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Installing Oracle Solaris 11.1 Systems     Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library
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Preface

Part I Oracle Solaris 11.1 Installation Options

1.  Overview of Installation Options

Comparing Installation Options

Simple, Preset Installations

Installations Requiring Server Setup

Additional Options

Part II Installing Using Installation Media

2.  Preparing for the Installation

3.  Using Live Media

4.  Using the Text Installer

5.  Automated Installations That Boot From Media

6.  Unconfiguring or Reconfiguring an Oracle Solaris instance

Part III Installing Using an Install Server

7.  Automated Installation of Multiple Clients

8.  Setting Up an Install Server

9.  Customizing Installations

10.  Provisioning the Client System

11.  Configuring the Client System

12.  Installing and Configuring Zones

13.  Running a Custom Script During First Boot

14.  Installing Client Systems

15.  Troubleshooting Automated Installations

Part IV Performing Related Tasks

A.  Working With Oracle Configuration Manager

B.  Using the Device Driver Utility

Index

Additional Options

In addition to the installation options already described, you have the following options for installing and modifying the Oracle Solaris operating system.

Create Custom Installation Images

You can create a preconfigured Oracle Solaris installation image using the distribution constructor tool. The tool takes a customized XML manifest file as input and builds an installation image that is based on the parameters specified in the manifest file. You can build a custom image based on any of the default installation images. For example, you could build a custom text installer image or a custom GUI installer image. For information, see Creating a Custom Oracle Solaris 11.1 Installation Image.

Updating an Installed Oracle Solaris System

You cannot use an installer to update an existing Oracle Solaris installed system. Instead, you need to use the pkg utility to access package repositories and download new or updated software packages for your system. For further information, see Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris 11.1 Software Packages.