zfs discuss - Feb 2009 - zfs root, jumpstart and flash archives

Hello Lori,

Thank you again for the quick reply.

Unfortunately, I had mistakenly anticipated a somewhat quicker 
integration than Solaris 10u8.

Approaching this from another angle, would it be possible for me to 
build a jumpstart server using a current Solaris Nevada b107/SXCE, and 
to ultimately jumpstart Solaris 10u6 clients with a ZFS root using a 
flash archive as a source?

thank you,

Jerry Kemp

On 02/18/09 10:40, Lori Alt wrote:
 > Latest is that this will go into an early build of Update 8
 > and be available as a patch shortly thereafter (shortly
 > after it''s putback, that is.  The patch doesn''t have to
wait for U8
 > to be released.)
 >
 > I will update the CR with this information.
 >
 > Lori
 >
 >
 > On 02/18/09 09:12, Jerry K wrote:
 >> Hello Lori,
 >>
 >> Any update to this issue, and can you speculate as to if it will be 
a patch to Solaris 10u6, or part of 10u7?
 >>
 >> Thanks again,
 >>
 >> Jerry
 >>
 >>
 >> Lori Alt wrote:
 >>>
 >>> This is in the process of being resolved right now.  Stay tuned
 >>> for when it will be available.  It might be a patch to Update 6.
 >>>
 >>> In the meantime, you might try this:
 >>>
 >>> 
http://blogs.sun.com/scottdickson/entry/flashless_system_cloning_with_zfs
 >>>
 >>> - Lori
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> On 01/09/09 12:28, Jerry K wrote:
 >>>> I understand that currently, at least under Solaris 10u6, it
is
not possible to jumpstart a new system with a zfs root using a flash 
archive as a source.
 >>>>
 >>>> Can anyone comment as to whether this restriction will pass in
the
near term, or if this is a while out (6+ months) before this will be 
possible?
 >>>>
 >>>> Thanks,
 >>>>

Hello Jerry,

Thursday, February 19, 2009, 4:34:16 AM, you wrote:

JK> Hello Lori,

JK> Thank you again for the quick reply.

JK> Unfortunately, I had mistakenly anticipated a somewhat quicker 
JK> integration than Solaris 10u8.

JK> Approaching this from another angle, would it be possible for me to 
JK> build a jumpstart server using a current Solaris Nevada b107/SXCE, and
JK> to ultimately jumpstart Solaris 10u6 clients with a ZFS root using a 
JK> flash archive as a source?

It won''t work - it doesn''t really matter what OS your
jumpstart server
is running - it might be even Linux. Basically all it does is
assigning a client an IP address and serving files over tftp and nfs.

The support for what you are asking for has to be in a client''s
miniroot served by jumpstart server. So if you want to use a clean S10
install it doesn''t matter what OS is on your jumpstart server.

btw:

Assuming the required support is already in Nevada, technically
speaking you could try to use a miniroot from Nevada, hack it a little
bit and get S10 installed - there will be many issues I believe and
it''s probably not worth it.



-- 
Best regards,
 Robert Milkowski
                                       http://milek.blogspot.com