S11 implementation bootcamp

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Solaris 11 Implementation Specialist Bootcamp
rev 2 – January 2013

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Overview
• Two day Solaris 11 Implementation
Engineer training bootcamp
• Recommended for previously certified
individuals or highly experienced with
Solaris.
• Prepare for Oracle Solaris 11
Implementation and Configuration
essentials exam
• Lecture + Labs
• Requires a Laptop with VirtualBox

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Program Agenda
• Introduction
• Solaris 11 Overview
• Installation
• Advanced Installation
• Boot and Shutdown
• File Systems and Storage
• Software Management
• Networking
• Virtualization

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Labs
• Advanced Installation
• File Systems and Storage
• Software Management
• Networking
• Virtualization

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Module 1 - Introduction

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Solaris 11 Bootcamp Logistics
• 2 days
• 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
• 15 minute breaks
• 1 hour lunch
• Lecture
• Self directed labs
– Brief overview
– Self directed lab – complete at your own pace
– Instructor to facilitate issues or questions
• Lab workbook
• All files necessary available on flash disks
– Please return flash disks to instructor!
• Sign in Sheet

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Why are we here?
• To pass the Implementation and Installation Specialist
Exam for Oracle Solaris 11
• Oracle Solaris 11 Implementation Specialist
– Valuable certification that counts towards Specialization
• Exam – 1Z0-580 – Oracle Solaris 11 Installation and
Configuration Essentials
– 120 minutes
– 74 questions – multiple choice
– 67% passing score
– Purchase a voucher
– Register your voucher at Pearson VUE for an exam time

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What does the exam cover?
• Learner level vs Practitioner level questions
• Not a beginners test
• Exam Coverage Topics
– Overview of Solaris 11
– Basic and advanced installation
– System boot and shutdown – x86 and SPARC
– File systems and storage management
– Virtualization
– Networking
• Download the exam study guide
• Exam guide has pointers to study resources like on-line
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How do I pass the exam?
• Know Oracle Solaris 11
• Have a solid foundation in Solaris or Unix
• Prior Solaris certification is a big plus
• Use the Installation Essentials Exam Study Guide
• Focus is mainly on what’s new in Solaris 11
• Use the GLP (Guide Learning Path)
– More courses being added soon – all on-line
• Use VirtualBox/Solaris 11 to Practice! Practice Practice
• Take a class if you can
– OU – Transition to Oracle Solaris 11 – 5 day ILT
– OU – Advanced Systems Administration – 5 day ILT

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Other training information
• Sales and Presales GLP
– On-line training with on-line exam
– Presales GLP is a prerequisite for this bootcamp
– Counts towards Specialization
• How-to’s and HOL’s online on Oracle.com
• Specialization for Partners
– Take the OU exam for Oracle Solaris 11 classes
– Associate or Professional
– Take the OPN Certified Implementation Specialist exam
• OU offers ILT, LVT, and custom courses
– Continue to improve your skills and stay marketable in the
industry

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Module 2 – What’s New in Solaris 11

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Module 3 - Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Basics

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Module Agenda
• Preinstallation
• LiveCD Overview
• Installing with the Text Installer
• AI Installs that boot from Media
• AI Installs of Multiple Clients
• SCI Utility

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Obtain Oracle Solaris 11 Software
• Access the Oracle Solaris 11.1 Downloads page
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=ocomen
• Accept the OTN License Agreement
• LiveCD, TextInstall, AI, VirtualMachine, Repositories
• Copy the ISO to removable media
– CD
– DVD
– Flash Drive
• Save the ISO and run it in a virtual machine
• Make sure your system meets the minimum requirements
– http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23824_01/html/E23811/glmru.html#glmuu

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Setting Up Partitions
• Use the entire disk or a partition
• X86 Installer uses GRUB
• Boot multiple operating systems
– Supports Multiboot Specification
• For GUI or Text Installations
– You can select, create, or modify partitions during install
• For Text Install only
– You can also select, create, or modify VTOC slices

