SUMMARY: diskless clients

Well, it looks like no one on the list is using diskless clients.

If anyone manages to make sense out of the docs please let me know.


----------original message----------
Joe Reid wrote:

> I'm having some trouble setting up diskless clients to boot from my Sol9
> system.
>
> I've followed the directions in chapter 8 of the Basic Sys Admin guide
> for Solaris 9 but I'm getting an error.  The smosservice command is a
> script, so I copied it to tmp, enabled the debugging flag and re-ran the
> command.  Here is the output, if anyone has any suggestions please let
> me know.
>
> ----------
> root@liz:5:/export 0# /tmp/smosservice add -- -x
> mediapath=/export/sol8-0202 -x platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8 -x
> cluster=SUNWCXall -x locale=en_US
> Authenticating as user: root
>
> Type /? for help, pressing  accepts the default denoted by [ ]
> Please enter a string value for: password ::
> Loading Tool: com.sun.admin.osservermgr.cli.OsServerMgrCli from liz.zoonet
> Login to liz.zoonet as user root was successful.
> Debugging enabled
> Download of com.sun.admin.osservermgr.cli.OsServerMgrCli from liz.zoonet
> was successful.
> OsServerMgrCli.setProperties
> calling initCommandLineOptions
> calling doFirstArgPass
> parseMyArgs->args.length = 10
> args[0] = -x
> args[1] = mediapath=/export/sol8-0202
> args[2] = -x
> args[3] = platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8
> args[4] = -x
> args[5] = cluster=SUNWCXall
> args[6] = -x
> args[7] = locale=en_US
> args[8] = -K
> args[9] = OA
> Task = OA
> Action: Add an os service
> calling parseAndValidateArgs
> in parseXOssAddOptions()
> Parsed out x property:  mediapath
> Parsed out x property value:     /export/sol8-0202
> Parsed out x property:  platform
> Parsed out x property value:     sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8
> Parsed out x property:  cluster
> Parsed out x property value:     SUNWCXall
> Parsed out x property:  locale
> Parsed out x property value:     en_US
> XArgs=[mediapath=/export/sol8-0202, platform=sparc.sun4u.Solaris_8,
> cluster=SUNWCXall, locale=en_US]
> validateOsServerOption: null liz.zoonet file
> runCommandLine, OsServerMgrException:  The management server cannot
> perform the operation requested.  Verify that the CIMOM is running.
>
> If this problem persists, please see the Log Viewer for additional
> information, or contact your Sun Microsystems support provider.
>
> The actual error reported was: CIM_ERR_FAILED
> The management server cannot perform the operation requested.  Verify
> that the CIMOM is running.
>
> If this problem persists, please see the Log Viewer for additional
> information, or contact your Sun Microsystems support provider.
>
> The actual error reported was: CIM_ERR_FAILED
> ----------
>
>


-- 
Joe Reid
jreid@vnet.net
Tactical Solaris Systems Engineering and Administration
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