How 'suite' it is... - Jackie Gleason The "Availability Suite"

Friday Feb 02, 2007

If you have it and you know you have it, then you
have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it.
If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.


Welcome to OpenSolaris, and "Day 2" of Availability Suite.

So you have it, that is the TarBall which contains the source code of the OpenSolaris release of Availability Suite. What you will find when expanding this TarBall is a the top level
directory with the following files, plus the single directory 'src'. 

 Filename Description
 READMEThis 'README' file 
 opensolaris.license.txtThe OpenSolaris License - CDDL 
 openAVS_buildThe Availability Suite (AVS) build script 
 openAVS.releaseEnvironmental file for 'release' builds
 openAVS.debug Environmental file for 'debug' builds
 openAVS.lint Environmental file for 'lint' builds
 srcThe top-level source directory for all software 











The openAVS_build script is invoked from the top level directory, specifying one of the pre-existing environmental files, (of which three are provided), or as a CLI, passing one or more of the following options via the command line:

Usage:
    openAVS_build -E <environment file>
    openAVS_build -hilpvDN

      -E <environment file>    Path to environment file
      -h                       Prints the Usage
      -i                       Incremental build [no clobber]
      -l                       Enable lint checking
      -p                       Build packages
      -v                       Verbose processing
      -D                       Build Debug binaries
      -N                       Build Non Debug binaries

Upon completion any build, the top level directory 'log', will contain a dated logfile containing the results of build attempted. Upon successful completion any build, the top level directory 'packages', will contain one or more sub-directories consisting of a set of eight(8) packages per build type, where the build type will differ between SPARC & i386, and also between nightly-debug, and nightly-nondebug.

Comments:

As a potential X4500 customer without detailed knowledge of OpenSolaris v. Solaris 10, should I expect that AVS will ship with the X4500 sometime soon...if it doesn't already?

Posted by Paul Nicolette on February 13, 2007 at 10:42 AM EST #

AVS 4.0 is available for purchase on Solaris 8, 9 or 10 at:
http://store.sun.com/CMTemplate/CEServlet?process=SunStore&cmdViewProduct_CP&catid=95159

AVS OpenSource is available for use on Solaris Express, off the "Files" project page for AVS in the OpenSolaris Community:
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/avs/

Posted by Jim Dunham on February 13, 2007 at 11:04 AM EST #

Thanks for the quick response. Guess I'd have to ask marketing whether Sun truly expects $180K for the right to run code to replicate 18TB of usable storage on a $70K box (if I'm following the licensing terms). Or whether the open-sourcing of separately-priced Solaris add-ons implies their eventual repricing, possibly to $0 plus something reasonable for support. Any links to a Solaris marketing blog?

Posted by Paul Nicolette on February 13, 2007 at 11:26 AM EST #

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