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Partitioning the Hard Disk
Partitioning Option Description
Use existing Solaris partition Installs on the existing Solaris partition
Create new Solaris partition Select a primary partition and change it’s type to
Solaris. Erases the existing contents
Increase space for Solaris partition If space is available, you can increase the size
that is allocated to a Solaris partition before
installing
Install on different primary partition Change existing Solaris partition to ‘unused’,
then select another partition and change it’s type
to Solaris. Both partitions will be erased.
Create new Solaris partition in
extended partition
Change existing Solaris partition to unused then
create an ‘extended’ partition labeled as a Solaris
partition
Delete an existing partition Delete an existing partition by changing its type
to Unused. The partition will be destroyed and
it’s space made available to the system.

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Device Drivers
• Are your devices supported?
– Check out the HCL
– http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/index.html
– Oracle Device Detection Tool
– http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/hcts/device_detect.html
– Device Driver Utility
• Run from the LiveCD

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Starting Your LiveCD Installation - Overview
• Default settings:
– Automatic DHCP and DNS
– Automatic networking enables IPv6 auto configuration
– NFSv4 domain is dynamically derived
• Insert media and boot the system
• GRUB menu will be displayed
– If your graphics card isn’t supported, you’ll automatically go to a
text based install
• Asked for login? User = jack, password = solaris
• Make keyboard and language selections
• Double click the ‘Install Oracle Solaris’ icon

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Installation Selections - Overview
• In the Welcome panel, select ‘Next’
• Choose your disk or modify the partition layout
• Select the target time zone
• Adjust date and time
• Enter a user name and password
– This user account will have administrative privileges
– The root password will default to the above user password
• Type a computer name
• Screens will present a summary
• Installation begins
• Do not interrupt an installation in progress. Indeterminate state may result.

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Installing with LiveCD
• LiveCD Start Screen

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• Choose your keyboard layout …

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• Choose your language …

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• Solaris running in memory …

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• Device Driver Utility …

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• GParted, partition your disk if necessary …

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• Choose the ‘Install Oracle Solaris’ icon …

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• Ready to start the installation …

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• Check the release notes first …

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• Disk discovery …

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• Choosing where to install Solaris 11 …

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• Choose your time zone, date, and time …

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• Add a user, and name your system …

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• Register for support …

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• Review the settings …

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• Copying files, wait just a bit …

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• Install complete …

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• Check the install log in case there are any issues …

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• Our instance is ready after a reboot …

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• Fresh install, ready to login …

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• First login, ready to get to work …

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Installing with the Text Installer - Overview
• LiveCD appropriate for desktop or laptop
• Text Install appropriate for general purpose Server
– No Gnome/Desktop environment
• Networking with Text Installer
– Automatic – automatic NCP similar to LiveCD method
– Manually – DefaultFixed NCP – static IPv4 configuration
– None – DefaultFixed NCP – loopback interface only
• Familiar steps to install …
– Download the image
– Copy it to media
– Check your system requirements
– Insert the media and boot the system

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Installing with the Text Installer
• Choose your keyboard layout …

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• Choose your language …

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• Choose 1 to install Oracle Solaris 11 …

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• Welcome screen, hit F2 to continue …

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• Disk discovery method

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• Partition your disk …

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• Entire disk or partition selection …

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• System name and network selection …

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• Manual network configuration …

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• Name services selection

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• Name services selection details …

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• Further name services selections …

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• Time zone …

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• System time and date …

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• Add root password and default user …

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• Sign up for support

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• Review your settings …

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• Install proceeding …

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• Success!

