Avaya Logo

Previous Topic

Next Topic

Book Contents

Book Index

Solaris 8 update 8 OS and having an external tape drive connected

To restore a Solaris 8 update 8 OS system having an external tape drive connected, from a full backup, complete the steps described in the following table:

Step

System prompt

Action

1

None (system is powered off).

Power up the system.

2

The system displays messages indicating that it is attempting to boot the operating system from the hard disk.

At any point during or after the attempted boot process, display the open boot (ok) prompt by either:

  • Pressing Stop-A from the Sun console
  • Pressing Ctrl-Break from a serial port console

3

ok

Open the CD-ROM drive bay. Insert the CD-ROM labeled AVAYA IR R 2.0 Recovery Software CD. Close the CD-ROM drive bay.

4

ok

Enter boot cdrom - install

The system displays messages indicating that it is resetting itself and rebooting from the CD-ROM.

5

Select a Language

0. English
1. French
2. German
3. Italian
4. Japanese
5. Korean
6. Simplified Chinese
7. Spanish
8. Swedish
9. Traditional Chinese

Please make a choice (0 - 9), or press h or ? for help:

Enter 0 for English.

IMPORTANT:
You must use English for the Language. The Avaya IR system will not function properly if you select another language.

6

Select a Locale

0. English (C - 7-bit ASCII)
1. Albania (ISO8859-2)
2. Australia (ISO8859-1)
3. Belgium-Flemish (ISO8859-1)
4. Belgium-Flemish (ISO8859-15 - Euro)
5. Bosnia (ISO8859-2)
6. Brazil (ISO8859-1)
7. Bulgaria (ISO8859-5)
8. Canada-English (ISO8859-1)
9. Catalan,Spain (ISO8859-1)
10. Catalan,Spain (ISO8859-15 - Euro)
11. Croatia (ISO8859-2)
12. Czech Republic (ISO8859-2)
13. Denmark (ISO8859-1)
14. Denmark (ISO8859-15 - Euro)
15. Egypt (ISO8859-8)
16. Estonia (ISO8859-15)
17. Finland (ISO8859-1)
18. Finland (ISO8859-15 - Euro)

Press Return to show more choices.

Please make a choice (0 - 51), or press h or ? for help:

Enter 0 for English.

IMPORTANT:
You must use English for the locale. The Avaya IR system will not function properly if you select another locale.

7

What type of terminal are you using?

1) ANSI Standard CRT
2) DEC VT52
3) DEC VT100
4) Heathkit 19
5) Lear Siegler ADM31
6) PC Console
7) Sun Command Tool
8) Sun Workstation
9) Televideo 910
10) Televideo 925
11) Wyse Model 50
12) X Terminal Emulator (xterms)
13) Other

Type the number of your choice and press Return:

This prompt appears on the Sun Fire 280R, Sun Fire V240, and the Sun Blade 150 if the Sun keyboard is not connected to the computer's USB port.

Choose the terminal type you want to use and press Enter.

8

The Solaris Installation Program

The Solaris installation program is divided into a series of short sections where you'll be prompted to provide information for the installation. At the end of each section, you'll be able to change the selections you've made before continuing.

About navigation...
- The mouse cannot be used
- If your keyboard does not have function keys, or they do not respond, press ESC; the legend at the bottom of the screen will change to show the ESC keys to use for navigation.

Press F2 to acknowledge the screen.

9

Identify This System

On the next screens, you must identify this system as networked or non-networked, and set the default time zone and date/time.

If this system is networked, the software will try to find the information it needs to identify your system; you will be prompted to supply any information it cannot find.

To begin identifying this system, press F2.

Press F2 to acknowledge the screens.

10

Host name:

Enter the host name for the Avaya IR system and press F2.

11

IP address:

Enter the IP address of the Avaya IR system and press F2.

12

System part of a subnet

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Select whether your system is part of a subnet and press F2.

If you choose Yes, the system prompts you for the subnet mask. In this case, enter the subnet mask and press F2.

13

Netmask:

Enter the subnet mask and press F2.

14

Enable IPv6

[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Select No and press F2.

IMPORTANT:
IPv6 is not supported in this release.

After a short wait (approximately 30 seconds), the system displays the network information you entered similar to the example shown in the following row in this table.

15

Host name: host
IP address: I
P address
System part of a subnet:
Yes
Netmask:
subnet mask
Enable IPv6:
No

Review the information to make sure it is accurate and press F2 to continue. If the information is not correct, press F4 and correct the information, starting with the Networked question.

While restoring the system, do not modify the host name and IP address of the system. Keeping the host name and IP address of the system the same, prevents problems with restoring licenses.

16

Configuring default router

Enter default router IP address (ex. 192.1.7.254) or 'none':

Enter the IP address of the default router (if applicable).

The system verifies the default router. This activity takes a few minutes.

17

Configure Kerberos Security
[ ] Yes
[ ] No

Choose No and press F2.

IMPORTANT:
Kerberos Security is not supported in this release.

