The os is based off of system v unix and its first release was known internally as sunos 5. Solaris volume manager soft partitioning explained. Disksuite, autoclient, nfs, solstice disksuite, solaris web start and solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of sun microsystems, inc. Soft partitions are implemented by new kernel driver. As of november 6th, 2003, the download file is called. Howto use metadevices with solstice disksuite software. With solaris volume manager you can clear any metadevice and recreate it without losing data.
Installing and configuring solstice disksuitesolaris volume. How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice disksuite command line method without taking solaris down. Installation of solaris 11step by step guide unixarena. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments where price. Im installing and configuring disksuite on a solaris 8 ultra 5, my first experience with it. How to replace a disk which contained soft partitions by ramdev published february 4, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 when trying to access a soft partition after a disk replacement, the metareplace command or any direct io to a soft partition will fail with the following types of errors. Installing the solstice disksuite cscoh023 rebooting from the mirrored secondary disk. Hi there, i need to install solaris 8, but it seems to be discontinued to download from sun. The solstice disksuite product is located on the second cd of the solaris. Does anyone know where i can download disksuite for solaris 10.
Hi all, do you know where i can download soltice disksuite 4. Svm has been included as a standard part of solaris since solaris 8 was released in. The companion cd files install in subdirectories of the optsfw file system rather than in usrlocal. Solaris 8 was for a while offered under a freetouse licence for singleprocessor. For solaris 7, 8 and 9 in 64bit kernel mode the installation process will extract the. For the last two solaris releases they dropped the 2. Solaris 8 software is constructed and how it fits with other network infrastructure. I already created my state databases, one on each of 2 paritions o disksuite 1. Hi there im not sure if this is the right forum to post in but here is my problem. Select the cds and products you would like to install. Metadevice numbers and state database replicas are taken from those used on. Apr 18, 2003 to apply a patch to the mini root of a net install image the image used to install a system over the network, use the c commandline argument and specify the pathname to the net install image.
Installing and configuring solstice disksuite or solaris volume. This step assumes that the volume management daemon vold. Solaris management console, solaris resource manager, solstice disksuite, sun. Learn how to install solaris 8, add and remove packages, list installed packages, add and remove patches, and list installed patches. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris. This puts you into some sort of web install which i have never gotten to work correctly. Refer to appendix a for information about volume management and mounting cds. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new content continue reading howto use. Ive been looking all over the sun site and others and i cant find were to download it, if i click on something like s the unix and linux forums. If you used sunplex installer to install solstice disksuite software solaris 8, the.
I provided a stepbystep document on how to download and install the latest sun solaris 8 patch cluster. A few month later i now have a disk mirror problem that i would normally fix by going into the gui screen metatool it appears that the third party didnt install disksuite after the upgrade. One of the prerequisites states that you must have volume management installed. May 26, 2006 adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. Solaris volume manager solstice disksuite update device relocation information. If youre installing solaris 8 on a single new system, the preferred installation method is to install from a local cdrom drive by using web start. Solaris is the name of operating system product with all of the gui stuff bundled in. Some sun applications, such as disksuite, cannot be upgraded automatically. It is the successor to sunos and was released initially in june of 1992. Solaris 10 update 807 has been released and available for download. When solaris 9 gets released, the solstice disksuite name will change to solaris volume manager svm and it will be bundled in with solaris 9. For additional packages on solaris 8,9,10 one can use opencsw repository. Solaris advanced system administrators guide, second edition. You will then be able to choose individual products on each cd.
In the example below, the server pegasus has two internal disks c0t0d0 and c0t1d0 under disksuite control. How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice. The following table lists the tasks that you perform to install and configure solstice disksuitesolaris volume manager software for sun cluster configurations. Sunwmd required base product sunwmdg optional gui package sunwmdn optional snmp log daemon package. Solaris 8 202 operating system, intel binary internet archive. Solaris advanced system administrators guide, second. Flash archives are mirrored images of a system that can be installed on another system of the same architecture. Metadevices worksheet solstice disksuitesolaris volume manager become superuser on the cluster node. At the time of this writing, solaris 8 is the most commonly deployed version of solaris, so well use that as the basis for this example. In previous versions, you had to purchase the server mediaas opposed to workstation media that shipped with either internet extensions cdsolaris 2. The operating system is mirrored between the two devices, with slices five and six on each disk employed for state database replicas.