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• Instance ready to boot …

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• Log in and get to work …

Automated Installs (AI)
booting from media

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Installing using AI Media - Overview
• Initiate installation on SPARC or x86 by using media
rather than booting over the network if that’s not
desirable for whatever reason.
• Utilize CD, DVD, or USB media
• Hands free installation of that particular system
• Don’t need to set up an install server or service
• Don’t need to boot over the network
• System will need network access to retrieve required
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Installing using AI Media

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Installing using AI Media
• Check your requirements – Solaris 11 Release Notes
• Access to following resources:
– DHCP server for network configuration info
– IPS repository containing the necessary packages
– If using a custom manifest, an http server to house it
• Download the AI boot image
• Review the default manifest
• Create bootable media
– SPARC and x86 ISO images – burn the image to a CD or DVD
– X86 USB images – use the usbcopy utility
• Boot from the media
• Provide info via the SCI Tool panels

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Using a Custom AI Manifest
• Use the default or create your own
• Store it on an http server
• Provide the location when you boot the system to be
installed
• Don’t need to specify if using the default manifest

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• SPARC System example:
– ok boot cdrom – install aimanifest=prompt
– Enter the URL for the AI manifest [HTTP, default]:
– You type – http://example.com/custom.xml
• X86 will boot from the GRUB menu

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Automated Install (AI)
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AI With Multiple Clients - Overview
• AI can install Oracle Solaris 11 on multiple client
systems over a network
• Hands free installation of both SPARC and x86
• Clients can be customized
– Disk layout
– Software selection
– Hostname, network config, user accounts
• Scaled for large environments

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AI With Multiple Clients
• Client boots over the network
• Install Server provides boot image to the client
• Installation instructions followed according to type of
client
• Oracle Solaris 11 is installed on the client
• Packages are pulled from the repository according to
instructions provided in the AI Install Service
What is an Automated Installation?

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• DHCP
• AI Install service on an AI server
– DHCP and AI server can be on the same machine
• Available repository
– Net boot install image is not complete, will need to access a repo
to install a full image
• Each type of machine needs it’s own service
– SPARC vs x86
• AI Manifests can be used to differentiate client details in
similar OS installs
Requirements

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• For parameters like time zone, user accounts, and
networking
• Use an SMF system configuration profile
– sysconfig create-profile –o sc.xml
• Use installadm create-profile to validate the profile
System Configuration Instructions

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• Local repository will improve performance
• Make a local copy
– pkgrecv -s http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ -d
/export/repoSolaris11 '*'
• Customize the AI Manifest to specify the new repo as
the default
• Customize the default-arch install service
Provide a local IPS Package Repository

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• Custom First Boot Script
• To add configuration options that can’t be expressed in
an AI Manifest or System Configuration profile
• Script runs at first boot of client
– Create a script
– Create a run-once SMF Service to run the script
– Create an IPS package for the service and the script
– Add the package to the local IPS Repository
– Make the repository accessible to client systems
– Customize the AI Manifest to specify the new repository and
specify the new package to be installed
– Run the installadm update-manifest command to
replace the default AI manifest

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Using the SCI Utility
• The interface for configuring, unconfiguring, and
reconfiguring a Solaris instance
• Interactive or noninteractive
• Use for newly created non-global zones or unconfigured
systems
• # sysconfig
– unconfigure
– configure
– create-profile –o <profile_name.extension>

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What We Learned
• LiveCD Overview
• Installing with the Text Installer
• AI Installs that boot from Media
• AI Installs of Multiple Clients
• SCI Utility
Next Steps
• Advanced Installation Lab

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Module 4 – Advanced Installation Lab Overview

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Module Agenda
• System Shakedown
• Section 4 lab overview
• Lab

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System Shakedown
• Take a few minutes to make sure everyone is up and
running according to plan!
• 15-30 Minutes allotted – we’ll get started as soon as
everyone is up and running.
• Requirements outlined on the next 3 slides

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Hardware System Requirements
• Laptop that supports Virtualization
– Intel VT-x
– AMD – AMD-v
– Usually needs to be enabled via the systems BIOS
– Check your BIOS to be sure
• At least 3GB of memory please!
• 30 GB or more diskspace
• USB port
• No external networking required

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Software System Requirements
• VirtualBox 4.2 Windows
• Oracle VM Extension Pack 4.2
• Solaris ISO Images
File Type File Name
Automated Install (AI) sol-11_1-ai-x86.iso
Text Install sol-11_1-text-x86.iso
VM pre-built Image OracleSolaris11_1-11_VM.gz
Solaris Repository sol-11_1-repo-full.iso
• Pre-built image = OracleSolaris11_1.ova
• Repository = two files .iso-a and .iso-b
• You will need to concatenate these files into one iso
• All files available from Instructor on USB Flash Disk
• Please return the Flash Disk!

