Setting up Solaris Repositories on ZFS Storage 7320 in SPARC SuperCluster

Asset ID:	1-71-1503899.1
Update Date:	2013-01-17
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Solution Type Technical Instruction Sure

Solution 1503899.1 : Setting up Solaris Repositories on ZFS Storage 7320 in SPARC SuperCluster

Applies to:

SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Configure Offline Solaris Repositories on ZFS SA on SPARC SuperCluster

Fix

In the event of access to the external Oracle Solaris Support Repositories isn't possible and the customer doesn't have one available on their network then it might be useful to create a local repo on the ZFS-SA to install additional packages if required.

Login to the ZFS SA and create the share on which the Oracle Solaris 11 package repository will reside. The following transcript is provided as a basic guide only, it illustrates the setting up of a share with default attributes. The procedure the operator uses to create the share may need to take into account additional site specific requirements (ie. share access permissions). Refer to MOS note: 1503867.1 for details on creating shares on ZFS SA.

# ssh sscsn1

Last login: Fri Jul 20 11:01:31 2012 from 192.168.1.60

sscsn1:> shares

sscsn1:shares> project IPS-repos

sscsn1:shares IPS-repos (uncommitted)> commit
sscsn1:shares> select IPS-repos

sscsn1:shares IPS-repos> filesystem s11repo
sscsn1:shares IPS-repos/s11repo (uncommitted)> set root_permissions=755

sscsn1:shares IPS-repos/s11repo (uncommitted)> set sharenfs="sec=sys,rw,root=@<host-ip-where-share-will-be-mounted>/24"

sscsn1:shares IPS-repos/s11repo (uncommitted)> commit

sscsn1:shares IPS-repos> exit

Connection to sscsn1 closed.

Copy the repo/ directory from the Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 ISO image to the package repository share set up on the ZFS SA, then re-index the repository :

# mkdir -p <tmp-dir>

# mount -F hsfs $DOWNLOAD_HOME/templates/solaris-11/repository-image/nov-11-2011/sol-11-1111-repo-full.iso <tmp-dir>

where ($DOWNLOAD_HOME=/root/ssc-1.0.1.build-14)

# cd <tmp-dir>

# pax -rw -p p repo /net/<zfssa-host>/export/s11repo

# umount <tmp-dir>

# pkgrepo rebuild -s /net/<zfssa-host>/export/s11repo/repo

Using the Oracle Solaris 11 SRU 8.5 ISO image in the software bundle, to Load SRU 8.5 to the package repository :

# mkdir -p <tmp-dir>

# mount -F hsfs $DOWNLOAD_HOME/templates/solaris-11/SRU8.5/sol-11-1111-sru8-05-incr-repo.iso <tmp-dir>

where ($DOWNLOAD_HOME=/root/ssc-1.0.1.build-14)

# pkgrecv -s <tmp-dir>/repo -d /net/<zfssa-host>/export/s11repo/repo '*'

# umount <tmp-dir>

# pkgrepo rebuild -s /net/<zfssa-host>/export/s11repo/repo

Configure the repository server service.

# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/inst_root=/net/<zfssa-host>/export/s11repo/repo

# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/readonly=true

Verify the server service:

# svcprop -p pkg/inst_root application/pkg/server

NOTE - By default pkg.depotd listens for connections on port 80. we can change it to 11000 as follows :

# svccfg -s application/pkg/server setprop pkg/port=11000

Start the Repository Service

# svcadm refresh application/pkg/server

# svcadm enable application/pkg/server

Now we should be able to use the primary T4-4 as our local pkg.depotd server. Set the publisher on all the domains as follows:

# pkg set-publisher -G '*' -g http://<sscsn1> solaris

# pkg publisher

PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI

solaris origin online http://<sscsn1>/

NOTE - It is good practice to snapshot the ZFS filesystem on which the package repository resides before making changes to the repository. This provides a means to rollback the repository if the need arises. For information about ZFS SA snapshots, see: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26765_01/html/E26397/shares__shares__snapshots.html#scrolltoc

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