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Download Solaris 11 X86 Iso

In order to install Solaris on VmWare, it's best to download Solaris as an ISO file. Select 'x86 Live Media', here is a ISO file having the size of 1.1GB. Oracle asks you to log in before downloading it, if you don't have any Oracle accounts, you can sign up an account, the registration is completely free.

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Part 1 - How to Install Oracle Solaris 11.2 for x86 from an ISO in VirtualBox by Erik Benner. Covers how to launch the Solaris VM, how to assign it memory, how to create a virtual drive and configure it as a dynamic allocated drive to save space, how to install the Oracle Solaris 11.2 image, and how to start it. Migration to an Oracle Solaris Zone on an Oracle Solaris 10 Host. Migration to an Oracle Solaris Zone on an Oracle Solaris 11 Host. The utility has the following capabilities: Analysis of the Oracle Solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and Oracle Solaris Operating system features in use. Analysis of application binaries. Oracle Solaris 11.3 IPS Repository for SPARC and x86-64 will require in case you can not provide internet access for LDOM. It's split in 5 zip archive. It's not iso image. (In this example I grabbed Solaris 11.1 SRU 19.6) Patch 18746419: ORACLE SOLARIS 11.1.19.6.0 REPO ISO IMAGE (SPARC/X86 (64-BIT)) Download the “WGET Options” file at the bottom. Set your password in the script and run the script. # grep ^SSOP wgetsru19.6.sh SSOPASSWORD=.