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VirtualBox Install and Image Install
• VirtualBox Hypervisor installation and configuration
– Starts on page 3 of the lab guide
– Exercise 5.1
• Install VirtualBox
• Install and configure the text based Solaris 11 instance
– Sol-11_1-text-x86.iso
– Page 7
• Start the server once it’s installed – page 9
• Basic configuration – page 10
• Boot from hard disk – page 17
• Start the lab
– Exercise 5.4 – page 17

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Advanced Installation Lab
• Automated Installation (AI) basics
• System Configuration Tool (SCI Tool)
• System Configuration Profiles
• Boot environments
• Image Packaging System (IPS)
What you’ll be learning

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Lab Overview
• Set up Oracle Solaris 11 in VirtualBox
• Configure an IPS Repository
• Install software from the IPS repository
• Create boot environments as backups
• Configure the IPS repository as a network service
• Create an Install Service on your server
• Install a client from your install server
• Customizing the AI Manifest
• Boot the client with a customized AI Manifest
• Further client customizations
• Log file locations

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Oracle Solaris 11 Commands Used In This Lab
• svcadm
– Issues requests for actions on services within SMF
• pkg
– Image Packaging System retrieval client
• beadm
– User interface for managing ZFS Boot Enviroments (BE)
• dladm
– Administer network data-links
• svccfg
– Manipulates data in the service configuration repository
• installadm
– Automated Installer configuration utility
• sysconfig
– Interface for configuring and unconfiguring a Solaris instance

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Logistics
• Lab should take approximately 3 hours
• Ask questions!
• Feel free to experiment once you’ve completed the lab
• Make sure you’ve done a backup before you change
anything major.
– beadm create backup1
• We’ll do a wrap up after the lab

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Module 5 - Oracle Solaris 11 Boot and Shutdown

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Module Agenda
• Introduction
• SPARC OBP Overview
• X86 BIOS Overview
• Boot phases
• GRUB Menu
• Booting the System
• Troubleshooting Boot
• Q&A

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System Overview
• OBP = Open Boot Prom
• BIOS = Basic Input Output System
• OBP and BIOS is where the OS interacts with the
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Modern Sun CPU Architecture names for reference
Name Description
Sun-4u 64-bit UltraSPARC (V9)
First used in Sun Ultra Series
Sun-4u1 E10K (starfire) 64 way multiproc architecture
Sun-4us Variant of 4u specific to Fujitsu Primepower
Sun-4v Variant of 4u which includes hypervisor virtualization

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Features of OpenBoot Prom
• Test and initialize system hardware
• Determine the hardware configuration
• Boot the operating system
– Mass storage
– Network
• Interactive debugging facilities
• Processor independent design

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OpenBoot Prom Features
• Plug in device drivers
– Used to boot the O/S from a specific device
– Enables devices to change without prom changes
• FCode interpreter
– Machine independent language
– Drivers written in Fcode
• Device tree
– Data structure describing the devices
• Programmable user interface
– Forth code

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Device Path Overview
• Device tree overview
– Data structure describing the hardware devices attached to the
system
– Users and the O/S can determine the hardware configuration from
inspecting the device tree
– Representation of the physical interconnected busses on a system
– Ex: pci@1f,0/network@c,1
• Device path names
– Device name
• Human readable string
– @
• Must precede the address parameter
– Unit address
• Physical address of the device
– Device arguments

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Device Aliases
• Shorthand representation of a device path
• Systems usually have predefined aliases for commonly
used devices
– disk
– net
• devalias command
– Examine, create, and change device aliases
• Display all current device aliases
– devalias
• Display the device path corresponding to an alias
– devalias alias
• Define an alias
– devalias alias device

