Solaris-10 flashinstall, jumpstart, and smf
I am having problems with jumpstarting flash images on Solaris-10/SPARC. I am not sure whether the problems are related to smf or not but I also do not know how to debug them.
I use a fully automated jumpstart installation with a site.xml and a one-time reboot manifest to install a master client. On this client I run a flar create to create a flash image which I then use to clone the rest of the workstations (SunBlade-100/150, Ultra-5/10). On Solaris-9 this worked without any problems.
On Solaris-10 I see the following problem. The first reboot after the flash installation is fine but when I reboot the machine again, the network does not come up. The machine is invisible from the outside and does not even respond to ping. I then get quite a few errors from smf:
# svcs -x
svc:/network/service:default (layered network services)
State: offline since Fri Feb 11 19:12:13 2005
Reason: Start method is running.
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-C4
See: ifconfig(1M)
See: /var/svc/log/network-service:default.log
Impact: 5 dependent services are not running. (Use -v for list.)
svc:/network/ipfilter:default (IP Filter)
State: maintenance since Fri Feb 11 19:12:07 2005
Reason: Start method failed repeatedly, last died on Killed (9).
See: http://sun.com/msg/SMF-8000-KS
See: ipfilter(5)
See: /var/svc/log/network-ipfilter:default.log
Impact: This service is not running.
If I log into the machine through the serial console, I see that the ifconfig -auD4 netmask + broadcast + process is hanging which is run in /lib/svc/method/net-svc. But a manual ifconfig claims that the interfaces are properly
configured. During the boot the machine never responds to a ping, so the earlier basic network configuration must already have a problem.
I removed all the finish and post installation scripts and get the same results.
How do I go about debugging something like this?
Regards,
Matthias
This is a followup to my own post. The problems I see are really SMF related and have to do with insufficient dependencies, I believe. If I boot into single-user mode first, the machine comes up immediately and without problems.
From looking at the verbose output during boot, Isaw that on this machine the hostname was set after the domainname. I am not sure why it happened. So to test out my theory, I put a sleep 10 into the identity-domain method and now the machine boots without problem. My guess is that something has a dependence on identity-domain but not on identity-node but needs both.
So the question is again. How does one debug this? Do I need to file a service call with Sun or is somebody from Sun reading this?
Regards,
Matthias
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Edited by: mramcha on Jul 23, 2012 1:39 PM
Edited by: mramcha on Jul 23, 2012 1:45 PM -
Solaris 10 x86 jumpstart installing from cd instead of install server
Hi all,
I am building a Solaris 10 x86 jumpstart server and was able to jump the client to a certain point. The jump appears to be running but for some reason stops after the first CD ( very peculiar considering the jumpstart is automated). After watching the jump, I discover that the install is using my CD to install rather than from the install server. It is, however, getting the sysidcfg info, rules and profiles from my install server. I booted from CD and then selected Custom Jumpstart to install via the network. Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?
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module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
BTW, can someone tell me how to create a grub floppy? Can't seem to find any documentation on that!
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BrianHere is the error output:
# ./add_install_client -i 192.168.1.51 -c sun1:/jumpstart/ -p sun1:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-intel/ host2 i86pc
unmount: warning: /tftboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1 not in mnttab
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module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
------------- end ---------------
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timeout=30
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kernel /i86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart,sysid_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-1-intel/,install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
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---- end ----
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While doing the Solaris 10 U6 jumpstart installation, it is going into interactive mode for netmask.
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bash-3.00# cat /export/home/iserver/jumpstart/donau1/sysidcfg
system_locale=en_US
name_service=none
network_interface=ce2
{hostname=donau1 netmask=255.255.252.0 ip_address=10.50.57.24 protocol_ipv6=no default_route=10.50.56.1}
security_policy=none
terminal=vt100
timezone="MET"
timeserver=10.50.57.214
nfs4_domain=dynamic
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bash-3.00#
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and I have seen the following messages on the screen
Attempting to configure interface ce3...
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Setting up Java. Please wait...
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Beginning system identification...
Searching for configuration file(s)...
Using sysid configuration file 10.50.57.214:/export/home/iserver/jumpstart/donau1/sysidcfg
Search complete.
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1. Try and use interface ce0.
2. Check default route on both jumpstart server and client.
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system_locale=en_US
name_service=none
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root_password=*****************
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I'm just posting this here in case someone comes across the same problem I did.
