Step-by-Step Instructions for Installing Solaris 10 Update 7

[Bobby Saini]

The following steps can be taken when installing Solaris 10 U7 on a SPARC based LDOM (Logical Domain).


Step 1:

Select a Language

0. English
1. French
2. German
3. Italian
4. Japanese
5. Korean
6. Simplified Chinese
7. Spanish
8. Swedish
9. Traditional Chinese

Please make a choice (0 - 9), or press h or ? for help: 0


Step 2:

What type of terminal are you using?
1) ANSI Standard CRT
2) DEC VT52
3) DEC VT100
4) Heathkit 19
5) Lear Siegler ADM31
6) PC Console
7) Sun Command Tool
8) Sun Workstation
9) Televideo 910
10) Televideo 925
11) Wyse Model 50
12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)
13) CDE Terminal Emulator (dtterm)
14) Other
Type the number of your choice and press Return: 3


Step 3

─ The Solaris Installation Program ─────────────────────────────────────────────

The Solaris installation program is divided into a series of short sections
where you'll be prompted to provide information for the installation. At
the end of each section, you'll be able to change the selections you've
made before continuing.

About navigation...
- The mouse cannot be used
- If your keyboard does not have function keys, or they do not
respond, press ESC; the legend at th

F2_Continue


Step 4

─ Identify This System ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────

On the next screens, you must identify this system as networked or
non-networked, and set the default time zone and date/time.

If this system is networked, the software will try to find the information
it needs to identify your system;

F2_Continue


Step 5

─ Network Connectivity ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────

Specify Yes if the system is connected to the network by one of the Solaris
or vendor network/communication Ethernet cards that are supported on the
Solaris CD. See your hardware documentation for the current list of
supported cards.
Specify No if the system is connected to a network/communication card that is not supported on the Solaris CD, and follow the instructions listed under Help.


Networked
─────────
[X] Yes
[ ] No


F2_Continue


Step 6:

─ DHCP for vnet0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─────────────

Specify whether or not this network interface should use DHCP to configure
itself. Choose Yes if DHCP is to be used, or No if the network interface is
to be configured manually.

NOTE: DHCP support will not be enabled, if selected, until after the system
reboots.

Use DHCP for vnet0
────────────────

[ ] Yes
[X] No

F2_Continue


Step 7:

─ Host Name for vnet0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────

Enter the host name which identifies this system on the network. The name
must be unique within your domain; creating a duplicate host name will cause
problems on the network after you install Solaris.

A host name must have at least one character it can contain letters,
digits, and minus signs (-).

Host name for vnet0 groove

F2_Continue


Step 8

─ IP Address for vnet0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────

Enter the Internet Protocol (IP) address for this network interface. It
must be unique and follow your site's address conventions, or a
system/network failure could result.

IP addresses contain four sets of numbers separated by periods (for example
129.200.9.1).

IP address for vnet0 192.168.1.54


F2_Continue


Step 9

─ Subnet for vnet0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────

On this screen you must specify whether this system is part of a subnet. If
you specify incorrectly, the system will have problems communicating on the
network after you reboot.

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].

System part of a subnet
[X] Yes
[ ] No

F2_Continue


Step 10

─ Netmask for vnet0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ──────────

On this screen you must specify the netmask of your subnet. A default
netmask is shown; do not accept the default unless you are sure it is
correct for your subnet. A netmask must contain four sets of numbers
separated by periods (for example 255.255.255.0).


Netmask for vnet0 255.255.255.0


F2_Continue


Cont'd in next post

[Bobby Saini]

Step 11

─ IPv6 for vnet0 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─────────────

Specify whether or not you want to enable IPv6, the next generation Internet
Protocol, on this network interface. Enabling IPv6 will have no effect if
this machine is not on a network that provides IPv6 service. IPv4 service
will not be affected if IPv6 is enabled.

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].

Enable IPv6 for vnet0
[ ] Yes
[X] No


F2_Continue


Takes about 20-30 seconds


Step 12:

─ Set the Default Route for vnet0 ───────────────────────────────────────────── ─

To specify the default route, you can let the software try to detect one
upon reboot, you can specify the IP address of the router, or you can choose
None. Choose None if you do not have a router on your subnet.