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Mini Lab
• Login to the service processor (SP) to take a look at some
basic parameters.
ok printenv
BootPROM Overview

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• Check basic information contained in the boot prom.
ok printenv auto-boot?
ok printenv boot-device
ok printenv boot-command
• Auto-boot?
– Checks whether the system will boot automatically or not
• Boot-device
– Which device the system will boot to
• Boot-command
– The default boot command and any provided options
Mini Lab
BootPROM Overview

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• Set the parameters to boot from the network..
ok show-devs /pci/
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BootPROM Overview

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• Devices are tedious
• Change device names to something easy with
‘devalias’ command
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BootPROM Overview

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• Look at specific devices
# devalias net3
• Use this command to alias a device name to a
usable device in the system
# nvalias net3 /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0,1:dhcp
# devalias net3
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BootPROM Overview

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• Check the boot device order
ok printenv boot-device
ok disk net
• Run devalias and identify the boot devices
ok devalias
• Which ones are the boot devices?
Mini Lab
BootPROM Overview

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X86 BIOS Main (X2-8 / X4800)

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X86 BIOS Boot (X2-8/ X4800)

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X86 BIOS Boot Settings (X2-8/ X4800)

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X86 BIOS Boot Device Priority (X2-8/ X4800)

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X86 BIOS Overview
• Access BIOS Setup by pressing F2 key during POST
– Use left, right, and tab keys to navigate
– Contains help menus
• BIOS can be upgraded through ILOM

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Booting Your System
• Main function of OpenBoot is to boot your system
• Process controlled by a number of configuration variables
– auto-boot? – whether or not to boot automatically
– boot-command – which command should be executed?
– diag-switch - sets whether to run diagnostic mode
– boot-device – name of the default boot device
– boot-file – boot arguments when not in diagnostic mode
– diag-device – default diagnostic mode boot device
– diag-file – diagnostic mode boot arguments

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SPARC Boot Phases
• Open Boot PROM phase
– OBP
– Boot block is loaded into system memory
• Boot phase
– Boot archive is read and executed
– Relies on boot file system format (disk, NFS, http)
• Ramdisk phase
– Contains kernel modules and components to boot Solaris 11
• Kernel phase
– Final stage of the boot process
– Root filesystem is mounted on the ramdisk
– For installation, the ramdisk remains mounted
– If not, it extracts the remaining primary modules from the boot
archive and mounts the real root filesystem

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X86 Boot Phases
• BIOS phase:
– BIOS initializes the CPU, memory, and platform hardware
• Boot Loader phase
– First software that runs when you turn on a system
– Loads from the configured boot device
– Starts the boot process
• GRUB is the boot loader on Oracle Solaris
– Grand Unified Boot Loader
– Responsible for loading a boot archive into system memory.
– Boot archive is a collection of critical files needed during system
startup
– Run from configuration file – menu.lst
– Solaris kernel is fully compliant with the Multiboot Specification.

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• To watch the boot process of a SPARC system you can
use the boot –v option from the OpenBoot prom console.
ok boot -v
SPARC Boot Phase Example

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SPARC Boot Phase Example
• You can also get the information after the system has
booted by using the dmesg command
# /usr/sbin/dmesg | more

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x86 Boot Phase Example
• Here’s an example from an x86 system
# /usr/sbin/dmesg | more
• The information contained in the boot –v and dmesg
output is several pages long, these are shortened
examples.
• Pipe the output to a file and use your favorite editor to
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GRUB Menu
• Grand Unified Bootloader
• Developed and supported by the Free Software
Foundation
• Highly Portable
• Variety of user interfaces
• Supports O/S’s that don’t support Multi-Boot by ‘chain-
loading’
• Default boot loader on Solaris x86
• Loads boot-archive into system memory
• Solaris specific GRUB utilities
– Bootadm – manage the boot archive and change GRUB
– Installgrub – loads the boot program from disk

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GRUB Components
• Stage1 – image on the first sector of the fdisk partition.
• Stage2 – image installed in the reserved area of the fdisk
partition
• Menu.lst file - /pool-name/boot/grub directory.
• Menu.lst is read by stage2.

