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Staging a Solaris 10 system for Java Enterprise System

• I attempted to minimize the number of packages, but with limited time, I used the end user cluster minus Star Office and Evolution.
• I added the extra packages required by the JES components (per user, etc.) See the Java Enterprise System docs for full instructions.

# mkdir -p /zone/jes3
# chmod 700 /zone/jes3

# more jes3zone.cfg
create -b
set zonepath=/zone/jes3
set autoboot=false
add net
set address=192.168.159.90
set physical=pcn0
end

# zonecfg -z jes3 -f jes3zone.cfg
# zoneadm -z jes3 install

#zlogin -C jes3
(To break out of zlogin: ~.)

• 1) copy the bits into the zone and install - since I have limited disk space available this was not an option
• 2) use the global zone cdrom and use a loop back file system to mount the global zone's cdrom from the zone: (warning, this get you access to the cdrom, but I had problems with the jes installer with this approach, exploring why...)


-Shut down the zone



# zonecfg -z jes3
add fs
set dir=/cdrom
set special=/cdrom
set type=lofs
set options=[nodevices]
end

• 3) Add the cdrom device to the zone (Red flags all over on this one, all docs suggest that sharing devices to zones should not be done)
• 4) Use NFS - This is an old standby and was the right solution for me. It is easy to configure and worked great.


From the global zone:



#vi /etc/dfs/dfstab
add the following line to this file to share the cdrom with nfs:



share -F nfs -o ro /cdrom/cdrom0

#/etc/init.d/nfs.server start

To validate the share is accessible:



#share
-               /cdrom/jes_05q1_sol_x86   ro   ""
(note: it shows the name of the cdrom)



From the zone mount the nfs share:



#mkdir /globalcdrom
#mount -F nfs idm:/cdrom/jes_05q1_sol_x86
(note: I used the name of the cdrom to mount)



Now the installation can proceed from /globalcdrom