When trying to do a custom jumpstart installation on x86 boxes from a Solaris 8 SPARC server, Grub was failing to do TFTP of the "multiboot" and "x86.miniroot" files. A snoop of the traffic would reveal some "TFTP Error: not defined" packets.
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-1-6395719-1
The bug doesn't make any reference to jumpstart, and because of this it took me a while to find it.
I copied the in.tftpd binary from a Solaris 9 box, and it worked like a charm. (Would it be very difficult to issue a Solaris 8 patch?)
kind regards,Here is the error output:
# ./add_install_client -i 192.168.1.51 -c sun1:/jumpstart/ -p sun1:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-intel/ host2 i86pc
unmount: warning: /tftboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1 not in mnttab
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title Solaris netinstall
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kernel /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
------------- end ---------------
So, I have tried this with the -i, -e -i+-e, with -s and without.
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/tftpboot/ ends up with
boot/
nbp. -> pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
rm.192.168.1.51
/tftpboot/boot/
grub/
/tftpboot/boot/grub/
menu.1st
# cat menu.1st
default 0
timeout=30
title Solaris_10 jumpstart
kernel /i86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart,sysid_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-1-intel/,install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
---- end ----
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Aaron -
Solaris 10 x86 Jumpstart Server
I have setup everything just like in this document:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5506/6mkv6kia5?a=view
The client machine that I am trying to jumpstart connects fine, shows" 38800" as the prompt and then just stops. After running "snoop" on the server, I discovered that it connects to it and communicates some data then does some "PRINTER" commands. This is illustrated below (note "titan" is the name of the computer to be jumpstarted and "server" is of course the jumpstart server):
server -> titan TFTP Data block 419 (512 bytes)
titan -> server TFTP Ack block 419
server -> titan TFTP Data block 420 (512 bytes)
titan -> server TFTP Ack block 420
server -> titan TFTP Data block 421 (480 bytes) (last block)
titan -> server TFTP Ack block 421
OLD-BROADCAST -> (broadcast) RARP C Who is 0:3:ba:1d:bd:32 ?
server -> titan RARP R 0:3:ba:1d:bd:32 is 172.20.4.2, titan
titan -> BROADCAST BIFF R port=111
server -> titan BIFF C port=32771
titan -> (broadcast) ARP C Who is 172.20.4.0, server ?
server -> titan ARP R 172.20.4.0, server is 0:6:5b:e7:ad:73
titan -> server WHO R port=32808
server -> titan WHO C port=32808
titan -> server SYSLOG R port=32808
server -> titan SYSLOG C port=32808 BAD.FMT:
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
server -> titan PRINTER C port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
server -> titan PRINTER C port=2049
server -> titan PRINTER C port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
titan -> server PRINTER R port=2049
It will then keep doing these "PRINTER" commmands forever. Everythings is setup like it should be, but when the client connects, it just sits there with no error, yet no packages install. It doesn't timeout with the waiting for ARP/RARP either. What is wrong? Any help is much appreciated.Note that this is a Solaris 10 x86 606 build. I think it might have something to do with the fact that its 606.
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unmount: warning: /tftboot/I86PC.Solaris_10-1 not in mnttab
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module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
------------- end ---------------
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/tftpboot/ ends up with
boot/
nbp. -> pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
pxegrub.I86PC.Solaris_10-1
rm.192.168.1.51
/tftpboot/boot/
grub/
/tftpboot/boot/grub/
menu.1st
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default 0
timeout=30
title Solaris_10 jumpstart
kernel /i86PC.Solaris_10-1/multiboot kernel/unix -B install_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart,sysid_config=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10-1-intel/,install_media=192.168.1.100:/jumpstart/OS/intel
module /I86PC.Solaris_10-1/x86.miniroot
---- end ----
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Aaron -
When I do an Interactive install of Solaris 8 from CD, I end up with a working system, but when I do my jumpstart install with no fdisk commands in the install profile, I end up with a system that says "bad PBR sig" upon rebooting.
I added fdisk commands to the profile to create the x86boot and Solaris partitions, and the install did in fact create the partitions, however it still came up with the "bad PBR sig" error after the install. So my question is: What am I doing wrong in the profile?
Does anybody have a working profile that will take a system on which you do not want to preserve any existing data, install an x86boot partition and a Solaris partition, and end up with a system that boots to Solaris successfully?
(The documentation about the fdisk keywords in the profile that I found on docs.sun.com don't seem to be helping me on this issue.)
Hopefully,
Lustywooke01 wrote:
Hello
I have been told to install solaris via jumpstart and use zfs.