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to select your choice and press
Return to mark it [X].

Default Route for vnet0
[X] Detect one upon reboot
[ ] Specify one
[ ] None

F2_Continue


Step 13:

─ Confirm Information for vnet0 ───────────────────────────────────────────── ───

> Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2;
to change any information, press F4.


Networked: Yes
Use DHCP: No
Host name: groove
IP address: 192.168.1.54
System part of a subnet: Yes
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Enable IPv6: No
Default Route: Detect one upon reboot

F2_Continue


Step 14:

─ Configure Security Policy: ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─

Specify Yes if the system will use the Kerberos security mechanism.

Specify No if this system will use standard UNIX security.

Configure Kerberos Security

[ ] Yes
[X] No

F2_Continue


Step 15:

─ Confirm Information ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────

> Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2;
to change any information, press F4.

Configure Kerberos Security: No

F2_Continue


Step 16:

─ Name Service ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────

On this screen you must provide name service information. Select the name
service that will be used by this system, or None if your system will either
not use a name service at all, or if it will use a name service not listed
here.

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option
and press Return to mark it [X].

Name service
[ ] NIS+
[ ] NIS
[X] DNS
[ ] LDAP
[ ] None

F2_Continue


Step 17:

─ Domain Name ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────

On this screen you must specify the domain where this system resides. Make
sure you enter the name correctly including capitalization and punctuation.

Domain name: halcyoninc.com

F2_Continue


Step 18

─ DNS Server Addresses ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────

On this screen you must enter the IP address of your DNS server(s). You
must enter at least one address. IP addresses must contain four sets of
numbers separated by periods (for example 129.200.9.1).

Server's IP address: 192.168.1.1
Server's IP address: 192.168.1.2
Server's IP address:

F2_Continue


Step 19

─ DNS Search List ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────

On this screen you can enter a list of domains that will be searched when a
DNS query is made. If you do not enter any domains, DNS will only search
the DNS domain chosen for this system. The domains entered, when
concatenated, may not be longer than 250 characters.

Search domain: halcyoninc.com
Search domain: halcyon2.com
Search domain: halcyon3.com
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:

F2_Continue


Step 20

─ Confirm Information ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────

> Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2;
to change any information, press F4.


Name service: DNS
Domain name: halcyoninc.com
Server address(es): 192.168.1.1
192.168.1.2
Search domain(s): halcyoninc.com
halcyon2.com
halcyon3.com

F2_Continue


Continued in next post...

[Bobby Saini]

Step 21

─ NFSv4 Domain Name ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ──────────

NFS version 4 uses a domain name that is automatically derived from the
system's naming services. The derived domain name is sufficient for most
configurations. In a few cases, mounts that cross domain boundaries might
cause files to appear to be owned by "nobody" due to the lack of a common
domain name.

The current NFSv4 default domain is: "halcyoninc.com"

NFSv4 Domain Configuration

[X] Use the NFSv4 domain derived by the system
[ ] Specify a different NFSv4 domain

F2_Continue


Step 22:

─ Confirm Information for NFSv4 Domain ─────────────────────────────────────────

> Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2;
to change any information, press F4.


NFSv4 Domain Name: << Value to be derived dynamically >>

F2_Continue


Step 23:

─ Time Zone ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ──────────────────

On this screen you must specify your default time zone. You can specify a
time zone in three ways: select one of the continents or oceans from the
list, select other - offset from GMT, or other - specify time zone file.

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].

Continents and Oceans
- [ ] Africa
│ [X] Americas
│ [ ] Antarctica
│ [ ] Arctic Ocean
│ [ ] Asia
│ [ ] Atlantic Ocean
│ [ ] Australia
│ [ ] Europe
v [ ]

F2_Continue


Step 24:

─ Country or Region ────────────────────

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].

Countries and Regions

- [X] United States
│ [ ] Anguilla
│ [ ] Antigua & Barbuda
│ [ ] Argentina
│ [ ] Aruba
│ [ ] Bahamas
│ [ ] Barbados
│ [ ] Belize
│ [ ] Bolivia
│ [ ] Brazil
│ [ ] Canada
│ [ ] Cayman Islands
v [ ] Chile

F2_Continue


Step 25:

─ Time Zone ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].

