Solaris SPARC bare metal restore
Note: For information concerning Solaris Intel, see Bare Metal for x86 Platforms.
The Solaris SPARC client bare metal restore enables rapid recovery of the Solaris SPARC client to the most recent state of the system. It is the optimal method of recovering a complete system in the case of catastrophic failure. Unitrends provides support for Solaris 9, Solaris 10, and Solaris 11 (with update 8 or update 9). In addition bare metal boot from a USB drive is supported for Solaris 10.
The premise is to first create an iso image that captures pertinent information about all programs, utilities, and the state of the system at the time the image is created. This iso image is then burned to a CD and can be used to aid in recovery of a crashed system.
General technical notes:
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Bare metal media cannot be created after the system has crashed. |
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It is imperative to test bare metal so you know it works when needed. |
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The supported operating systems all have means of alternate booting. |
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It is important that you become familiar with alternate boot procedures so the machine can be booted in the case of a disk failure. |
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You are responsible for the means to boot the system and the availability of the bare metal media. |
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Bare metal media should be generated whenever there is a significant change to the system. |
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A good master backup of the client must exist before restoring from the boot media. |
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Do not exclude system files that are required for a system to boot. |
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Bare metal restore is not supported to dissimilar target hardware. |