I guess the solaris installer will ask me and then i can choose zfs, so this shouldnt be an issue. However
Do i still need to set up mirroring using metadb, metaattch etc? as I tought i saw somewhere that there are different commands for mirroring zfs?Las metas commands are not applicable with ZFS as you do not have to use Solaris Volume Management. ZFS integrates its own volume management and you can easily construct stripe, mirrored, raidz (raid5), raidz2 (=raid 6) zpool.
For exemple to add a disk mirror to your rpool pool, you just have to do a "zpool add rpool c0t0d0s0 c0t1d0s0"
A "man zpool" should give you more information.
>
Also, if this is a new install of solaris, can i use jumpstart at all yet? Since i would need to be able to get to the OK> prompt to be able to run jumpstart? (and there is no os installed yet, after i exit ilom it goes into a solaris installer).
Can anybody quickly tell me what i need to do to get jumpostart working quickly on this new box? we have a jumpstart server which i have inherited but not sure how i set the clients up. Is it just a case of adding config to the ethers file and thats it?
Thanks
ThanksFrom your client, you have to boot from the network "boot - net" but before you will have to create a new profile in your jumpstart server, but I could not say you in details how to do this. Surely you might be able to find lot of information in docs.sun.com about this or perhaps somebody else could give more information.
Groucho_fr -
Jumpstart and zfs on new machine
Hello
I have been told to install solaris via jumpstart and use zfs.
I guess the solaris installer will ask me and then i can choose zfs, so this shouldnt be an issue. However
Do i still need to set up mirroring using metadb, metaattch etc? as I tought i saw somewhere that there are different commands for mirroring zfs?
Also, if this is a new install of solaris, can i use jumpstart at all yet? Since i would need to be able to get to the OK> prompt to be able to run jumpstart? (and there is no os installed yet, after i exit ilom it goes into a solaris installer).
Can anybody quickly tell me what i need to do to get jumpostart working quickly on this new box? we have a jumpstart server which i have inherited but not sure how i set the clients up. Is it just a case of adding config to the ethers file and thats it?
Thanks
Thankswooke01 wrote:
Hello
I have been told to install solaris via jumpstart and use zfs.
I guess the solaris installer will ask me and then i can choose zfs, so this shouldnt be an issue. However
Do i still need to set up mirroring using metadb, metaattch etc? as I tought i saw somewhere that there are different commands for mirroring zfs?Las metas commands are not applicable with ZFS as you do not have to use Solaris Volume Management. ZFS integrates its own volume management and you can easily construct stripe, mirrored, raidz (raid5), raidz2 (=raid 6) zpool.
For exemple to add a disk mirror to your rpool pool, you just have to do a "zpool add rpool c0t0d0s0 c0t1d0s0"
A "man zpool" should give you more information.
>
Also, if this is a new install of solaris, can i use jumpstart at all yet? Since i would need to be able to get to the OK> prompt to be able to run jumpstart? (and there is no os installed yet, after i exit ilom it goes into a solaris installer).
Can anybody quickly tell me what i need to do to get jumpostart working quickly on this new box? we have a jumpstart server which i have inherited but not sure how i set the clients up. Is it just a case of adding config to the ethers file and thats it?
Thanks
ThanksFrom your client, you have to boot from the network "boot - net" but before you will have to create a new profile in your jumpstart server, but I could not say you in details how to do this. Surely you might be able to find lot of information in docs.sun.com about this or perhaps somebody else could give more information.
Groucho_fr -
Solaris 8 on Intel and apps for Sparc
I have installed Solaris 8 on PC wit Intel processor
but when i tried to run applications compiled for Solaris 2.6 for Sparc or Ultrasparc
they did not start .
Is there any way to start applications compiled for Solaris - Spark
under Solaris for Intel ?
And how if possible ?
Or the problem is elsewhere ?
ThanksNo way. Different CPU architecture, you must
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binary code.
(Exception: shell scripts and other interpreted
languages, including byte code interpreters ("java"),
run on different solaris architectures without
recompiling) -
Will I experience any problems connecting a Trusted Solaris 8 X86 systems to a SPARC Trusted 8 system? Will all the trusted features work between the two.
ThxI am using Java 5.0 to develop applets, but if I use
all the possibilities that 5.0 version offers (such
as enum) that means that clients viewing my applet
must have JRE 5.0 as well. Does that mean a very
recent browser will be required?no.