Time zones

- [X] Eastern Time
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Michigan - most locations
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Kentucky - Louisville area
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Kentucky - Wayne County
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Indiana - most locations
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Indiana - Daviess, Dubois, Knox & Martin Counties
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Indiana - Pulaski County
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Indiana - Crawford County
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Indiana - Pike County
│ [ ] Eastern Time - Indiana - Switzerland County
│ [ ] Central Time
│ [ ] Central Time - Indiana - Perry County
v [ ] Central Time - Indiana - Starke County


F2_Continue


Step 26:

─ Date and Time ──────────────────────

> Accept the default date and time or enter
new values.

Date and time: 2009-07-13 16:49

Year (4 digits) : 2009
Month (1-12) : 07
Day (1-31) : 13
Hour (0-23) : 16
Minute (0-59) : 49

F2_Continue


Step 27:

─ Confirm Information ────────────────────

> Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2;
to change any information, press F4.

Time zone: Eastern Time
(US/Eastern)
Date and time: 2009-07-13 16:49:00

F2_Continue


Step 28:

─ Root Password ──────────────────────

Please enter the root password for this system.

The root password may contain alphanumeric and special characters. For
security, the password will not be displayed on the screen as you type it.

> If you do not want a root password, leave both entries blank.

Root password: ********
Root password: ********

F2_Continue


Step 29:

─ Identify This System ───────────────────

On the next screens, you must identify this system as networked or
non-networked, and set the default time zone and date/time.

If this system is networked, the software will try to find the information
it needs to identify your system; you will be prompted to supply any
information it cannot find.

> To begin identifying this system, press F2.

F2_Continue


Step 30:

─ Enabling remote service ───────────────────

Would you like to enable network services for use by remote clients?

Selecting "No" provides a more secure configuration in
which Secure Shell is the only network service provided to
remote clients. Selecting "Yes" enables a larger set of
services as in previous Solaris releases. If in doubt, it is
safe to select "No" as any services can be individually enabled
after installation.

Note: This choice only affects initial installs. It doesn't affect upgrades.

Remote services enabled

[X] Yes
[ ] No


F2_Continue

The Solaris 10 installation will take a few seconds to start...

Continued in next posting...

[Bobby Saini]

Step 31

─ Solaris Interactive Installation ───────────────

On the following screens, you can accept the defaults or you can customize
how Solaris software will be installed by:

- Selecting the type of Solaris software to install
- Selecting disks to hold software you've selected
- Selecting unbundled products to be installed with Solaris
- Specifying how file systems are laid out on the disks

After completing these tasks, a summary of your selections (called a
profile) will be displayed.

There are two ways to install your Solaris software:

- "Standard" installs your system from a standard Solaris Distribution.
Selecting "Standard" allows you to choose between initial install
and upgrade, if your system is upgradable.
- "Flash" installs your system from one or more Flash Archives.

F2_Standard


Step 32

─ Eject a CD/DVD Automatically? ────────────────e

During the installation of Solaris software, you may be using one or more
CDs/DVDs. You can choose to have the system eject each CD/DVD automatically after it is installed or you can choose to manually eject each CD/DVD.

[X] Automatically eject CD/DVD
[ ] Manually eject CD/DVD

F2_Continue


Step 33

─ Reboot After Installation? ─────────────────

After Solaris software is installed, the system must be rebooted. You can
choose to have the system automatically reboot, or you can choose to
manually reboot the system if you want to run scripts or do other
customizations before the reboot. You can manually reboot a system by using the reboot(1M) command.

[X] Auto Reboot
[ ] Manual Reboot

F2_Continue


Step 34

─ Initializing ─────────────────

The system is being initialized.

Then the Sun Microsystems, Inc License Agreement appears. After reading through it, press F2 to Accept the License or F5 to Exit the installation.

i.e.

- Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Sun")
│ SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
│
│ READ THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") CAREFULLY BEFORE
│ OPENING SOFTWARE MEDIA PACKAGE. BY OPENING SOFTWARE MEDIA
│ PACKAGE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE
│ ACCESSING SOFTWARE ELECTRONICALLY, INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF
│ THESE TERMS BY SELECTING THE "ACCEPT"(OR EQUIVALENT) BUTTON AT
│ THE END OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE
│ TERMS, PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNUSED SOFTWARE TO YOUR PLACE OF
│ PURCHASE FOR A REFUND OR, IF SOFTWARE IS ACCESSED ELECTRONICALLY,
│ SELECT THE "DECLINE" (OR EQUIVALENT) BUTTON AT THE END OF THIS
│ AGREEMENT. IF YOU HAVE SEPARATELY AGREED TO LICENSE TERMS
│ ("MASTER TERMS") FOR YOUR LICENSE TO THIS SOFTWARE, THEN SECTIONS
│ 1-6 OF THIS AGREEMENT ("SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS") SHALL
│ SUPPLEMENT AND SUPERSEDE THE MASTER TERMS IN RELATION TO THIS SOFTWARE.

.
.
.

F2_Continue


Step 35

─ Select Geographic Region ─────────────────

Select the geographic regions for which support should be installed.

> [ ] Northern Europe
> [ ] Northern Africa
> [ ] Middle East
> [ ] Southern Europe
> [ ] South America
> [ ] Central America
> [ ] Central Europe
V [/] North America
[ ] Canada-English (ISO8859-1)
[ ] Canada-French (ISO8859-1)
[ ] French
[ ] Mexico (ISO8859-1)
[ ] Spanish
[X] U.S.A. (UTF-8)
[ ] U.S.A. (en_US.ISO8859-1)
> [ ] Western Europe


F2_Continue


Step 36

─ Select System Locale ───────────────────

Select the initial locale to be used after the system has been installed.

[X] POSIX C ( C )
North America
[ ] U.S.A. (UTF-8) ( en_US.UTF-8 )

F2_Continue


Step 37

─ Additional Product ───────────────────

To scan for additional products, select the location you wish to scan.
Products found at the selected location that are in a Web Start Ready
install form will be added to the Products list.

Web Start Ready product scan location:

[X] None
[ ] CD/DVD
[ ] Network File System


F2_Continue


Step 38

─ Choose Filesystem Type ───────────────────

Select the filesystem to use for your Solaris installation

[X] UFS
[ ] ZFS

ZFS is suppose to be much better, but since Sun choose UFS as the default, I will use it as well.

F2_Continue


Step 39

─ Select Software ───────────────────

Select the Solaris software to install on the system.

NOTE: After selecting a software group, you can add or remove software by
customizing it. However, this requires understanding of software
dependencies and how Solaris software is packaged.

[ ] Entire Distribution plus OEM support ....... 6510.00 MB
[X] Entire Distribution ........................ 6468.00 MB
[ ] Developer System Support ................... 6268.00 MB
[ ] End User System Support .................... 5255.00 MB
[ ] Core System Support ........................ 1322.00 MB
[ ] Reduced Networking Core System Support ..... 1268.00 MB

F2_Continue


Step 40

─ Select Disks ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ───────────────

On this screen you must select the disks for installing Solaris software.
Start by looking at the Suggested Minimum field; this value is the
approximate space needed to install the software you've selected. Keep
selecting disks until the Total Selected value exceeds the Suggested Minimum value.

NOTE: ** denotes current boot disk

Disk Device Available Space
================================================== ===========================
[X] c0d0 61437 MB (F4 to edit)

Total Selected: 61437 MB
Suggested Minimum: 5063 MB

F2_Continue

To be continued in next posting...

[Bobby Saini]

Step 41

─ Preserve Data? ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─────────────

Do you want to preserve existing data? At least one of the disks you've
selected for installing Solaris software has file systems or unnamed slices
that you may want to save.

F2_Continue


Step 42

─ Automatically Layout File Systems? ───────────────────────────────────────────

Do you want to use auto-layout to automatically layout file systems?
Manually laying out file systems requires advanced system administration
skills.


To simplify this installation, I just choose the Auto layout. Personally I prefer to have my own settings, one big filesystem

F2_Continue


Step 43

─ Automatically Layout File Systems ────────────────────────────────────────────

On this screen you must select all the the file systems you want auto-layout to create, or accept the default file systems shown.