  • Installing Oracle® Solaris 11.3 Systems
  • Document Information
  • Using This Documentation
  • Part I Oracle Solaris 11.3 Installation Options
    • Chapter 1 Overview of Installation Options
      • Comparing Installation Options
        • Simple Installations
        • Installations Requiring AI Server Setup
      • Additional Installation Options
      • What's New in Installation for Oracle Solaris 11.3
  • Part II Installing Using InstallationMedia
    • Chapter 2 Preparing for the Installation
      • System Requirements for Live Media and Text Installations
      • Preparing a System for Installing Multiple Operating Systems
      • Partitioning Your System
        • Guidelines for Partitioning a System Prior To Installation
        • Guidelines for Partitioning a System During an Interactive Installation
          • x86: Setting Up Partitions During an Interactive Installation
          • Setting Up VTOC Slices During a Text Installation
      • Ensuring That You Have the Proper Device Drivers
      • Using Oracle Configuration Manager
    • Chapter 3 Using Live Media
      • Installing With the GUI installer
      • What to Do If Your System Boots in Console Mode
        • How to Install Oracle Solaris From Live Media If Your System Boots in Console Mode
      • Adding Software After a Live Media Installation
    • Chapter 4 Using the Text Installer
      • Installing With the Text Installer
        • Networking Configuration With the Text Installer
        • How to Navigate Within the Text Installer
      • Text Installation Tasks
    • Chapter 5 Automated Installations ThatBoot From Media
      • Overview of Installation Using AI Media
      • Installing Using AI Media
    • Chapter 6 Reconfiguring an Oracle Solaris Instance
      • Using the sysconfig Command
        • How to Use the SCI Tool
      • Functional Groupings Overview
  • Part III Installing Using an InstallServer
    • Chapter 7 Automated Installation of Multiple Systems
      • What Is an Automated Installation?
      • Components of the Automated Installer
        • DHCP Servers Supporting AI
        • IPS Repositories Supporting AI
        • AI Server
        • AI Clients
      • Securing AI
      • AI and Zones
      • Overview of the AI Configuration Process
      • Booting an AI Client
      • Planning for an AI Server
        • Configuring Network Interfaces on an AI Server
        • Identifying Necessary Install Instances
      • Automated Installer Use Cases
        • AI Server Supporting One Architecture and One OS
        • AI Server Supporting Two Architectures
        • AI Server Supporting One Architecture and Two Disk Configurations
        • AI Server Supporting One Architecture and Two Time Zones
        • AI Server Supporting One Architecture and Two Releases
        • AI Server Supporting One Architecture with Additional Configuration for Some AI Clients
        • AI Server Supporting Many Configuration Changes
    • Chapter 8 Setting Up an AI Server
      • AI Server Setup Tasks
      • AI Server Requirements
      • Install Service Administrator Privileges
      • Configuring an AI Server
      • Working With Install Services
      • Creating an Install Service
      • Associating AI Clients With Install Services
        • Associating an AI Client With an Install service
        • Deleting an AI Client From an Install Service
      • Customizing Installation Instructions
        • Associating Client-Specific Installation Instructions With an Install Service
        • Associating Client-Specific Configuration Instructions With Install Services
      • Administering the AI SMF Service
      • Increasing Security for Automated Installations
      • Showing Information About Install Services
      • Managing Install Services
        • Setting Install Service Aliases
        • Setting the Default AI Manifest for an Install Service
        • Setting the Image Path for an Install Service
        • Updating an Existing Install Service
      • Managing AI Manifests
        • Updating an AI Manifest
        • Validating an AI Manifest
        • Deleting an AI Manifest
      • Managing System Configuration Profiles
        • Updating a System Configuration Profile
        • Validating a System Configuration Profile
        • Deleting a System Configuration Profile
        • Exporting an AI Manifest or a System Configuration Profile
    • Chapter 9 Assigning Customizations to AI Clients
      • Matching AI Clients With Installation and Configuration Instructions
      • Selecting the AI Manifest
      • Selecting System Configuration Profiles
      • Selection Criteria
    • Chapter 10 Defining AI Client Installation Parameters
      • Customizing an XML AI Manifest File
        • How to Customize an XML AI Manifest File
      • Creating an AI Manifest at Client Installation Time
        • How to Create and Apply a Derived Manifest Script
        • Creating a Derived Manifest Script
          • Retrieving Client Attributes
          • Customizing the AI Manifest
          • Examples of Derived Manifest Scripts
          • Testing Derived Manifest Scripts
            • How to Test the Derived Manifest Script in an Install Environment
        • Adding a Derived Manifest Script to an Install Service
      • Creating an AI Manifest Using the AI Manifest Wizard
      • Creating an AI Manifest Using the installadm Command
        • installadm Interactive Editor Commands
        • Examples of Using the installadm Interactive Edit Mode
      • Example AI Manifests
        • Specifying an iSCSI Target Device
        • Specifying a Root Pool and Boot Pool in an AI Manifest
        • Specifying a RAID Configuration
        • Installing an SVR4 Package
        • Installing Multiple SVR4 Packages
        • Reusing Existing Disk Slices or Partitions
        • Accessing a Unified Archive Using SSL Client Authentication
        • Accessing a Unified Archive Using Http Authentication Tokens
        • Accessing a Secure IPS Repository
        • Changing the Locale When Installing the solaris-minimal-server Package
        • Not Installing the Man Page Package with the solaris-minimal-server Package
        • Adding a Specific Package when Installing a Package Group
      • Default AI Manifest
    • Chapter 11 Defining AI Client System Configuration Parameters
      • Providing Configuration Profiles
        • Creating System Configuration Profiles
        • Validating System Configuration Profiles
        • Adding System Configuration Profiles to an Install Service
      • Specifying Configuration in a System Configuration Profile
        • Configuring Root and User Accounts
        • Setting the System Identity
        • Setting the Time Zone and Locale
        • Setting the Terminal Type and Keyboard Layout
        • Configuring Network Interfaces
        • Configuring Name Service
        • Configuring Kerberos
        • Setting Up Oracle Configuration Manager and Oracle Auto Service Request
      • Using System Configuration Profile Templates
      • Example System Configuration Profiles
        • Sample System Configuration Profile
        • Specifying Static Network Configuration
        • Specifying an IB Link in a System Configuration Profile
        • Configuring Multiple IPv4 Interfaces
        • Adding User SSH Keys
        • Specifying Name Service Configuration
          • Configuring Name Service NIS
          • Configuring the DNS Name Service
          • Configuring Name Service LDAP
          • Using DNS With LDAP
          • Using NIS With DNS
    • Chapter 12 Installing and Configuring Zones
      • How AI Installs Non-Global Zones
      • Specifying Non-Global Zones in the Global ZoneAI Manifest
      • Non-Global Zone Configuration and Installation Data
        • Non-Global Zone AI Manifest
        • Non-Global Zone System Configuration Profiles
    • Chapter 13 Running a Custom ScriptDuring First Boot
      • Implementing Run Once at First Boot Controls
        • How to Ensure One Run at First Boot
      • Creating a Script to Run at First Boot
      • Creating an SMF Manifest File
        • Using the Manifest Creation Tool
        • Customizing the Generated Manifest
      • Creating an IPS Package for the Script and Service
        • How to Create and Publish the IPS Package
      • Installing the First-Boot Package on the AI Client
        • How to Install the IPS Package
      • Testing the First-Boot Service
        • How to Update the Script or Service
    • Chapter 14 Installing AI Clients Using an AI Server
      • How an AI Client Is Installed
      • SPARC and x86 AI Client System Requirements
      • Setting Up an AI Client
        • Setting Up a SPARC AI Client
        • Setting Up an x86 AI Client
        • Deleting an AI Client From a Service
      • Installing AI Clients
    • Chapter 15 Troubleshooting Automated Installations
      • AI Client Installation Fails
        • Check the Installation Logs and Instructions
        • Check DNS
        • Check AI Client Boot Errors
          • Boot Disk Not Found
          • X86 System Will Not Boot After Install
          • SPARC Network Booting Errors and Possible Causes
          • x86 Network Booting Errors and Possible Causes
          • SPARC and x86 Error Messages
      • Booting the Installation Environment Without Startingan Installation
      • Starting an Automated Installation from the Command Line
  • Part IV Performing Related Tasks
    • Appendix A WorkingWith Oracle Configuration Manager
    • Appendix B Using the Device DriverUtility
      • Device Driver Utility Overview
  • Index