I found which browsers support Java 5.0 on the page
J2SE 5.0 "Supported System Configurations" at
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/system-configurations.h
tml
In short, what I take from there is that browsers
required would be:
- Mozilla 1.4+
- Internet Explorer 5.5 (SP2+), 6.x on Windows
platforms
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- Netscape 7 and 7.1 are not offically supported, but
should work
I have no idea how recent these versions are and
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Solaris 10 x86 jumpstart patch problem
I'm trying to jumpstart and deploy the patch using the profile file(classfile). I does work well on the sparc however I seem to have an issue with x86. The line in profile file looks like this
patch patch_order nfs server1:/patch/10_x86
patch patch_order nfs server1:/patch/10_x86/10_x86_Recommended
The same directory "patch" is shared for sparc and x86 and all directory have the same permission.
Every time I jumpstart, I get this error message
Installing patches now
ERROR: Could not mount server1:/patch/10_x86 for patch install
ERROR: Could not mount server1:/patch/10_x86/10_x86_Recommended for patch installThe problem was caused by the ipfilter behavior - ignorance of interface alias. My ipnat rule was:
map aggr150031:1 ...
I have changed into:
map aggr150031 ...
and the things began to work.
Sorry for the noise. -
Dual Boot Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.8
Is it possible to dual boot a Sparc Ultra 10 workstation with Solaris 2.5.1 and a more recent version (such as 2.8). If so please point me to some documentation.
This is required as we are running several pieces of software licensed against the hostid, that will soon require different versions of Solaris.
Thanks in anticipation.You should make an alias for your second OS location, for example disksol28.The easiest way to do this is run the format command. Write down the physical path for each disk you see. Your boot disk is probably c0t0d0 and the second disk, if you have one would be c0t1d0. If you are going to install 2.8 on another slice/partition of the first disk, write down that pathname, you'll need it for the nvalias command. If you are going to install it on the second disk then the alias "disk1" will probably work already, if you did not change the eeprom during install. You'll just have to:
ok
boot disk1
If you install 2.8 on another slice of your single disk then do not forget to include the slice in your alias.
If I asume your 2.5.1 is a flat file system (/ only, no /usr, /var, /opt, /export etc.) on slice 0 and swap is on Slice 1, then I can put another flat file system on Slice 3 - don't touch Slice 2. This OS can use the same swap Slice 1. To create an alias to boot from Slice 3:
ok
nvalias disksol28 <pathname from format goes here> :d
reset <- (locks it in to NVRAM)
example:
nvalias disksol28 /pci@1f,400/pci@1/disk@0,0:d
reset
Note:Slice 0 is asumed in most aliases. For example if your alias ends wih disk@0,0 Slice 0 is assumed. You can also say disk@0,0:a to indicate Slice 0 but ":a" is not really needed.
If you are booting off of any other slice then it must be indicated in your alias.
Slice
0 :a
1 :b
2 :c
3 :d
4 :e
5 :f
6 :g
7 :h
If you want to create an alias for your second disk (c0t1d0) with root on slice 0:
ok
nvalias disksol28 <pathname from format goes here>
reset <- (locks it in to NVRAM)
example:
nvalias disksol28 /pci@1f,400/pci@1/disk@1,0
reset
Please write down any custom aliases because a Stop+n or set-defaults will wipe them out.
If you make a mistake with nvalias then:
ok
nvunalias disksol28
reset
If you want disksol28 to be your primary boot device then:
ok
setenv boot-device disksol28
setenv diag-device disksol28
reset
Good Luck,
John -
How install Solaris 2.5.1 and Windows Together
Hi, We�ve a registered copy of Solaris 2.5.1 and we can�t install solaris and windows in the same Hard disk.
I�ve been trying since two weeks. I can�t found a document that help me with this task.
Please, help me with the directions to do that or try to indicate me an internet link to read it.
Thanks a lot.OK, this is that I did.
1. With solaris 2.5.1. boot disk install solaris from CDROM
2. I do the partition in hard disk, the disk has 3 GB, and make a 940 MB partition for solaris and the rest for Windows
3. I install solaris in stangalong mode
4. When I finished solaris installation, it ask me wich partition are going to use to boot de machine.
5. I format a WINDOWS disk partition to install it.
6. I transfered the system to the windows partition
7. Reboot the machine and the solaris still ask me by wich O/S are going to use to boot.
8. Then, install Windows 95 B version, and when rebbot the machine, the boot manager of salaris dissaper.
9. With FDISK of windows and put the second partition (solaris) as active, and nothing happens.
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