NOTE: For small disks, it may be necessary for auto-layout to break up some
of the file systems you request into smaller file systems to fit the
available disk space. So, after auto-layout completes, you may find file
systems in the layout that you did not select from the list below.

File Systems for Auto-layout
========================================
[X] /
[ ] /opt
[ ] /usr
[ ] /usr/openwin
[ ] /var
[X] swap

F2_Continue


Step 44

─ File System and Disk Layout ───────────────────────────────────────────── ─────

The summary below is your current file system and disk layout, based on the
information you've supplied.

NOTE: If you choose to customize, you should understand file systems, their
intended purpose on the disk, and how changing them may affect the operation of the system.

File sys/Mnt point Disk/Slice Size
================================================== ======================
/ c0d0s0 6557 MB
swap c0d0s1 512 MB
overlap c0d0s2 61437 MB
/export/home c0d0s7 54366 MB


Here I decided I would actually increase the size of swap and also got rid of /export/home and combined the space into the root (/) partition. Here are my new settings after hitting the F5 key to customize:

─ Customize Disk: c0d0 ───────────────────

Boot Device: c0d0s0

Entry: swap Recommended: 0 MB Minimum: 0 MB
================================================== ==============================
Slice Mount Point Size (MB)
0 / 59388
1 swap 2048
2 overlap 61437
3 0
4 0
5 0
6 0
7 0
================================================== ==============================
Capacity: 61437 MB
Allocated: 61436 MB
Rounding Error: 1 MB
Free: 0 MB

New settings summary:

File sys/Mnt point Disk/Slice Size
================================================== ======================
/ c0d0s0 59388 MB
swap c0d0s1 2048 MB
overlap c0d0s2 61437 MB


F2_Continue


Step 45

─ Mount Remote File Systems? ─────────────────

Do you want to mount software from a remote file server? This may be
necessary if you had to remove software because of disk space problems.

F2_Continue


Step 46

─ Profile ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────────

The information shown below is your profile for installing Solaris software.
It reflects the choices you've made on previous screens.

Installation Option: Initial
Boot Device: c0d0
Root File System Type: UFS
Client Services: None

Locales: U.S.A. (UTF-8)
System Locale: C ( C )

Software: Solaris 10, Entire Distribution

File System and Disk Layout: / c0d0s0 59388 MB
swap c0d0s1 2048 MB


F2_Begin_Installation


Step 47

─ Warning ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ────────────────────

The following disk configuration condition(s) have been
detected. Errors must be fixed to ensure a successful
installation. Warnings can be ignored without causing the
installation to fail.

WARNING: CHANGING DEFAULT BOOT DEVICE
You have either explicitly changed the default boot device, or
accepted the default to "Reconfigure EEPROM". In either case,
the system's EEPROM will be changed so it will always boot
Solaris from the device that you've specified. If this is not
what you had in mind, go back to the disk selection screens and
change the "Reconfigure EEPROM" setting.

Esc-2_OK to continue.


Preparing system for Solaris install

Configuring disk (c0d0)
- Creating Solaris disk label (VTOC)

Creating and checking file systems
- Creating / (c0d0s0)

The install will take some time... 45 minutes or so...

To be continued in the next posting...

[Bobby Saini]

Step 41

After the Solaris 10 install completes, you need to configure a few things:

─ Configure Keyboard Layout ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ──

Please specify the keyboard layout from the list below.

> To make a selection, use the arrow keys to highlight the option and
press Return to mark it [X].

Keyboard Layout
─────────────────────────
^ [ ] Slovenian
│ [ ] Slovakian
│ [ ] Spanish
│ [ ] Swedish
│ [ ] Swiss-French
│ [ ] Swiss-German
│ [ ] Taiwanese
│ [ ] TurkishQ
│ [ ] TurkishF
│ [ ] UK-English
- [X] US-English

F2_Continue


Step 42

Creating new rsa public/private host key pair
Creating new dsa public/private host key pair

Now you can login to Solaris:

groove console login: root
Password:

Jul 14 11:39:12 groove login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005
You have new mail.

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Congratulations, you have now completed the install of Solaris 10. These steps were taken using Solaris 10 Update 7 on an LDOM created on a T2000 system.