Hi, To kick things off... though this is arguably off-topic, so probably not the ideal start. I would like to use flash archives as a recovery tool, and...
... The JetFLASH module unpicks the SVM stuff so if you flash an SVMed rootdisk, it will stick work with JET. (You still need to remirror it though) Mike...
... Be *very* carefull when using flash archives for recovery, it is an install tool and not a backup tool. ... The JetSDS module can be used to change the...
Bruce D Porter
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Sep 21, 2005 11:40 am
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... understand ... Bruce, I would agree with the sentiment here to a point, but using Flash as a recovery mechanism for the same machine (or hardware) is ...
... In a word, 'yes'. As I designed the JetZONES module, it was intended to work with JET, just like a real h/w client. The philosophy was : a) enable a...
Hi, Can anyone advise where I can find updated versions of the Veritas modules (vxvm, vxfs etc?)? They don't seem to be included in the downloadable Jet...
... They aren't available for free download. However, if they got given to you as part of a Sun engagement, then you just need to ask nicely on the jet@......
Hi, I'd like to set up some JET slaves on the other side of firewalls. I can see that I can run rsync over ssh to push out updates but was wondering what I...
Hello We use NAS (NetApps filers) for our storage and was wondering if it was possible to set up a mount point for /opt/jet/Clients/common.files rather than...
Hi William, There shouldn't really be any NFS traffic if your slave is a full blown slave. You need to open any ports required for rsync, (you could be ...
... Not played with NAS, but providing it can still be nfs shared, I don't see an issue. Someone may know different..... ... 3.7.3 is available on...
Bruce D Porter
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Nov 7, 2005 7:18 pm
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... The architecture for JET does allow for some areas to be split off from the main server, but /opt/jet/Clients isn't one of them I'm afraid. Solution 1: As...
I'll top-post my own reply as Bruce has pointed out a possible flaw in my thinking.... if you are mounting the NetApp filer on the J/S server as a normal ...
Hi, Is there an easy/elegant way to specify additional swap devices? The part of the sds module that modifies vfstab seems to assume that you're mounting a...
Hello I've noticed that after a jumpstart build using JET and JASS I get the following output when I log into the new client: test1 console login: root ...
... I will guess that you are using the custom module to copy a file called 'profile' to /.profile during the install. The custom module will use a search path...
Hi Thanks for the reply and info. ... afraid. Will splitting off ..common.files be available in a future release of JET? We run a very heavy NAS NFS...
Hey thanks for the info. I had custom_files_2="profile:o:/.profile" in my template. Renamed profile to dotprofile in the template and the actual file in...
... I thought if you defined the second disk through JET base_config_profile_disk_c?t?d?s?_mtpt="...." base_config_profile_disk_c?t?d?s?_size="...." where mtpt...
Hi William, Looks like for some reason the "profile" in Clients/profile is being copied to /.profile. Are you sureyou aren't doing this from custom or...
It almost works properly, if you are specifying additional disks in the profile: There's a minor bug in the JS_SDS_plumb_vfstab function which always assumes...
... And I'll just add that given that Marty is co-developer of JET, you're gonna be in good hands! Mike -- Mike Ramchand Principal Engineer Sun Microsystems...
... No, and I am sorry but can't see that being likely. ... or , as the search path in the custom module is changeable, point it at a NAS mounted directory...
Bruce D Porter
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Nov 11, 2005 3:21 pm
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... Actually, I lied. The above function works properly. (Marty's nawk code is particularly obfuscated.) ... I think I've fixed this. Want to try the attached...
Thanks for the info. I'll give that a try and see what happens - it will be a good learning experience. I bear the consultancy offer in mind ;-) Thanks. ... ...
I am not sure why the "weird" profile is being copied. I just want to copy my own .profile (which resides in /opt/jet/Clients/common.files) to the target...
Hello I'd like to update Sun Explorer to the latest 5.2 but I have found that JET will not: a) Install v5.2 on client b) Run an explorer during install This is...
... Some changes were neccesary to run Explorer 5.x but they were done after the last external release of JET. I have attached the latest copy of JetEXPLO, the...