Solaris Installation Overview
Sun xVM Ops Center requires a standard full installation of the Solaris operating system. Procedures that describe installing the Solaris OS are available from the following sources:
| Content | Description |
|---|---|
| Solaris 10 10/08 Release and Installation Collection | Solaris 10 10/08 installation procedures, including basic installations, network-based installations, custom JumpStart, and advanced installations |
| Solaris 10 Operating System | Index of Solaris 10 product documentation, including links to installation documentation for various Solaris OS releases |
Sun xVM Ops Center requires at least Solaris 10 11/06 for SPARC or x86 systems.
Specific Solaris installation requirements and resources for Sun xVM Ops Center include:
Solaris Software Group Requirements
Sun xVM Ops Center installation requires that you install the Solaris OS using either of the following software groups:
- SUNWCXall - Entire Distribution with OEM Support
- SUNWCall - Entire Distribution
 | Caution – Do not minimize or harden the operating system until after the the Sun xVM Ops Center software has been installed. For example, even if you remove previously applied SUNWjass changes, the Sun xVM Ops Center software installation is likely to fail. |
Disk and Swap Space Requirements
Sun xVM Ops Center requires the following minimum values for disk and swap space:
- 2 GBytes free in /opt
- 70 GBytes free in /var/opt/sun/xvm
- 4 GBytes of swap space
Solaris Patch Requirements
Sun xVM Ops Center 2.1 installations on Solaris systems running Solaris 10 11/06 or earlier require minimum patch levels for specific patches to support software update functions. The following patches of at least the listed release levels must be applied on the system:
| Platform | Patches |
|---|---|
| SPARC Systems | 125100-04 Kernel Update Patch 120473-05 libc nss ldap PAM zfs Patch 125800-01 Fault Manager Patch |
| x86 Systems | 125101-04 Kernel Update Patch 120037-15 libc nss ldap PAM zfs Patch 125801-01 Fault Manager Patch |
To verify that these patch requirements have been met, you can check if the /usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 exists on the system. If it does, these patch requirements are met. For example:
# ls /usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 /usr/lib/extendedFILE.so.1 #
HA Support
Consider if you want to establish a high availability configuration for Sun xVM Ops Center. This configuration involves configuring a transferable storage device to hold the /var/opt/sun/xvm directory structure, and installing two systems with Sun xVM Ops Center software.
If you want to establish this configuration, you must configure your storage device after you have installed the Solaris OS, and before you install Sun xVM Ops Center software.
Refer to About High Availability in Sun xVM Ops Center and Configuring Storage for High Availability for information about configuring storage for the high availability configuration in Sun xVM Ops Center.
Where to Go From Here
If you have Solaris systems on which you want to install Sun xVM Ops Center, review Verifying Solaris System Resources to verify that your Solaris system is ready to accept the new software.