Hi, So everyone in my group who currently adds manifests custom to a specific machine (of which we have several hundred) will have to export the entire service configuration (which includes every machine), modify it (only the part that applies to their machine), and import again? Seem dangerous and not very practical.
Peter Tribble spake thusly, on or about 08/17/09 13:23: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Sundar > Yamunachari<sundar.yamunachari at sun.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have updated the proposal to simplify AI manifests with the following >> changes: >> >> - The installadm interfaces for new subcommands and changes to the >> existing subcommands are finalized (Thanks to Frank and Ethan) >> - Changes based on the feedback to the previous proposal >> The document is at >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/manifest_simplification_proposal_v3. >> Your feedback is requested. >> > > I like the syntax > > # installadm add-manifest -n <my_service> -f <manifest_input_file> > > In fact, that's about the only way I can see myself managing > an AI server. > > Two things would make this even easier: > > # installadm export -n <my_service> > > which would simply spit out the manifest_input_file corresponding > to the current configuration, and > > # installadm import -n <my_service> -f <manifest_input_file> > > which would simply replace the entire configuration with the > new one. So basically, to update I would export, modify, and > stick it back. To replicate, just export on one server and import > somewhere else. > > To my mind, the manifest_input_file is the primary object; all the > other (add-manifest, remove-manifest, update-criteria) subcommands > are just ways to manipulate subsections of that object. > > -- ~~~\0/~~~~ Cheers, Jon. {-%] ======== If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten. - Anon. -------- When someone asks you, "Penny for your thoughts," and you put your two cents in, what happens to the other penny? - G. Carlin (May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Jon_Aimone.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 305 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20090817/909179c9/attachment.vcf>