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GRUB Menu Example

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Mini-Lab
• Locate the GRUB menu on your system
• # bootadm list-menu
Using bootadm to change the GRUB menu

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View the current contents of menu.lst
# cat /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst (output truncated)
Mini-Lab

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• Create a new boot environment and call the new
environment ‘solaris2’
# beadm create solaris2
# bootadm list-menu
• The second entry (1) was added automatically by the
beadm command
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• Use the bootadm command to change the menu default
from (0) ‘Oracle Solaris’ to (1) ‘solaris2’
# bootadm set-menu default=1
# bootadm list-menu
• Note the number by the default item has changed from 0
to 1
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• Using bootadm has also influenced the current boot
order. We can verify this by using the beadm list
command:
# beadm list
• Note that solaris is the current environment ‘N’ and
solaris2 will be active on reboot ‘R’
• You can change it back to the default with # beadm
activate solaris
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Boot Commands
• Default boot
– boot – (options – init level or milestone)
– boot –m milestone=milestone
• System reset
– ok boot –r
– ok reset-all
– # sync; reboot
– # init 6
• Useful milestones
– none (Useful for debugging – manual service start)
– all
– single-user
– multi-user
– multi-user-system

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Fast Reboot - SPARC
• Managed by SMF on SPARC systems
• svc:/system/boot-config
– fastreboot_default=true
• Default = false
• Only available on certain systems
• On sun4v systems fast reboot is unnecessary
– Hypervisor restart not involving POST

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Fast Reboot – x86
• Managed by SMF on x86 systems
• svc:/system/boot-config
– fastreboot_default=true
• Default is true
• Bypasses the firmware and boot loader processes
• Utilized by the ‘init 6’ command
• To boot a system normally when fast boot is
enabled
– reboot -p

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uadmin command
• Helpful command for admins is uadmin
• Uses numbered options and can drop the system
directly into the ok prompt.
• Ex: # uadmin 2 0
– Syncs the file system and brings you to the ok prompt
uadmin 2 0 sync the filesystems and drops system to ok prompt
uadmin 2 1 sync the filesystems and reboots to multi-user mode
uadmin 2 2 sync the filesystems and reboots interactively
uadmin 2 3 sync the filesystems and reboots to single-user mode
uadmin 2 6 sync the filesystems and powers off the system
uadmin 1 0 do not sync filesystems and drops system to ok prompt
uadmin 1 1 do not sync filesystems and reboots to multi-user mode
uadmin 1 2 do not sync filesystems and reboots interactively
uadmin 1 3 do not sync filesystems and reboots to single-user mode
uadmin 1 6 do not sync filesystems and powers off the system

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Run Levels and Milestones
• Both describe what services and resources are
available to users
• Move to SMF encourages use of milestones vs
run-levels
• Run levels are based on init
• Milestones are based on SMF

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Milestones

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Run Levels
Run
Leve
l
Init State Type Purpose
0 Power Down Power-Down Shut down the O/S, safe to turn off power
S or S Single User Single-user Some file systems mounted and accessible
1 Administrative Single-user All file systems available, user logins disabled
2 Multiuser Multiuser Normal operations, all daemons running except NFS
3 Multiuser NFS shared Multiuser Normal operations, NFS shared. Default run level
4 Alternative Multiuser Multiuser Available for customer use
5 Power-Down Power-down Shut down the O/S, safe to power off. Auto power
off
6 Reboot Reboot Shut down system to run level 0, then reboot to
default run level

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Run Levels vs SMF Milestones
Run Level Milestone
S Milestone/single-user:default
2 Milestone/multi-user:default
3 Milestone/multi-user-server:default
• The table below shows which milestones
correspond to which run-levels

