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Troubleshooting Automated Installations
Updated: July 2014
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Part I Oracle Solaris 11.2 Installation Options
Chapter 1 Overview of Installation Options
Comparing Installation Options
Simple Installations
Installations Requiring Server Setup
Additional Installation Options
What's New in Installation
Part II Installing Using Installation Media
Chapter 2 Preparing for the Installation
System Requirements for Live Media and Text Installations
Preparing a System for Installing Multiple Operating Systems
Partitioning Your System
Guidelines for Partitioning a System Prior To Installation
Guidelines for Partitioning a System During an Interactive Installation
x86: Setting Up Partitions During an Interactive Installation
Setting Up VTOC Slices During a Text Installation
Ensuring That You Have the Proper Device Drivers
Using Oracle Configuration Manager
Chapter 3 Using Live Media
Installing With the GUI installer
Default Settings With the GUI Installer
How to Prepare for a GUI Installation
How to Perform a GUI Installation
What to Do If Your System Boots in Console Mode
How to Install Oracle Solaris From Live Media If Your System Boots in Console Mode
Adding Software After a Live Media Installation
Chapter 4 Using the Text Installer
Installing With the Text Installer
Networking Configuration With the Text Installer
How to Navigate Within the Text Installer
Text Installation Tasks
How to Prepare for a Text Installation
How to Perform a Text Installation
How to Start a Text Installation Over the Network
Adding Software After a Text Installation
Chapter 5 Automated Installations That Boot From Media
Overview of Installation Using AI Media
Installing Using AI Media
System Requirements for Installing Using AI Media
How to Install Using AI Media
How to Create a Persistent Device Alias for a USB Flash Drive on a SPARC System
Creating a Custom AI Manifest
Booting a SPARC System From AI Media
Using the Default AI Manifest to Boot a SPARC System From AI Media
Using a Custom AI Manifest to Boot a SPARC System From AI Media
Booting a SPARC Image Without Installing
Booting an x86 System From AI Media
Using the Default AI Manifest to Boot a x86 System From AI Media
Using a Custom AI Manifest to Boot a x86 System From AI Media
Booting an x86 Image Without Installing
Viewing the Installation Log Files
Chapter 6 Unconfiguring or Reconfiguring an Oracle Solaris Instance
Functional Groupings Overview
Unconfiguring an Oracle Solaris Instance
Reconfiguring a System
How to Reconfigure Using the SCI Tool
Creating a System Configuration Profile Using the SCI Tool
Part III Installing Using an Install Server
Chapter 7 Automated Installation of Multiple Clients
What Is an Automated Installation?
Components of the Automated Installer
DHCP Servers Supporting AI
IPS Repositories Supporting AI
AI Server
Install Services
AI Manifests
System Configuration Profiles
First-boot Scripts
AI Clients
Securing AI
AI and Zones
Overview of the AI Configuration Process
Booting an AI Client
Planning for an AI Server
Configuring Network Interfaces on an AI Server
Identifying Necessary Install Instances
Automated Installer Use Cases
Chapter 8 Setting Up an AI Server
AI Server Setup Tasks
AI Server Requirements
Install Service Operation Privileges
Configuring an AI Server
How to Set Up An AI Server
Changing the Configuration of an AI Server
Configuring the Web Server User Files Directory
Working With Install Services
Creating an Install Service
How to Create an Install Service
What Happens When an Install Service Is Created?
Example DHCP Configuration Files To Support AI Clients
ISC DHCP Configuration for an Oracle Solaris 11.2 i386 Install Service
ISC DHCP Configuration for an Oracle Solaris 11 i386 Install Service
ISC DHCP Configuration for an Oracle Solaris 11.2 sparc Install Service
Associating Clients With Install Services
Associating a Client With a Service
Hands-Off AI Installation for x86 Clients
Deleting a Client From an Install Service
Customizing Installation Instructions
Associating Client-Specific Installation Instructions With an Install Service
Associating Client-Specific Configuration Instructions With Install Services
Administering the AI SMF Service
Increasing Security for Automated Installations
Configuring Security Credentials
Order of Precedence for Security
How to Configure Security for Automated Installations
Configuring AI Server Credentials
Configuring Secure Install Services
Configuring Client Credentials
OBP Security Keys for SPARC Clients
Disabling and Enabling Security
Deleting Credentials
How to Configure Kerberos Clients Using AI
Showing Information About Install Services
Managing Install Services
Setting Install Service Aliases
Setting the Default AI Manifest for an Install Service
Setting the Image Path for an Install Service
Updating an Existing Install Service
Managing AI Manifests
Updating an AI Manifest
Validating an AI Manifest
Deleting an AI Manifest
Managing System Configuration Profiles
Updating a System Configuration Profile
Validating a System Configuration Profile
Deleting a System Configuration Profile
Exporting an AI Manifest or a System Configuration Profile
Chapter 9 Customizing Installations
Matching Clients With Installation and Configuration Instructions
Selecting the AI Manifest
Selecting System Configuration Profiles
Selection Criteria
Chapter 10 Provisioning the Client System
Customizing an XML AI Manifest File
