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susindran_surul's avatar
susindran_surul
Level 6
13 years ago

BMR boot server

Hi Folks,

Good Day..

I have installed BMR in master server(solaris 10) and plan to install boot server..Please let us know shall i install boot server in the master server itself?

Or we have to install on seperate server only?

 

If i have installed master server itself and i could discover all the solaris client in master server itself.

 

Could you please confirm...

Thanks,

Susi.S

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  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    13 years ago

    you should be able to mount the ISO image as if it were a CD / DVD so it should be OK

  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Yes, the BMR boot server can be the master.

    The question is, why has this not been decided before you started to install/ configure.

    Backup systems should be designed with a pen and paper.

    Generally speaking, backup systems that are not designed, will very often fail in the future, as they are not capable of coping with what is thrown at them - this is NO fault of the software.

    Martin

  • susindran_surul's avatar
    susindran_surul
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Hi Martin,

     

    Thanks for your promt reply.I am going to test BMR thats why not going for dedicated boot server.Once i will complete all testing and will plan to move BMR to production environment.

    My master server is solaris 10 hence i will discover solaris 9,8 under this boot server right?

     

    Also confirm shall i do the below chnages in master server ?

     

     

    ■ The tftp service and the bootp service must be available. On some operating systems, these services are commented out of the /etc/inetd.conf file. They must be uncommented and inetd needs to be refreshed for the BMR boot server to function.

    Thanks,

    Susi.S

  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    OK, testing is good - but it should have an offical design for a production environment.

    The BMR server should be fine with solaris 8/ 9, far as I know.

    "Also confirm shall i do the below chnages in master server ?

    ■ The tftp service and the bootp service must be available. On some operating systems, these services are commented out of the /etc/inetd.conf file. They must be uncommented and inetd needs to be refreshed for the BMR boot server to function."

     

    Yes.

    I think by default these are enabled.

    Martin

  • susindran_surul's avatar
    susindran_surul
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    I am tring to setup SRT before installation.Its throwing error..So we can able to test if client failes and after inserted OS cd in the booting server?

    Thanks,

    Susi.S

  • susindran_surul's avatar
    susindran_surul
    Level 6
    13 years ago

     

    $ sudo ./bmrsrtadm
     
    Select one of the following options:
     
        1.  Create a new Shared Resource Tree.
        2.  Create a new CD image based Shared Resource Tree.
        3.  Copy an existing Shared Resource Tree to a new location.
        4.  Import a Shared Resource Tree.
        5.  Modify an existing Shared Resource Tree.
        6.  Delete an existing Shared Resource Tree.
        7.  List Shared Resource Trees available on this server.
        8.  Quit.
     
    Enter your selection (1-8) [1] : 1
    Enter the name of the SRT to create : test_solaris
    Enter the description of the new SRT : test solaris with all version
    Enter desired level of Solaris/SunOS (8/5.8, 9/5.9 or 10/5.10) [5.10] :
    Enter the directory in which to place the new SRT [/export/srt] :
    Directory "/export/srt" does not exist -- please try again.
    Enter the directory in which to place the new SRT [/export/srt] :
    Enter a [hostname:/]pathname containing a suitable Solaris 5.10
    OS CDROM or OS image location [/cdrom] :
    Found invalid CDROM image: Need valid /cdrom/[s0/]Solaris_10
     
  • susindran_surul's avatar
    susindran_surul
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    As per my under standing..We need upload all solaris 10,9,8 OS images with use of cd to that /export/srt with the three time exectuting the ./bmrsrtadm.After image resides inside that path.If any client crash we can use that image..Please let us know its correct?

     

    Thanks,

    Susi>S

  • mandar_khanolka's avatar
    mandar_khanolka
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Yes, your understanding is absolutely correct.

    Make a note of this BMR SRT general rule:

    BMR Boot server version >= SRT OS version ~= Client OS version to be recovered

    So in your case Solaris 10 boot server can create and hold 3 SRTs (10, 9 and 8) to recover Solaris OS family (10, 9 and 8 respectively).

    These SRTs are mini-os or temporary OS BMR uses to boot client and recover original client data.

    Thanks.

    Mandar

     

     

     

  • susindran_surul's avatar
    susindran_surul
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Thanks Mandar.

     

    I am plan to create SRT from boot server to the use of my solaris jump start server.I could see installation files under jump start server.Could you please help us and how we can give path name in the boot server at the time of SRT creation.

    Please find the below for my jump start OS details under that path.

     

    $ cd Solaris_10_2011-03
    $ ls -lart
    total 44
    drwxr-xr-x   8 root     root        1024 Feb 19  2009 ..
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          68 Mar  1  2010 .cdtoc
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          21 Apr  8  2010 .volume.inf
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root        7625 May 26  2010 Copyright
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root        1797 Jul 21  2010 GPL_LGPL_Source_Offer.txt
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          23 Aug 11  2010 .volume.inf.3
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          23 Aug 11  2010 .volume.inf.4
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         257 Aug 11  2010 installer
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          23 Aug 11  2010 .volume.inf.5
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          28 Aug 11  2010 .volume.inf.1
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          28 Aug 11  2010 .volume.inf.2
    drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root          96 Aug 11  2010 platform
    drwxr-xr-x   5 root     root        1024 Aug 11  2010 .install
    drwxr-xr-x   7 root     root          96 Aug 11  2010 Solaris_10
    drwxr-xr-x   6 root     other       1024 Mar 10  2011 .
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root          96 Mar 10  2011 boot
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root         439 Mar 10  2011 .slicemapfile
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          33 Mar 10  2011 .install_config -> ./Solaris_10/Misc/.install_config
    $ cd ../Solaris_9_2005-09-HW
    $ ls -lart
    total 30
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          85 Jun 30  2006 .cdtoc
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root          20 Jun 30  2006 .volume.inf
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root        5399 Jun 30  2006 Copyright
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root     root          96 Sep 25  2006 License
    -r--r--r--   1 root     root         462 Dec  4  2007 .slicemapfile
    drwxr-xr-x   8 root     root        1024 Dec  4  2007 Solaris_9
    drwxr-xr-x   5 root     other       1024 Dec  4  2007 .install
    -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     other        257 Dec  4  2007 installer
    -r--r--r--   1 root     other         22 Dec  4  2007 .volume.inf.2
    drwxr-xr-x   5 root     other       1024 Dec  4  2007 .
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          32 Feb 18  2009 .install_config -> ./Solaris_9/Misc/.install_config
    drwxr-xr-x   8 root     root        1024 Feb 19  2009 ..
    $ pwd
    /jumpstart/OS/Solaris_9_2005-09-HW
    $
     
  • mandar_khanolka's avatar
    mandar_khanolka
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    You do not require to configure any jumpstart settings. Once you create SRT, do PTR (prepare to restore) from BMR admin GUI for intended client config. Upon successful PTR you can see a restore job under tasks menu. Now you can boot your client where recovery will start automatically.

    thanks.

    mandar

  • susindran_surul's avatar
    susindran_surul
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Hi,

    By creating SRT we have to give Enter a [hostname:/]pathname containing a suitable Solaris 5.10

    OS CDROM or OS image location [/cdrom] ...What we can give in that place?
     
    Without SRT we can't go for PTR.
     
    Thanks,
    Susi.S