I need to confirm if qemu would work for sparc solaris iso or not. Solaris reference documents collection softpanorama. Boot from the software cd 1 if you wonder why i coded highlighted this in red is that after a disk failure, i spent three days trying to install starting with the install disk before i mistakenly. Hi, can someone point the web links to download the iso cd image files for solaris 8 installation on intel machines. Vividata allowed me to download and install their package twice, which was. Soft partitioning was not in the original solstice disksuite 4. Where to download solaris 8 showing 19 of 9 messages. This page contains some notes on how to recover from failed disks, etc. I would like to install disksuite to mirror the rootboot disk. I have setup a solaris 8 0202 jumpstart server successfully. Notes on disaster recovery of solaris boxes using sun disksuite package general musings and departmentally specific background. In disksuite or solaris volume manager, an extra step must be taken when physically replacing a disk that contained soft partitions. If your system is running volume management, the cd is mounted automatically.
This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until. Learn how to install solaris 8, add and remove packages, list installed. Installing and configuring solstice disksuite or solaris. Svm, formerly known as solstice disk suite sds sunwvol is the volume management. If you install from the cdrom, insert the solaris 8 software 2 of 2 cdrom into the cdrom drive on the node. If you install solaris 10 807,you need patch 12711101 or higher. Installing solaris 8 installing and maintaining solaris. Sunwmdu solstice disksuite commands sunwmdr solstice disksuite drivers. Cisco media gateway controller software installation and.
Solaris volume manager is a software package for creating, modifying and controlling raid0. This custom drawing feature now works in mozillafirefox, in opera 7. This step assumes that the volume management daemon vold1m is running and. If root was originally mounted on a metadevice or mirror, set the root file system to be mounted back on the original metadevice or mirror. Svm solaris 9 or later, part of end user install clusterkages to install sds 4. If you used sunplex manager to install solstice disksuite software, do not perform this procedure. The following procedure describes how to download the sun install check tool. Best thing is to download the disksuit doc from docs i keep it as a reference and the explanation isnt bad either. Solstice disksuite comes bundled with the solaris 8 operating system. Use click, shiftclick, controlclick, and the set and clear buttons to select the desired subset of oss.
Hey does anyone know of a direct link to download solaris 8 for an intel system. Creating your own binaries pick an appropriate name for a tarfile eg. With solaris 8, disksuite moved to the solaris 8 software cdrom number two, in the ea directory. Also, the solaris version numbering is a little strange. One thing to watch, i found many existing systems had been setup with 4 database replicasof the mirrors, 2 on the system disk and 2 on the mirror disk. Installing solaris 8 on a new system by using web start. There is no much difference compare to solaris 10 using dvdcd installation method and you need to answer very less questions. Iomegas zip and jazz drives are supported by the solaris 8 volume manager. I installed it without a problem, but do i really have to blow away the drives on the d just to create a metastate dat the unix and linux forums. Jun 11, 20 installation of solaris 11step by step guide june 11, 20 by lingeswaran r 3 comments many of the solaris beginners will be wondering that how to install solaris 11.
Install solstice disksuite with jumpstart oracle community. Installation of solaris 8 0202 any cluster required. Installing solaris 8 installing and maintaining solaris 8. There are a couple of slices on each disk that i would like to amalgamate together to create one slice metadisk i would like to use solstice disksuite as i have a bit of experience with the gui etc, but after much searching around on the cds. Following packages are part of it but only the sunwmd is the minimum required package and a patch. This section provides information and procedures to install and configure solstice disksuite or solaris volume manager software. This step assumes that the volume management daemon vold1m is running and configured to manage cdrom devices. If you install from the cdrom, insert the solaris 8 software 2 of 2 cdrom into the cdrom drive. I can also possibly try this with bootable solaris 10 sparc if thats available at some download link. You can skip certain procedures in the following conditions. With disksuite, how to mirror root file system sun. Follow the same steps to install solaris 9 container. When configuring the windowing system during install, solaris 8 gives you a choice of a wide range of specific displayadaptor hardware, but not any generic vesa bios adaptor. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems.