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Network Boot
• Client knows it’s MAC but needs an IP address
• Uses TFTP to transfer from the network via …
– dhcp
– bootp
– Rarp
• Bootprom uses bootparams file to obtain boot parameters
• ok boot <full_path_to_network_device>
• Ex: ok boot /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@2/network@0,1
• DHCP offers the most flexibility
• For network boot you can supply options directly …
– boot - <path> :dhcp|bootp server=ip, boot filename, client-ip, router-
ip, boot-retries,tftp-retries, subnet-mask

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Boot Process Hangs
• ok boot –m milestone=none
– Manually start services and see if you can figure out which one’s
causing the problem
• ok boot –m verbose
– Will print a line of information when each service is started
• Run svcs –a to determine service state
• Check /var/svc/log for error messages

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Single User Mode
• Resolve a bad root shell
• Resolve password problems
• Troubleshoot driver failures
• Troubleshoot application issues
• Troubleshoot network issues

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Mini Lab
• Stop or reboot the system
• Select the boot item from the GRUB menu
Bringing an x86 system to single user

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• Type ‘e’ to edit the menu item
Mini Lab

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• Type ‘e’ to again to edit the kernel line item
• Enter ‘-s’ at the end of the kernel line
Mini Lab

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• Type ‘b’ to boot the system in single user mode
Mini Lab

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Boot From Media – Live Media
• Boot and use a GNOME terminal for recovery

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Boot From Media – Text Install
• Select option 3 – text shell from the GRUB boot
menu

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Boot From Media - AI
• Automated Installation
– PXE boot from the network, then select a shell

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Recover the Root Password (1)
• Import the root pool
# zpool import –f rpool
• Create a mount point
# mkdir /a
• Mount the boot environment
# beadm mount solaris-2 /a
• Set the TERM type
# TERM=vt100
# export TERM
• Edit the shadow file
# cd /a/etc
# vi shadow
Mini Lab

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• Update the boot archive
# bootadm update-archive /R /a
• Unmount the boot environment
# beadm unmount solaris-2
• Halt the system
# halt
• Reboot into single user mode
• Reset the root password
# passwd –r files root
New password: xxxxxx
Re-enter new Password: xxxxxxx
• Reboot the system
Recover the Root Password (1)
Mini Lab

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Correct Problems With menu.lst File
• Import the root pool
# zpool import –f rpool
• Examine the menu.lst file
– # cd /rpool/boot/grub
– # vi menu.lst
• Update the boot archive
# bootadm update-archive /R /a
• Exit the shell and reboot the system

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Force a Crash Dump
• Kernel Debugger
– Kmdb prompt from F1-A
• or
• # halt -d

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AI Client Boot Load Failure
• AI Client fails when downloading the boot archive
• Indicates that DHCP client is incorrectly configured
• Error can occur if another DHCP server interferes
• Use in.dhcpd –dv to run dhcp daemon in debug
mode
# /usr/lib/inet/in.dhcpd -dv
Rebooting with command: boot net:dhcp - install
Boot device: /pci@7c0/pci@0/network@4:dhcp File and args:
1000 Mbps FDX Link up
HTTP: Bad Response: 500 Internal Server Error
Evaluating:
Boot load failed

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Module Agenda
• Introduction
• SPARC OBP Overview
• X86 BIOS Overview
• Boot phases
• GRUB Menu
• Booting the System
• Troubleshooting Boot
• Q&A

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Module 6 – File Systems and Storage Lab Overview

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File Systems and Storage
• The ZFS File System
• Zpools
• Vdevs
• Datasets
• Snapshots and clones
• ZFS Properties
• ZFS Updates

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Lab Overview
• VirtualBox should be running already
– Import and configure the pre-built Oracle Solaris 11 VM Image
– Configure virtual SAS disks in your VM Image
– Configure Solaris 11.1
• Create and destroy ZFS pools
• Add capacity to a pool
• Import and export pools
• Exploring pool properties
• Upgrading pools

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Lab Overview
• Split ZFS mirrors using the split command
• Working with Datasets
– Hierarchical datasets
– Properties
• Quotas and reservations
• Zvols
• Snapshots and clones
• Compression

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• format
– Format, label, repair, and analyze disks on your system
• zpool
– Configures ZFS storage pools. Pool is a collection of devices that
provide physical storage
• zfs
– Configures datasets within a ZFS storage pool.

