Initial Configuration

and
OS installation
CONTENTS:

• Initial ALOM Configuration

• OS Installation
• Basic tape drive commands
•Choose “Solaris Interactive (default)” from the menu and press enter/return key.

•Select Language , I have chosen “English”

•Click “Next”

•Select the radio button

“Networked” and click “Next”
•This section lets you enable DHCP, I
have chosen not to select DHCP. I feel
it is best to assign ip manually , gives
you more control ..:)

•Enter the hostname and click “Next”

 •Enter Ip address, ensure this ip is free and
not used by any other system.

•Enter “NetMask”, I have selected it default

value which was automatically picked up.
•Select “Yes” if you like to enable IPv6,

•Select “Default Route”, I have selected “none”

as this can be defined at later point in time.
 •Select “No” if you do not intend to use
Kerberos Security.

•Select your desired “Name Service”, I have

selected “None”
•Select “Time Zone”, I chose the radio button
“Geographic Continent/Country/Region”

•Select your relevant country

 •Enter “root” password and click “Next”

•Select “Yes” if you wish to Enable Remote

Services and click “Next”
•Click “Next” to go to the next tasks of Installation
•In the “Installer Options” click the radio button “No” for Reboot automatically after
installation and “No” for “Eject CD/DVD after Software Installation” and click “Next”

•A Notice will pop up to you should also eject the CD/DVD. Click
“OK” to continue.
 •Specify Media, click radio button
“CD/DVD” and click “Next” to continue

•Accept the “License” and click “Next”

•Select “Type of Install”, choose “Custom
Install” radio button and click “Next”. You can
select “Default” if you like to.
•Select “Software Localization” specific to your
country and click “Next”.

•Select “System Locale” specific to your country.

 •Select “None” for “Web Start Ready
product scan location“
•Click “Next”, I made no changes and
accepted the defaults.

•Confirm the disks are selected and click

“Next”.
•Select fdisk Partitions to be customized, check
mark the displayed disk and click “Next”

•Confirm the values and click “Next”.

•Layout File Systems, Highlight “c1t0d0” disk and click “Modify” to
reflect the following values

And Finally click “Install Now” which will begin the installation.
The installation will take sometime to finish.
Click “Reboot Now”
•Login using “SUN Console Login”
 Tape Drive Commands

#Luxadm probe (to Scan FC Devices)

#devfsadm
#cfgadm –al
By using the above command we can identify
the tape drive logical address

Eg: mt –f /dev/rmt/(drive no)

If you have more than one tape drive connected to your system use the
appropriate logical device name such as /dev/rmt/0, /dev/rmt/1, or
/dev/rmt/2, and so on.

Your system is able to access the tape drive and a tape cartridge is present, if
the following status is displayed:

# mt -f /dev/rmt/2 status

Exabyte EXB-8200 8mm tape drive:

sense key(0x0)= nosense residual= 0 retries= 0
file no= 0 block no= 0

To Rewind a Tape

Type:
# mt -f /dev/rmt/2 rewind
To Take Backup we need to use this command

Syntax:
#tar cvf /dev/rmt/2 <source data>

Eg: #tar cvf /dev/rmt/2 /tmp/data

To View the data which is back has Taken use this command

Syntax:

# tar tvf /dev/rmt/2

To Restore the data use this command

Syntax:
#tar xvf /dev/rmt/2 <destination>

Eg: #tar xvf /dev/rmt/2 /media/restore