How do you use Jumpstart?

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1. How do you install Solaris systems in your environment?

How do you install Solaris systems in your environment? I use Jumpstart

I use the CD or DVD media

I do something else (Please tell me about it)

2. Do you have a system for automating your jumpstart configurations?

Do you have a system for automating your jumpstart configurations? Yes, we have written our own

Yes, we use JET

Yes, we use xVM OpCenter

Yes, we use some other product

No, we do interactive installations via Jumpstart. We just use Jumpstart to get the bits to the client.

3. What system architectures do you support with Jumpstart?

What system architectures do you support with Jumpstart? x86

SPARC

4. Do you use a sysidcfg file to answer the system identification questions - hostname, network, IP address, naming service, etc?

Do you use a sysidcfg file to answer the system identification questions - hostname, network, IP address, naming service, etc? No, I answer these interactively

Yes, I hand-craft a sysidcfg file

Yes, but it is created via the Jumpstart automation tools

5. Do you use WANboot? I'll follow up with more questions on this at a later time.

Do you use WANboot? I'll follow up with more questions on this at a later time. What's Wanboot?

I have heard of it, but have never used it

We rely on Wanboot

6. Do you use Jumpstart Flash? More questions on this later, too

Do you use Jumpstart Flash? More questions on this later, too Never heard of it

We sometimes use Flash

We live and breathe Flash

7. What sort of rules do you include in your rules file?

What sort of rules do you include in your rules file? We do interactive installations and don't use a rules file

We use the rules files generated by our automation tools, like JET

We have a common rules file for all Jumpstarts based on hostname

We use not only hostnames but also other parameters to determine which rule to use for installation

8. Do you use begin scripts?

Do you use begin scripts? No

We use them to create derived profiles for installation

We use them some other way (tell me about it)

9. Do you use finish scripts

Do you use finish scripts No

We use the finish scripts created by our automation

We use finish scripts to do some minor cleanup

We do extensive post-installation customization via finish scripts. If so, please tell me about it.

10. Do you customize the list of packages to be installed via Jumpstart?

Do you customize the list of packages to be installed via Jumpstart? No

Somewhat

Not only do we customize the list of packages, but we create custom packages for our installation

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