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Logistics
• Lab should take approximately 1 and ½ hours
• Don’t forget to create the virtual disks in VirtualBox
• Ask questions!
anything major.

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Module 7 – Software Management Lab Overview

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Solaris 11 Software Management
• Image Packaging System Basics
• IPS command line overview
• How to configure a repository
• Installing and uninstalling packages
• Getting information about packages
• Searching for packages
• Package manifest basics

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Lab Overview
• Use AIServer instance
– This lab will use the AIServer VirtualBox instance created in
module 4, the first hands on lab
– sol-11_1-text.x86.iso
– Oracle Solaris Repository file
• sol-11_1-repo-full.iso
• Repository basics
• Install and uninstall packages
• Getting information about packages
• Updating the system
• Package Dependencies

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• pkg
– Retrieval client for the Image Packaging System
• pkgrepo
– Provides the ability to create and manage package repositories
• beadm
– User interface for managing ZFS boot environments.

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Logistics
• Lab should take approximately 1 hour
• Ask questions!
anything major.

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Module 8 – Networking Lab Overview

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Oracle Solaris 11 Networking
• Network Configuration Profiles
• Manual network configuration in Solaris 11
• SMF network services configuration

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Lab Overview
• VirtualBox should be running
– This lab will use the pre-configured Oracle Solaris 11 VM Image
– OracleSolaris11_1.ovf
– Create 4 virtual network interfaces
• Planning the network deployment
• Network command basics
• Network configuration profiles
• Displaying and configuring link interfaces
• Configuring Name services using SMF

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Oracle Solaris Commands Used In This Lab
• netadm
– Administers network profiles and interacts with the NWAM daemon
• dladm
– Administers data-links
• ipadm
– Manages network interfaces, addresses, and TCP/IP protocol properties
• svccfg
– Manipulates data in the service configuration repository. Can be
invoked interactively, with a single command, or within a script
• svcadm
– Issues requests for actions on services within SMF

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Logistics
• Ask questions!
anything major.

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Section 9 – Virtualization Lab Overview

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Oracle Solaris 11 Virtualization
• Basics of zones
• How to set up a zone
• How to install a zone
• How to set up a zone with a single command
• How to set up a zone by cloning another zone
• How to destroy a zone

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Lab Overview
• VirtualBox should be running
– This lab will use the Text Image that we installed in Lab 4
– sol-11_1-text-x86.iso
– We will also utilize the installed Repository
• Create a zone called ‘testzone’
– Configure and install ‘testzone’
• Create another zone called ‘webzone-1’
– Using a single command
– Configure and install ‘webzone-1’
• Create another zone called ‘webzone-2’
– Using ZFS cloning technology
• Optionally – Uninstall the zones

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• zonecfg
– Creates, modifies, and lists the configuration of a zone
• zoneadm
– Administers system zones.
• zlogin
– Used to enter an operating system zone.

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Logistics
• Ask questions!
anything major.

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Section 10 - Wrap Up

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Thank you!
• Bootcamp Overview
• Technical Overview
• Installation
• Lab Intro – System Shakedown
• Lab – Advanced Installation
• Boot and Shutdown
• Lab - File Systems and Storage
• Lab – Software Management
• Lab – Networking
• Lab – Virtualization
• Take Exam!

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Oracle Solaris 11
Practice and Study
• Continue to use the VirtualBox image to practice and
study
• Utilize the Oracle Solaris 11 Documentation for
reference
• Utilize the exam study guide
• Use the Implementation GLP for on-line courses
• Take the practice exam webinar or on-line

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Oracle Solaris 11
• Please fill out the feedback form before you
leave!
• We appreciate your suggestions for making this
a better experience.
•Thank you and good luck!

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