Storix-software SBAdmin Solaris System Recovery Guide Bedienungsanleitung

Solaris System Recovery Guide Version 8.2

Network Use this option to create a network boot image to be used with various network boot loaders to boot a client system over the network from a ne

To prevent a system from being inadvertently reinstalled by simply booting from the wrong device, this option is not available when booting from a ha

Enabling Remote Installation Manager This feature will allow connection to the SBAdmin System Installation Process from any remote system. With proper

Select the Network Adapter that should be configured to connect to the remote install client. If performing a network boot, then you may select UseBo

Storix System Backup Administrator 14 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide 3. Network Boot/Install Configuration The information provided in th

Options may appear or disappear from this screen depending on your selections. The screen is broken into two main sections; one for configuring the C

Storix System Backup Administrator 16 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide 4. Gateway Address: If the client must go through a gateway to reac

Storix System Backup Administrator 17 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide To un-configure the client, simply select the option Configure!Netwo

1. Gateway Address: If the client must go through a gateway to reach the install server, enter the gateway IP address in this field. 2. Subnet Ma

Storix System Backup Administrator 19 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide Updating Network Boot Images If you have updated the client operatin

Storix System Backup Administrator 2 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide Trademarks and Copyrights © Copyright Storix, Inc. 1999-2014 USA Stor

Storix System Backup Administrator 20 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide 4. Booting to the System Installation Process Booting the Various Sy

Network Boot To network boot an Intel-based system with BIOS: Most BIOS-based systems are not, themselves, network boot capable. However, if you have

The detailed instructions for using the options on this menu are provided in the sections Reinstall a System from a Backup and View/Change Installati

5. Reinstall from a System Backup A System Backup may be used to reinstall either the original system or a different system with either the same or di

3. The configuration information from the backup will be compared against the current system configuration to ensure that everything may be recreate

Storix System Backup Administrator 25 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide ASCII (text) key (or press Enter to reselect key type)", enter

Using Keys and Getting Help Because these menus are designed to appear on both graphic and serial (ASCII), the menus are provided in a form viewable

Pop-up List Options: Pop-up lists are available for many entry options. When supported, “List=F4” will appear at the bottom of the screen. At that fie

If you are restoring from a parallel tape device, then you should select all tape drives that make up that device. Otherwise you should only select a

The Backup Sequence Number and Autoloader used? options are the same as previously described. However, there is a Parallel Read Policy which should b

Storix System Backup Administrator 3 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction...

Select a backup by highlighting the desired line and pressing ENTER, or press F3 or ESC key to cancel the selection. After making your selection, you

After entering the above NFS mount configuration options, select the Select NFS Mount Backup option. Selecting this option will mount the remote share

To use a network install server, the Server IP Address, Client IP Address and Network Device fields must be filled in. If a gateway is required for th

After selecting the directory device, a list of System Backup images on the server will be displayed, and you may select a backup from the list. The

If you wish to install from a TSM server, select Use TSM Server from the list above. The following screen will appear: You will need to enter addit

Storix System Backup Administrator 35 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide TSM Client Configuration You are required to enter the NODEname of t

Storix System Backup Administrator 36 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide The backup settings will again be verified to ensure consistency wit

6. View/Change Installation Settings From the Main Menu, select View/Change Installation Settings. The first time you enter this option, the backup i

Many options are available from this screen for moving data between disks. This is necessary when the disks currently available don’t match those def

ASSIGN all contents of this disk to a Different Disk If you select this option, you will be provided a list of available (unused) disks. If you select

Storix System Backup Administrator 4 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide TSM Client Configuration ...

You may select to add a new partition by pressing Enter at the highlighted line at the top, or move the highlighted line over the partition you wish t

You may change any of the options shown. The Size of the slice can be set by either entering the number of sectors (512-bytes each) or by entering th

• Soft Partitions: This is a type of meta-device created using part of a disk slice or other meta-device. Multiple soft-partitions can share the same

If you want to remove this database, move the cursor to the Create option field and press “D”. Otherwise, you can usually accept the default settings

You must define at least one stripe for a RAID 0 device. To do so, move to the # of Stripes field and press F4. This will produce a list of stripes a

A RAID 1 meta-device can only be built using other (typically RAID 0) meta-devices. Therefore, if you have not already done so, you must create at le

The additional options may be set to the default values shown. Otherwise, you can change the additional options by moving to the desired entry field a

If you select Add New, a new device will be created with a new name. The name will always start with “hsp”, followed by a number. When adding a new d

Here’s an example: d0 (RAID 1) d10 (RAID 0) d11 (RAID 0) disk 1 slice disk 2slicedisk 3slicedisk 4 slice Devices d10 and d11 are RAID 0 meta-de

ZFS Pools The first item on the menu is used to create a zpool and its underlying virtual devices. This section describes editing zpools. Refer to t

Storix System Backup Administrator 5 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide 1. Introduction The SBAdmin for Solaris System Recovery Guide is a s

Changing the virtual device settings is described in the next section. If you are finished with the zpool selections, pres ESC or F3 to return to the

When adding a new filesystem, a default mount point and dataset name will be created for you. After selecting to add a new ZFS filesystem or to edit a

ZFS Volumes A ZFS volume has a fixed size (but may be increased) and does not contain a ZFS filesystem. It may contain any type of data, including oth

Change Solaris Filesystems This option may be used to change any of the settings for the Solaris filesystems, which vary depending on the filesystem t

Mount point – You can change the directory where the filesystem will be mounted. The data is restored relative to this directory, so the contents, if

Storix System Backup Administrator 55 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide If an arrow (") appears next to a device, then that device is c

Storix System Backup Administrator 56 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide 7. Install the System To install the system from the SBAdmin Syste

Starting the Installation If all checks out, you are given one final warning: Press “y” to continue the installation or “n” to return to the Main Men

Storix System Backup Administrator 58 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide Should any system, even when changing the disk configuration, not st

8. System Recovery Utilities From the System Installation and Maintenance Main Menu, select System Recovery Utilities to display the following option

Storix System Backup Administrator 6 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide • SVM: The Solaris Volume Manager provides the ability to create devi

1. The Remote Install Username is set to “sbadmin” and may not be changed. Enter a password in the Remote Install Password field. The password will b

To change the groups ID simply begin typing and it will replace the old group id. Press the escape key to save the new setting and return to the prev

Storix System Backup Administrator 62 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide Index A!ascii encryption key, 26 B!backup sequence number, 29 networ

Storix System Backup Administrator 63 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide filesystem, 6 N!network, 15 adapter hardware address, 17 alternate i

Storix System Backup Administrator 64 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide system backup nfs local install device, 31 system installation booti

Storix System Backup Administrator 7 Version 8.2 Solaris System Recovery Guide 2. Creating Boot Media for System Installation The SBAdmin Backup Ad

created on the selected client but may be used to boot other clients of similar system type and operating system release levels. When selecting A Sola

Using Network Administrator a minimum of three fields are required Boot Server name, CDROM Boot Image Name, and Client Name. The Boot Server name is