18

Confirm the following information. If it is correct, press F2; to change any information, press F4.

Configure Kerberos Security: No

Press F2 to confirm.

19

Name service

[ ] NIS+
[ ] NIS
[ ] DNS
[ ] LDAP
[ ] None

Select your name service and press F2.

Although this is specific to your site, the most common selection is DNS. If you selected DNS, the system displays the series of messages to set up the DNS name service as shown in rows 19a, 19b, 19c, and 19d of this table.

19a

Domain name:

Enter the domain name and press F2.

19b

Server's IP address:
Server's IP address:
Server's IP address:

You can enter up to three IP addresses for DNS servers. Type the IP address and press Enter to move to the next field. When finished, press F2.

19c

Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:
Search domain:

You can enter up to six search domains. Type the search domain and press Enter to move to the next field. When finished, press F2.

The system displays the information you entered, similar to the example shown in the following row in this table.

19d

Name service: DNS
Domain name: domain.com
Server address(es): 127.0.0.1
Search domain(s): search.domain.com

Review the information to make sure it is accurate and Press F2 to continue. If the list is not correct, press F4 and correct the information, starting with the domain name prompt.

After the system accepts your name service information, it displays a series of messages requesting information about the time zone for the system.

20

Regions

[ ] Asia, Western
[ ] Australia / New Zealand
[ ] Canada
[ ] Europe
[ ] Mexico
[ ] South America
[ ] United States
[ ] other - offset from GMT
[ ] other - specify time zone file

Select the region for the system and press F2.

The system displays a menu for selecting the time zone for the region you selected. The example in the following row of this table shows the time zones for the United States.

21

Time zones

[ ] Eastern
[ ] Central
[ ] Mountain
[ ] Pacific
[ ] East-Indiana
[ ] Arizona
[ ] Michigan
[ ] Samoa
[ ] Alaska
[ ] Aleutian
[ ] Hawaii

Select your time zone and press F2.

22

Date and time: date time

Year (4 digits): year
Month (1-12) :
month
Day (1-31) :
day
Hour (0-23) :
hour
Minute (0-59) :
minute

Verify that these values for year, month, day, hour, and minute are correct. If any values need to be changed, position the cursor in the appropriate field and type the correct value. Press Enter to move between field. When finished, press F2.

The system displays the time zone information you entered, similar to the example shown in the following row in this table.

23

Time zone: US/Mountain
Date and time: 2002-07-03 10:38:00

Review the information to make sure it is accurate and press F2 to continue. If the information is not correct, press F4 and correct the information, starting with the Region prompt.

The system installs the system software and configures the network. This takes a few minutes. When completed, the system displays the prompt as shown in the following row in this table:

24

System identification is completed.

Starting Solaris installation program...

Searching for JumpStart directory...

<<< using CD default >>>

Checking rules.ok file...

Using begin script: ivr.begin

Using derived profile: ivr.begin

Using finish script: ivr.fin

Executing JumpStart preinstall phase...

Executing begin script "ivr.begin"...

 

 

 

Welcome To Avaya Interactive Response Recovery Process.

 

Please specify the mode of restore:

 

1> NFS

2> Local Tape

 

 

Choose 2 and press Enter to continue

25

You are attempting to restore from tape. Please ensure that the tape drive is attached to the sytem. The backup utility provided with IR should have been used to create a full backup.

Specify the tape drive (with non rewinding option). e.g.:/dev/rmt/Xn, where 'X' is the tape drive number (0-7). 'X' must be folowed by n.

Enter the tape drive path. For example, /dev/rmt/0n

CAUTION:
You must use the IP address of the system where the backup is located (backuphostip). If you use a host name instead, the restore operation might fail, depending on your network configuration.

The system extracts the data from the backup file, installs the data, and then reboots. This process takes several minutes.

26

Configuring default router

Set default network router IP address [y,n,?]

Enter Y for "yes."

27

Set Router IP Address (ex. 192.1.7.254 ):

Enter the IP address of the router.

28

Is router address <192.1.7.254> correct [y,n,?]

If the router address is correct, enter Y for "yes."

29

On this screen you can create a root password.

A root password can contain any number of characters, but only the first eight characters in the password are significant. (For example, if you create `a1b2c3d4e5f6' as your rootpassword, you can use `a1b2c3d4' to gain root access.)

You will be prompted to type the root password twice; for security, the password will not be displayed on the screen as you type it.

> If you do not want a root password, press RETURN twice.

Root password:

Enter the root password.

IMPORTANT:
Avaya recommends that you create a root password.

30

Press Return to continue.

Press Enter.

31

Re-enter your root password.

Enter the root password again.

32

Press Return to continue.

Press Enter.

33

System identification is completed.

The system boots and displays the console login prompt.

Log in as you normally do.

If partial (incremental) backups were made after the full backup, restore them using the Web Administration interface.

For more information, see Restoring data in Avaya IR System Help.

© 2006 Avaya Inc. All Rights Reserved.