Storage requirements for servers and applications is constantly changing. Automating silent software deployments on solaris 10. Novice users should be able to complete a solaris 10 operating system installation on a standalone x86 system using the instructions in. Well, that is another story for another day, but it is not because the solaris upgrade software. It becomes very important to be able to allocate or deallocate space without interruption to service.
I have done this a long time ago so there might be something missing as this comes from sketchy notes that i still have. Depending on the version of solaris 10, the sgen driver my be assigned any of the following aliases. When you install the new solaris 11 x86 box in your production environment or in lab environment under vmware workstation, you would not find the gui desktop as you would have got for connecting solaris 10 x86 server. Quick setup offers the experienced system administrator a quick route to printer installation and configuration. Products the following products and environments are affected by this problem. For the purpose of this example, i will be installing solaris 10 on a sun blade 150 with the following configuration. If you are installing samqfs on a solaris 10 system, log in to the server host as root, and find out which version of solaris is installed. This article provides a pictorial guide for performing a default installation of solaris 10 x8632. Look at one of your dell 530s that solaris 10 does install on, and see if the bios version is the same on a 530 that solaris 10 doesnt install on. Follow instructions once the installation is done, a message. This article documents installing the 606 june 2006 release of solaris 10 from cdrom. The ibmtape device driver is installed on solaris sparc 10. This applies to internal and external disk drives as well as virtual disks.
I have downloaded the driver and made an image on a floppy. The library has now been configured using the sgen driver. Solaris operating system version 10 811 u10 and later oracle solaris on sparc 64bit checked for relevance on 04jun2014 symptoms. Edit virtual machine select cdrom click radio button use iso image give the location of the solaris 10 downloaded iso image. Configuration of ibmtape solaris driver fails to define rmt devices. Essentially, the question id like to ask is related to the automation of software package deployments on solaris 10. On solaris 10, you must configure or use the sgen driver utility to add the clientattached library devices to the netvault backup server. The recommended procedure is to preserve the original system file before modifying it. I regularly do a full install of a solaris development release onto my laptop. Installing solaris from a usb disk oracle the good, the. The installation is reasonably straight forward, but it is not as simple and takes significantly longer than most modern linux installations. Installation from this dvd automatically sets the correct parameters to get a stable solaris vm. Get drivers and downloads for your dell solaris 10 operating system. The solaris 11 does not come bundled with the desktop gui package by default, so you will have to install the desktop gui.
Preventing user interaction when installing and upgrading. View and download sun microsystems sun fire x4100 m2 installation manual online. The etcsystem file is read only once, at boot time. Solaris add install new software packages nixcraft. By default, solaris 10 update 6 and later versions of the operating system control robotic media libraries using the generic scsi driver sgen. Source solaris 10 iso image to be read on boot up, this can be done by clicking. Use the following steps to enable the solaris sgen driver for sequential and changer devices.
This stepbystep guide, complete with screen shots, takes users through the installation process, in 22 simple steps. The installation software will use the sgen driver automatically and update driver aliases and any existing etcoptsunwsamfsmcf as necessary. They provide the full version with open windows in 8 cds or 1 dvd your preference. Since its not supported, i have found a workaround method from sun forums suggesting me to install a driver update from lsi website. This document provides some approaches to discovering new storage, without performing a reconfiguration reboot. Hi all, i try to configure two hp ultrium 6scsi tape drives on solaris 10 x86 but without success. How to quickly install the solaris 10 os on x86 systems. Solaris x11 window manager will not come up on boot.
The system file is used for customizing the operation of the operating system kernel. Then click ok from the above we have configured the vm to install solaris 10. Now, lets get installing and run sun vts in solaris 10. I have a solaris 10 x86 server connected by fc switch to a sl500 tape library and 2hp lto5.
I needed to install solaris 10 x86 on a 64bit system for testing some 64bit compatibility issues in an existing appsystem, and my dell laptop was as good a choice as any. Solaris 10 install update driver problem solutions. Installing solaris 10 x86 on an external usb hard drive. Solaris 10 loadable module for the display device sunwast. In my previous write up here, i wrote a brief description of the sun vts validation and test suite which can help one to run tests on any sun supported hardware and hardware components and report the health status and identify faulty devices. By default, whey you install or upgrade solaris packages or patches, it always ask you to prompt yes or no. Solaris 10 32bit installation hi sorry for the novice question. Download the most recent stable version of sunwvts sunwvts6. Solaris add install new software packages last updated february 1, 2005 in categories news package can be install from cdrom, network i. Configuration of ibmtape solaris driver fails to define. Solaris 10 loadable module for the display device sunwast is not installed doc id 1489551. The first step to manually configure a network driver under solaris is to figure out what it is either by using one of the available tools or simply by running ifconfig a plumb.
Configure a directattached library mtx solaris zivo nix. Configuring storage hosts tape and devices sl150 zivo. If your host does not have a previous installation of oracle secure backup, skip to step 2. Installing the solaris 10 os using the direct installation method involves setting up the server to view the console and using cddvd os installation media in a cd dvd drive. I also made a modified solaris 10 installation dvd, which can be installed directly on esx, without the diversion to vmware workstation.
Solaris 10 sparc and x8664 on solaris 10, you must configure or use the sgen driver utility to add the clientattached library devices to the netvault backup server. Also, see what mode the sata controller is in on the working 530. When you enable the solaris sgen driver on a host that already has oracle secure backup installed, the attach points and device configuration will be lost. Specifically, i have a set of software components in tar files that run as daemon processes after being extracted and configured in the host environment. Configure the sgen driver itdtse requires that the sgen device driver is configured so that the devices you want to work with can be found. These steps are not required if the solaris 10 client does not control a device. Step by step installation of solaris 10 on vmware server. Yes, as far as i know though i have yet to try it, you can install linux and solaris on the same box, however, the partition types are different and. Run the commands to compile and install the driver.
Download and install the latest drivers, firmware and software. How to install desktop gui in solaris 11 x86 the geek. The installation is reasonably straight forward, but it is not as simple and takes significantly longer. With solaris 10s ability to run on x86, you can get a complete solaris system up and running without buying sun hardware. Xprint unix system printer driver installation 31 3 quick setup non solaris unix overview. Verify physical cable connections from your printer to the network. Solaris 10 driver installation guide connect tech inc. If you are using usb, see the previous mount article on how to mount usb on solaris. In the example, solaris is using the scsiclass,08 alias for the sgen driver.
Nfs or downloading from internet and then add it to system, or from existing location such as varspoolpkg directory if frequently required packages are copied to this location. Download the appropriate driver filetar file from the other system and copy it to the solaris machine. Net connection help after installing solaris 10 or should. Unable to create attach points for tape drive using sgen. Share the document for 9i installation on solaris9. Preventing user interaction when installing and upgrading solaris 10 packages. Net connection help after installing solaris 10 or should i stick with open solaris.
If you like to try it, i can make the iso image available to you. I had to compile a network interface driver on a fresh installed sun solaris 10 u7. Exam preparation 310200 chapter 1 managing file systems 21 chapter 2 installing the solaris 10 operating environment 171 chapter 3 perform system boot and shutdown procedures 257 chapter 4 user and security administration 363 chapter 5 managing system processes 457 chapter 6 managing the lp print service 503. So i run in some troubles before i reach the moment to do that nic driver. Hi, i am facing a problem during the installation of veritas netbac kup, where after installing the netbackup on the solaris 10 system sun.
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