On 09/17/2011 02:46 PM, Klas Heggemann wrote:
I would split this, to make it possible to share the package between machines
sharing /opt perhaps read only (NFS shared or in zones).
# Shared binaries and libraries and documentation:
/opt/amanada/bin
/opt/amanada/sbin
/opt/amanda/lib
/opt/amanda/share
# per host directories
/etc/amada # local config files
/var/amanda # local machine specific files ?
My 5 cents.
Klas Heggemann
You'd essentially only move the contents of /usr to /opt/amanda/. It's
a reasonable suggestion, and is similar to Sun's original intended usage
pattern. Klas, have you used sparse-root zones in production? I just
want to make sure your suggestion comes from a bit more than glancing
over Sun's documentation. That's as much as I did, and I feel a tad
uninformed.
The opinions don't seem particularly strong here. Since I debated Klas'
suggestion myself before sending my original message, I think I'll go
with that for the package, unless of course there's some pressing
reasons *not* to do it. The build scripts will be in SVN and included
in the distribution tarball and I'll try to make it easy to change file
locations by just tweaking some variables. Anyone who needs other
locations should be able to build a package fairly painlessly.
Dan
On Sep 16, 2011, at 23:32 , Dan Locks wrote:
Hi all,
I'm in the process of creating a Solaris package designed to install in a
sparse-root zone. Solaris sparse-root zones mount /usr/* read only, so the
package can't put files in /usr at all. My first instinct is to use a
file-layout which puts *everything* amanda installs in /opt/amanda/. That mean
we would have something like:
/opt/amanda/bin
/opt/amanda/sbin
/opt/amanda/lib/amanda
/opt/amanda/var/lib/
/opt/amanda/etc/
/opt/amanda/share
I'm really not a Solaris admin, so I don't the have experience to know The
Right Way to do a sparse-root install.
I'd like some input from any Solaris admins or users that either know, or have
(non-local-config-dependent) ideas.
The source will end up in amanda's SourceForge repository, and the binary
package will be on download.zmanda.com.
Thanks for any help!
Dan Locks