You can skip certain procedures under the following conditions. Installing and configuring solstice disksuite or solaris volume manager software. See your solstice disksuite installation documentation for information about optional software packages. The following example, with metadevice d8 that cannot be repaired, illustrates such a recovery. However, the soft partitioning functionality was released in patch 10869306 for sds 4. Installing and configuring solstice disksuitesolaris volume manager software. The latest update of the solaris os helps customers alleviate common enterprise problems such as virtualization, resource management, and system performance. Installing solaris 8 in virtualbox retrocomputing with. If you install from the cdrom, insert the solaris 8 software 2 of 2 cdrom in the cdrom drive on the node. Soft partitioning will, of course, be part of the base functionality of that release.
Following are the minimum required packages sunwmdr solstice disksuite drivers root sunwmdu solstice disksuite commands. Since there is currently only a single sun server in physics, we are addressing a specific. If you installed solaris 9 or solaris 10 software, solaris volume manager is. View notes 310 012sun 310012 sun 310012 sun certified system administrator for solaris 8 part 2 practice test version 1. A sysadmins unixersal translator rosetta stone or what do they call that in this world. Solaris 8 204 release notes supplement for sun hardwaredownload this book. Solaris delivers builtin investment protection and new technologies that are even better suited to data intensive environments. Solaris is a unix based operating system created by sun microsystems now purchased by oracle in 2010. Solstice disk suite from cd 2 of 2 sun vts from comp cd sun rcs software from comp cd sun explorer from sun solve recommended patches from sun solve setting up user accounts configuration of sds to mirror boot disks and makes required filesystems.
Configuring and installing solaris 8 and solaris 9. We recently got a third party in to upgrade our solaris 8 sparc server to solaris 10. Hi all, i need to try installing solaris 8 sparc using qemu on x86 machine. It is advisable to install the latest sun solaris patch cluster to ensure a stable operating environment. Jul 02, 2015 solaris volume managersolstice disksuite. Sep 12, 2007 solaris 10 update 8 07 has been released and available for download. Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. Installing and configuring solstice disksuitesolaris.
Solaris 8 can be installed on sun sparc platforms and intel x86 or compatible platforms. After successfully installing solaris 8 on the system, you can then install the solstice disksuite. The flash archive can include thirdparty packages as well as optional solaris components like solstice disksuite. If a patch was obtained via download, chances are good that it is zipped compressed to make it easier and quicker to download. Install the packages in the order that is shown in the following example. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new content continue reading howto use metadevices with solstice disksuite software. Server product and makes them available from the sun download center either as an. Dec 23, 2011 install solaris 10 508 or higher note. To install the flash archive on other systems of the same architecture i.
Install the packages from the second solaris cd you need sunwmdr, sunwmdu and sunwmdx, the other packages are optional. How to install solstice disksuite software sun cluster. The following procedure is for solaris 8 containers only. All solaris versions solaris 8 solaris 9 system administrator collection hard drive mirroring solaris 8 refer to the solstice disksuite users guide for your. The obvious thing to do is boot from the solaris install cd.
Installation of solaris 11step by step guide june 11, 20 by lingeswaran r 3 comments many of the solaris beginners will be wondering that how to install solaris 11. How to replace a disk which contained soft partitions. However, i would like to install solstice disksuite with the jumpstart server also. I installed it without a problem, but do i really have to blow away the drives on the d. How to replace a failed scsi disk mirrored with solstice disksuite command line method without taking solaris. Patch administration installing and maintaining solaris. Starting the solaris 9, disksuite is now included with the operating system. After successfully installing solaris 8 on the system, you can then install the solstice disksuite 4. Sun microsystems sun blade 2500 getting started manual. Installing solaris 8 installing and maintaining solaris 8 pearson it. When you install solaris x86 it will set the gui to start automatically when the system is booted. If you select kiosk download, the scanning download.
If you used sunplex manager to install solstice disksuite software solaris 8, the. At the time of this writing, solaris 8 is the most commonly deployed version of solaris, so. Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. Because virtualbox does not emulate any of the specific display adaptors. Patch administration installing and maintaining solaris 8.
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