Mark Wedel wrote: > > Is there any way to retrieve/dump a manifest that has been added via > installadm add? > > Something like 'installadm print -m <manifest> -n <svcname>'?
This functionality is not there yet unfortunately, but we do plan to provide this. There are some considerations around the criteria associated with a manifest that we need to sort out. > > I know this data is stored in /var/ai/<some number>/AI_data, but that > really doesn't seem like a good way to get it - especially since that > <some number> doesn't seem to correspond to anything convenient. > > I'm looking for a few things here: > - If there is some install problem that is manifest related, it would > be nice to be able to see the actual manifest. Right now, this would > require storing the original manifest someplace, and knowing its > contents. This could also be useful in cases where the files used to > make the manifest have been altered, but user really wants that > original back. > > - With opensolaris replacing nevada, I see the need to bring manifests > forward build to build (as build 132 is put on the server, bringing > forward all manifests from 131 for 132). Now there may need to be some > minor adjustments if the build number is included in the manifest. But > as things stand now, I don't see any way to do this, other than to > keep all the manifests that have been added someplace - this is > trickier if different people end up adding manifests. > > Jumpstart made this quite easy, since all the data for jumpstart was > plainly stored (nothing getting copied). It also made things easy in > that one didn't need to re-add new jumpstart configs for each new > build (could keep pointing at same jumpstart directory build after > build). Since each new AI is a new service, it starts with nothing for > manifests, so all the old ones need to get added again. The AI image management work should help with this. An install service's image will be updateable/replaceable, where the configuration of the install service -- the manifests and clients that have been added to it -- are preserved. -ethan
