Replacing an old machine with a new Solaris machine

(using the same hostname)

• Copy /etc/v5srvtab from host to nhost. (Or generate one for host if one did not already exist.)
• Install that on nhost.
• rename-solaris-machine host
  What this does is
  • confirm that it's not changing nets (dies if so)
  • confirm that it's got proper kerberos realm (warns if not)
  • brings down net interface
  • edits /etc/inet/hosts, /etc/hostname.interface, /etc/net/*/hosts, and /etc/nodename.
• Reboot the machine.
  Gateways may refuse to talk to machines if they have the wrong ethernet address until the arp-cache times out. (Actually, I've never seen this.) If necessary, you can hurry this along on the gateway with the command:

       clear ip arp-cache
  

• Email track-support@wp1, notifying them of the changes.
• Email hostmaster@ns1, notifying them of the changes.
• Update stuff in klinzhai:/var/config and push that over.
• Start up my own batch jobs.

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  This page last updated August 7, 1995.