Barbara.Lundquist at sun.com wrote:
> Gang,
> Attached are the review drafts for AI for inclusion in RC1 if possible.
> Replace existing docs in package with these new versions.
>
> This is not required for RC1, but it would be nice to have our review
> drafts included in the RC1 build.
>
> Barbara
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Barbara,
The comments may be little late. I was busy with making AI work. If
you can incorporate these changes, it will be good. Otherwise please
change the document and we can release with next version of
SUNWinstalladm-tools package.
* Introduction to Automated Installer*:
- "This service is available on a webserver" is not correct. It is
more like "the service includes a web server, which stores the list of
manifests that were made available by the administrator.
- "Server setup is minimal and requires only one option, the
location of the source image" --> It requires source image and a target
directory to setup the image to be used by the client during installation
*Automated Installer Features:*
- "keyboard Language" (last bullet under SC manifest) is not
supported. Please remove that now.
- "Set up and update a DHCP server" bullet under "The installadm
Utility" should be part of of the first bullet (Set up services and
installation images) because there is no separate option to setup DHCP
installadm
*System requirements:*
- The first senetence "The automated installer requires the
following setup:" is not right. Something like "The following table
contains the requirements to setup an install server that can server AI
clients" may be better.
- Required packages - These are SVR4 package names. Use IPS package
names. Get the packages names from the document
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/AI_install_server_setup.html
- Under Network access, add the information that the server should
have DNS as the name server and configured DNS correctly. Also add that
default router should be set on the server. These are needed for the
installadm tool to setup DHCP correctly. Check the document
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/AI_install_server_setup.html
for more information.
*Automated Installer Files*
- installadm is at /usr/sbin/installadm and rest of the files are at
/usr/lib/installadm
- The files under var/installadm/ai-webserver/ should npt be
documented. These are static files and changing these files will cause
problems.
*Using the Automated Installer (Tasks):*
- "Use the automated installer to perform two core tasks:" doesn't
make sense. Change it to something like "The following tasks are needed
to install OpenSolaris using Automated Installer"
- "Edit the manifest files to design the images you want to
install." can be changed to "Edit the manifest files to customize your
installation"
- "Run the installadm utility to create installer services and to
customize your clients" can be changed to "Run the installadm utility to
create installer services and setup associated configuration"
*AI Manifest files:*
- Example 2.1: Replace the lines
<main url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org"; authname="opensolaris.org"/>
<mirror url="" authname=""/>
with the following line.
<main url="http://pkg.opensolaris.org"; authname="opensolaris.org"/>
- Example 2.2: Use the example C from the document
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/AI_manifest_setup.html
*SC Manifest files:*
- We don't support encrypted passwords in the SC manifest. Please
replace the lines
<propval name='userpass' type='astring' value='9Nd/cwBcNWFZg' />
<propval name='rootpass' type='astring' value='wqy8hz4xKqw4o' />
with the following lines
<propval name='userpass' type='astring' value='jack' />
<propval name='rootpass' type='astring' value='opensolaris' />
*installadm Command Reference:*
- installadm create-service doesn't support option -d for 2008.11
release.
- installadm set is not implemented for 2008.11 release
There are two other documents, you can add to this book. The AI setup
instructions at
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/AI_install_server_setup.html
and detailed manifest examples at
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/AI_manifest_setup.html
Thanks,
Sundar
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