installsrv(1M)
installsrv --
configure an Install Server
Synopsis
installsrv -q
installsrv -e | -d
installsrv -u [-c spool | -c mount | -s server] [-e]
installsrv -b [-c spool | -c mount | -s server] [-e]
installsrv -l image [-c spool | -c mount | -s server] [-e]
Description
The installsrv command is the command-line interface for managing
an Install Server.
An Install Server allows remote installation of UnixWare onto other
systems using TCP/IP.
This command provides options for querying the configuration, enabling
and disabling the service, and for staging software for other systems
to install from the /var/spool/dist directory on the local host.
The -q option may be used by any user; however, only
root may use the other options.
Options
-q-
Queries the Install Server and writes the following to standard output:
-
The network protocol(s) that are configured on this Install Server.
-
The network protocol(s) for which this system is currently
configured as an Install Server.
-
The software that is available (staged) on this Install Server for network
installation by other systems on the network.
If -q is specified then none of the other options can be used.
-e-
Enables the Install Server.
-d-
Disables the Install Server.
If -d is specified then none of the other options can be used.
The following options indicate which installable images are to be
-u-
The operating system images.
-b-
A boot image to allow the Install Server to act as a boot
server for medialess installation.
(You must activate the DHCP service on the Install Server to support this
capability; see
dhcpd(1Mtcp).)
-l image-
Loads the specified installable image.
The following options indicate how and from where the installable
images are to be loaded.
At most one of these options may be specified.
-c spool-
The installable images are copied to the Install Server's
staging directory from CD-ROM.
This is the default behavior.
-c mount-
The CD-ROM is mounted, and left mounted as the source of the images.
Symbolic links are created in
the Install Server's staging directory to point to the
location of the images on the CD-ROM.
-s server-
The installable images are copied into the Install Server's
staging directory from another, already configured Install Server.
Exit codes
When invoked with the -q option,
installsrv returns the number of networking interfaces for which
the Install Server is enabled.
When invoked with any options other than -q,
an exit status of 0 indicates success and a non-zero value indicates that
installsrv did not complete successfully.
Diagnostics
Each session (on both the server and client side) generates a log which
is appended to the system-wide logfile /var/sadm/dist/log after
completion.
Optionally, the session log is mailed to root.
Examples
Please see the UnixWare Documentation Web Page at:
http://www.sco.com/support/docs/unixware
for instructions and examples of network and medialess installations.
References
pkgadd(1M),
pkgcat(1M),
pkgcopy(1M),
pkginfo(1),
pkginstall(1M),
pkglist(1M),
pkgmk(1),
pkgtrans(1)
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004