How to Customize an XML AI Manifest File
Creating an AI Manifest at Client Installation Time
How to Create and Apply a Derived Manifest Script
Creating a Derived Manifest Script
Retrieving Client Attributes
Customizing the AI Manifest
Examples of Derived Manifest Scripts
Testing Derived Manifest Scripts
How to Test the Derived Manifest Script in an Install Environment
Adding a Derived Manifest Script to an Install Service
Creating a AI Manifest Using the AI Manifest Wizard
Configuring an AI Server for the AI Manifest Wizard
How to Create an AI Manifest Using the AI Manifest Wizard
Example AI Manifests
Specifying an iSCSI Target Device
Specifying a RAID Configuration
Installing an SVR4 Package
Installing Multiple SVR4 Packages
Reusing Existing Disk Slices or Partitions
Default AI Manifest
Chapter 11 Configuring the Client System
Providing Configuration Profiles
Creating System Configuration Profiles
Validating System Configuration Profiles
Adding System Configuration Profiles to an Install Service
Specifying Configuration in a System Configuration Profile
Configuring Root and User Accounts
Configuring the Root Account
Configuring a User Account
Creating a User Account Without Depending on the Automounter
User Account Properties
Configuring Multiple Initial Users
Configuring SSH Keys
Setting the System Identity
Setting the Time Zone and Locale
Setting the Terminal Type and Keyboard Layout
Configuring Network Interfaces
Configuring Name Service
Configuring Kerberos
Setting Up Oracle Configuration Manager and Oracle Auto Service Request
Using System Configuration Profile Templates
Example System Configuration Profiles
Sample System Configuration Profile
Specifying Static Network Configuration
Configuring Multiple IPv4 Interfaces
Adding User SSH Keys
Specifying Name Service Configuration
Configuring Name Service NIS
Configuring Name Service DNS
Configuring Name Service LDAP
Using DNS With LDAP
Using NIS With DNS
Chapter 12 Installing and Configuring Zones
How AI Installs Non-Global Zones
Specifying Non-Global Zones in the Global Zone AI Manifest
Non-Global Zone Configuration and Installation Data
Non-Global Zone AI Manifest
Non-Global Zone System Configuration Profiles
Chapter 13 Running a Custom Script During First Boot
Implementing Run Once at First Boot Controls
How to Ensure One Run at First Boot
Creating a Script to Run at First Boot
Creating an SMF Manifest File
Using the Manifest Creation Tool
Customizing the Generated Manifest
Creating an IPS Package for the Script and Service
How to Create and Publish the IPS Package
Installing the First-Boot Package on the AI Client
How to Install the IPS Package
Testing the First-Boot Service
How to Update the Script or Service
Chapter 14 Installing Client Systems
How a Client Is Installed
SPARC and x86 Client System Requirements
Setting Up an AI Client
Setting Up a SPARC Client
Setting Up an x86 Client
Deleting a Client From a Service
Installing Clients
Using Secure Shell to Remotely Monitor Installations
Monitoring x86 Client Installations
Monitoring SPARC Client Installations
Installing a SPARC Client
Installing a SPARC Client Using Secure Download
Setting the Hashing Key and Encryption Key
Resetting the Hashing Key and Encryption Key
Deleting the Hash Key and Encryption Key
Installing a SPARC Client Using DHCP
Installing a SPARC Client Without Using DHCP
SPARC Client Network Boot Sequence
Installing an x86 Client
Client Installation Messages
Automated Installation Started Message
Automated Installation Succeeded Message
Chapter 15 Troubleshooting Automated Installations
Client Installation Fails
Check the Installation Logs and Instructions
Check DNS
Check Client Boot Errors
Boot Disk Not Found
SPARC Network Booting Errors and Possible Causes
Timed out Waiting for BOOTP/DHCP Reply
Boot Load Failed
Internal Server Error or WAN Boot Alert
ERROR 403: Forbidden or ERROR 404: Not Found
Automated Installer Not Started
Invalid HMAC Value
x86 Network Booting Errors and Possible Causes
No DHCP or ProxyDHCP Offers Were Received
TFTP Error or System Hangs After GATEWAY Message
System Hangs After GRUB Menu Entry is Selected
HTTP Request Sent Results in 403 Forbidden or 404 Not Found
Automated Installer Not Started
SPARC and x86 Error Messages
Automated Installation Failed Message
IPS Server Not Available
Package Not Found
Boot Errors on Secured Client
Security-related AI Failures
Booting the Installation Environment Without Starting an Installation
Starting an Automated Installation from the Command Line
Part IV Performing Related Tasks
Appendix A Working With Oracle Configuration Manager
Introduction to Oracle Configuration Manager
About the Oracle Configuration Manager Central Collector
Administering Oracle Configuration Manager (Tasks)
How to Enable the Oracle Configuration Manager Service
How to Disable the Oracle Configuration Manager Service
How to Manually Register Your System With the Oracle Repository
How to Change the Time or Frequency of Data Collection for Oracle Configuration Manager
Appendix B Using the Device Driver Utility
Device Driver Utility Overview
How to Start the Device Driver Utility
How to Install Missing Drivers
How to List Your System in the HCL
Index
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Index X
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Chapter 15
Troubleshooting Automated Installations
This chapter discusses some possible failures and how to recover.
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