Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
System Installation Phase
During the system installation phase, the selected Solaris 9 software group
(covered later in this chapter) is installed using one of the four installation
methods:
➤
SunInstall (standard interactive installation)
➤
WebStart
➤
JumpStart
➤
Custom JumpStart
The two interactive installation methods (SunInstall and WebStart) are Part
I exam objectives and were discussed in Chapter 1. The two automatic instal-
lation methods (JumpStart and custom JumpStart) are Part II exam objec-
tives and are described later in this chapter.
All four of these installation methods can use over-the-network installation as described
later in this chapter. However, exam 310-015 only addresses over-the-network installa-
tion in terms of its use with JumpStart.
Post-Installation Phase
During the post-installation phase, any appropriate patches are installed
along with any separately purchased applications. In addition, any custom
configurations, such as user accounts and environments, are applied to the
system. Typically, system security hardening is also performed during the
post-installation phase.
Preconfiguring System Information
As previously described, during the system configuration phase, basic infor-
mation about the system, such as hostname and domain, is identified. This
information can be defined in the
sysidcfg
file, in the name service being
used (NIS or NIS+), or manually during an interactive dialog.
Using the sysidcfg File
For the
sysidcfg
file method, a file for each system is created that contains
a set of lines in the form of
keyword=value
, such as
timezone=US/CENTRAL
.
The file can be available over the network (via NFS) or on disk mounted in
the local disk drive.
