sysman_clone - Saves SysMan configuration information,
which can be used to clone configurations on similar systems
/usr/sbin/sysman -clone
/usr/sbin/sysman -clone -apply [file]
/usr/sbin/sysman -clone -help
/usr/sbin/sysman -clone -list
/usr/sbin/sysman -clone -save [file]
/usr/sbin/sysman -clone -validate [file]
The file argument is optional and specifies an alternate
path to the configuration description file (CDF). The
default path and file name is var/adm/smlogs/config.cdf.
Applies the configuration information specified in the
/var/adm/smlogs/config.cdf file. If the optional file
parameter is specified, this parameter specifies a CDF
file in an alternate location. When performing an apply
operation, the CDF automatically is validated prior to the
actual apply operation. Displays command usage information
for the sysman(8) command. Lists the current values
for all configured SysMan components/groups supported by
sysman -clone. Saves the current values for all configured
SysMan components/groups supported by sysman -clone
to the /var/adm/smlogs/config.cdf file. If the optional
file parameter is specified, component/group information
is saved to the specified file instead of
/var/adm/smlogs/config.cdf. Validates the file
/var/adm/smlogs/config.cdf, or the file specified by the
optional file parameter. The validation pass consists of
invoking each component's built-in validation routine and
the checksum number at the top of the file.
Specifies an alternate Configuration Description File
(CDF).
The sysman -clone command provides the ability to save
certain SysMan configuration information from a previously
configured system and duplicate that configuration information
to one or more systems with a similar hardware configuration.
The configuration information is saved to a
text-based Configuration Description File (CDF). The CDF
is organized as a pseudo stanza(4) file, with a hierarchical
listing of components, groups, and attribute-value
pairs describing the configuration of various components
of a system.
It is recommended that you use the sysman(8) command to
accesssysman -clone functions.
The following components can be cloned: Domain Name
Service (DNS) client setup DOP actions and privileges
Internet services Mail client setup Network File System
(NFS) Network interface Network Time Protocol (NTP) Network
Information Service (NIS) Printer setup
Supported components and groups, as well as their current
values, can be queried through the use of the -list
option. For descriptions of each component, group, and
attribute, and how it affects the configured system, refer
to the sysman_cli(8) command.
The config.cdf file is particularly useful during a Full
Installation of the operating system to provide an automated
and unattended system configuration. Combining this
ability with an Installation Cloning provides for an efficient
way to install and configure multiple systems in a
non-interactive fashion. The Full Installation process
searches for the installation CDF (named install.cdf) and
the configuration CDF in these locations in the order
shown: Diskette drive Remote Installation Services (RIS)
directory CD-ROM drive The /var/tmp directory
The Installation Guide -- Advanced Topics provides
detailed information about Installation Cloning, Configuration
Cloning, the placement of CDFs, and writing usersupplied
scripts to dynamically modify CDFs. The Full
Installation process always searches for CDFs at predefined
points in the process. If a CDF is found in any of
the supported locations, it will be applied automatically
to install, configure, or install and configure the target
system.
Generating Unique Client Configurations [Toc] [Back]
When saving the configuration of a model system with the
intention of applying the configuration to multiple target
systems, there are several host-specific attributes that
you need to modify to allow each target system to be
uniquely identified on a network. The specific host-specific
attributes that must be modified are: The unique
name of the system as it is known on a network. This
attribute is located in the netconfig component in the
interface group, and depending upon which other components
are configured, the host name may be specified in other
attributes. Make sure to search for and change all
instances of host name. The unique internet protocol
address of the system as it is identified on a network.
This attribute is located in the netconfig component in
the interface and host groups. The network adapter
attached to the system. This value is modified only if the
network adapter on the system to be cloned is different
from the one defined in the config.cdf file. Valid values
for this attribute include tu0 for Tulip devices, ln0 for
Lance devices, and fddi0 for FDDI devices.
To facilitate configuration cloning of multiple target
systems, it is suggested that you create a single template
or representative CDF with the values of these host-specific
attributes set to dummy variables. You can then
manually enter a value for the dummy variables before
applying them to a target system, or you can create a
user-supplied script, which is invoked during a Full
Installation to dynamically modify a config.cdf file
before it is applied to the system. This procedure is
documented in the Installation Guide -- Advanced Topics.
The Global Attribute CDFMODE [Toc] [Back]
During the application of configuration information to a
client system, it is possible to specify how the values of
databases with multiple records (for example, entries in
/etc/hosts or /etc/printcap) should be applied to the system.
The CDFMODE attribute is a global CDF attribute that
can be specified manually and placed outside of any component
contained within the CDF file. The CDFMODE attribute
only affects databases with multiple records; individual
component/group data always will be overwritten by the new
value specified in the CDF. Once a CDFMODE has been specified
in a CDF, that value is in effect until another CDFMODE
statement is encountered, or the apply process completes.
There are three values associated with the CDFMODE
attribute: Merges the component/group data that exists in
the CDF with the data that is currently configured on the
system. Using the merge functionality, rows of records
that are duplicated between the CDF and the configured
system are ignored. MERGE is the default behavior and is
implied for the entire CDF if CDFMODE is not specified.
Appends component/group data that exists in the CDF to the
configured system. Duplicate entries that exist between
the CDF and the configured system will not be ignored.
Replaces component/group data that exists on the system
with the data specified in the CDF. Data existing on the
configured system but not in the CDF will be removed.
Data that exists in the CDF, but not on the configured
system, will be applied. Data that exists in the CDF, as
well as the configured system, will be modified accordingly.
You must be a privileged user to use this command.
Configuration cloning is not supported in a cluster.
The following example lists to stdout the components,
groups, and attribute-value pairs for the supported SysMan
clonable configuration data. # sysman -clone -list The
following example saves SysMan configuration data to a CDF
named template.cdf in the /admin directory. # sysman
-clone -save /admin/template.cdf The following example
manually applies the saved configuration information specified
in /var/adm/smlogs/config.cdf to the target system.
The config.cdf file must be located in the /var/adm/smlogs
directory of the system to be cloned. # sysman -clone
-apply The following example uses the CDFMODE global
attribute to specify that all entries in the /etc/hosts
file should be replaced by the data specified in the
hostmappings group. The CDFMODE
attribute is then reset to merge for the rest of
the apply process.
CDFMODE=REPLACE
# # Component: networkedSystems #
# # Group: hostEquivalencies # /networkedSystems/hostEquivalencies:
# # Group: hostMappings #
/networkedSystems/hostMappings:
cdf_record=00000001
networkAddress=127.0.0.1
systemName=localhost
cdf_record=00000002
aliases=host1
networkAddress=16.29.1.1
systemName=host1.mydomain.com
cdf_record=00000003
networkAddress=16.29.1.15
systemName=host2
cdf_record=00000004
aliases=host3
networkAddress=16.29.1.27
systemName=host3.mydomain.com
CDFMODE=MERGE
Default configuration description file.
Commands: sysman(8), sysman_cli(8)
Files: stanza(4)
Installation Guide
Installation Guide -- Advanced Topics
sysman_clone(8)
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