Hi, I think that below extensions to install disk selection would be very useful.
1. disk_prop dev_product Currently one can specify VENDOR but not PRODUCT, it could be useful to be able to specify both (implying AND between them) or just one: <disk_prop dev_vendor="hitachi" dev_product="DF600F"/> - select if both vendor is hitachi and product is DF600F <disk_prop dev_vendor="hitachi"/> - install if vendor is hitachi (regardless of product filed contents) Also, if multiple entries are found are they taken into account in specified order? So in the above example if there were multiple disks reporting VENDOR=HITACHI but some of them would have PRODUCT=DF600F and some would have a different PRODUCT would the ones with PRODUCT=DF600F be considered first (with higher priority) and only if no suitable disks were found the 2nd rule would be considered? 2. Exclude lists It would be great if it was possible to provide an exclude list (disk not allowed to be selected as an install/boot disk) based on multiple criteria matches like: - Vendor/Product ids from scsi inq - size (for example disks bigger than 200GB to be excluded) <disk_exclude> <disk_prop dev_vendor="hitachi" dev_product="DF600F"/> <disk_prop dev_size_gt="200GB"/> </disk_exclude> Above should exclude any disk reporting vendor/product as HITACHI/DF600F and any disks which size is bigger than 200GB. Exclude lists should be allowed regardless of any other settings and should be taken into account also for <disk_keyword key="boot_disk"/> case. 3. manual_configuration_only It would be very convenient if manual_configuration_only=1 could be set in fp.conf during AI install if requested. This should allow for AI to not see any disks on SAN/DAS managed by fp. From my experience this alone solves most of the issues with accidentally installing OS on an external LUN. Additionally it can improve install times as well as there will be much fewer disks to scan in some environments. I'm not sure though how to pass it to fp without modifying fp.conf and therefore having to different network images. -- Robert Milkowski http://milek.blogspot.com -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ caiman-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/caiman-discuss
