdeployment Script

Creating a Reboot Script

Creating a Flash Archive

How to Create a Flash Archive for an Initial Installation

Creating a Flash Archive (Examples)

Examples of Creating a Flash Archive

Examples of Creating a Flash Archive and Customizing Files

Creating a Flash Archive Differential Archive With an Updated Master Image

How to Create a Flash Archive Differential Archive With an Updated Master Image

How to Create a Flash Archive Differential Archive by Using Live Upgrade

4.  Installing and Administering Flash Archives (Tasks)

5.  Creating and Using a Disaster Recovery Image

6.  Flash Archive (Reference)

Glossary

Index

Creating a Flash Archive (Task Maps)

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.
Installing the Master System
(Optional) Create customization scripts.
Determine whether 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.
How 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.
How 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 the 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 whether 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.
How to Create a Flash Archive Differential Archive With an Updated Master Image
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