A lot has been already said on Solaris 11 new features, its performance etc.. So, I just wanted get my hands dirty by testing the new Solaris 11. And what could be better than installing a Solaris 11 Virtual machine in virtual box. Here is how, you can also do it :

Prerequisites :

1. A laptop with atleast 2 GB RAM and around 50 GB of disk space
2. Oracle virtualbox software. (download here)
3. Oracle Solaris 11.1 iso image ( sol-11_1-text-x86.iso )

Let us setup a virtualbox virtual machine with solaris 11. Open the virtualbox software and click on new.

We need to name the new virtual machine and set the type/version as Solaris/Oracle Solaris 11 (64bit)

Set the Memory of the virtual machine to atleast 1.5 GB for a optimum performance.

We will be creating a new hard drive for the solaris 11 virtual machine.

Now in case you want the virtual machine to be used in other virtualization softwares like VMware workstation etc., then select appropriate hard drive file type. I will be using the VM in virtualbox itself, so I am going to go with VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)

In case of a dynamically allocated hard drive file, space is filled only when some data is written to it. I usually prefer fixed size hard drive as it is faster than the other dynamically allocated hard drive.

Name the HDD file we are going to create. You can also choose the location to store the hard disk file. I will be setting the size of hard disk as 10 GB.

We are almost done with all the settings. There are few more settings to be done, so click on settings.

We do not need audio device for the virtual machine , so disable it.

We also do not need the USB ports, So disable the USB controller too.

To be able to connect the Virtual machine from the host machine, select the bridged Adapter as the adapter 1 type and select the appropriate network hardware to be used from the host machine. I use Wi-Fi network in the host machine so I selected the Wi-Fi port. You may be using a ethernet card in host machine, so select it appropriately.

For the first time boot of the virtual machine, we need to boot it from the solaris 11 text install ISO image. Select the ISO of solaris 11 and click start to start the installation.

Select the default US-English keyboard layout and press enter.

On the next screen select the default language as English and press enter.

Select the option 1 to install the Oracle solaris 11.

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Now appears the Welcome screen of solaris 11. On this screen and all other screen we need to use ESC + 2 to go to the next screen.

We will be installing solaris 11 on the local disk so select Local Disk as a discovery selection.

The installer would discover the only hard disk we allocated for this installation. Select this hard drive and press ESC + 2.

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You can change the layout of the disk on the next screen. We would go with the default layout and use the entire disk.

On the next screen give the hostname for the virtual machine (geeklab) and select manual configuration of the network configuration. As shown you can configure network automatically using the DHCP as well. But for this LAB let us use the manual configuration itself.

Provide the IP address and netmask for the interface net0. (192.168.1.20/24)

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We do not need to use any DNS name service for this installation so select “Do not configure DNS”.

Select “None” For the Alternate Name Service option.

Now set the time zone according to your location. For me its india so I would choose Asia/India.

Confirm the time settings and go to the next screen.

On the next screen set the root password . here you can also create any additional users if you want.

The enrollment for support is not required for this LAB setup so just go to next screens.

Select a no proxy network configuration as we are not going to use any proxy settings to connect to the internet.

Check the final installation summary and verify them to start the installation of Oracle Solaris 11.

Now the installation would start which will not take more than 15 minutes.

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Once the installation is complete we need to reboot the OS. The key to reboot is ESC + 8 on this screen.

Do remember to remove the ISO image from the virtual machine or else the installation would start again. The OS would reboot and you can see the latest Solaris 11.1 OS up and running.

Enabling GNOME Graphical Desktop

Be default you won’t be able to use the graphical desktop in solaris 11. To enable the graphical desktop we need to add a package (solaris-desktop) from the IPS repository (refer Solaris 11 IPS series).

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After rebooting the Virtual Machine and you should see the Graphical Desktop.

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