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• RIS uses a single set of kit files for all clients having the same
architecture.
• You can perform a cloned installation on a RIS client, letting you
duplicate a similar system installation or configuration. See the
Installation Guide — Advanced Topics for information about installation
cloning and configuration cloning.
2.2 Starting RIS
You always should run the ris utility as superuser. To start the ris utility,
enter the following command:
# /usr/sbin/ris
When RIS starts up, it checks the status of the RIS areas.
If RIS can access all the products it was able to access the last time RIS was
started, the ris utility displays the following message:
Checking accessibility of RIS areas... done
If RIS cannot access all the products it was able to access previously, it
displays the following message:
No Products Available in /var/adm/ris/ris0.alpha
Delete RIS environment? [y]:
This may occur because the source for this RIS environment is no longer
mounted, and can be corrected by remounting the source. If the source is no
longer available, you may delete this RIS environment. If you remount the
source, you must restart RIS so that the environment is available.
If you try to start RIS without superuser privileges, the following message
may be displayed:
Checking accessibility of RIS areas...
No permission to write /usr/var/adm/ris/ris0.alpha/ProdNames
done
Correct this problem by logging in as root or using the su command to gain
superuser privileges before you start RIS.
2.3 RIS Areas and Product Environments
In addition to the server’s normal disk area, an area is reserved to hold RIS
software kits. This RIS area contains one or more product environments.
Each product environment contains one or more product kits suitable for
installation on a given hardware or software platform. Figure 2–2 shows a
generalized illustration of a sample RIS area.
Remote Installation Services 2–3