Sun equivalent to make recovery?

[Sean OB_1]

Does anyone know of an equivalent to make_recovery for Solaris boxes?

TIA,

Sean

[S.K. Chan]

As far as I know Solaris does not have such a utility. Take a look at the command comparison chart for different OS flavor (search for "make_recovery").
http://www.unixguide.net/unixguide.shtml
Also this article ..
http://www.samag.com/quest/archive/2001/0119.htm
Hope this helps ..

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

I think there is an equivalent, but not as good ;)
Follow this link for more:

http://www.hp.com/workstations/risc/standard/operating/easy_hpux11/solaris/reference_guide.html

Later,
Bill

[Shannon Petry · Accepted solution]

Sun has something not only similar, but very competative to Ignite-UX in Jumpstart. This suite of utilities includes an imaging system, and like ignite requires a jumpstart server.

Actually, jumpstart came out years before Ignite.

Look for jumpstart and loads of info on Sun Microsystems web site.

Regards,
Shannon

[harry d brown jr]

Shannon nailed it. JumpStart, and like ignite it has the ability to be used to "ignite" (jumpstart) other servers. if only I could convince others to use it.

live free or die
harry

[Shannon Petry]

I was actually involved in light ways with some of the first Jumpstart testing.

I wont tell you how long ago it was, but as a hit it's when GM went from mainframe CAD/CAM to workstation CAD/CAM. Jumpstart was out in Solaris 2.5 and beta tests I'm pretty sure were run in all Solaris 2.4.

Ignite did not come out untill a few years later, post 10.20.

[Darrell Allen]

I've just recently heard about Solaris Flash archives. Sounds similar to Ignite.

Darrell

[Sean OB_1]

The docs I saw show using a Jumpstart server and bootable CD. Can this also create a bootable tape?

[harry d brown jr]

For those of you that are have are or expecting to have sun servers I advise you taking SUN's one week class for experienced admins. Don't take admin I or admin II, take the the FastTrack program
http://suned.sun.com/US/catalog/courses/SF-391.html


It's $7,000 US, but it's worth it. That includes hotel and accommodations, breakfast, lunch, two (2) dinners, and snacks throughout the day.

live free or die
harry

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
Jumpstart can not be used to create tapes, it is a LAN boot utility. The normal way to backup Solaris machines is to use ufsdump to a tape. This tape is not bootable, you have to boot on a CD.