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Managing RIS Profile Sets
A profile set is a logically organized subdirectory of the
/var/adm/ris/clients/sets directory on a RIS server. It contains
configuration description files (CDFs) and user-supplied files that can be
invoked during a Full Installation and used for Installation Cloning. When
you register a RIS client for a RIS area, you can specify a profile set that
contains CDFs or user-supplied files that you want to execute when you
install software from the RIS area.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
• Creating profile set directories (Section 7.2)
• Registering RIS clients for profile sets (Section 7.3)
• Converting old configuration description files (Section 7.4)
• Determining a RIS client’s profile set registration (Section 7.5)
• Removing a RIS client’s profile set registration (Section 7.6)
• Deleting profile sets from the RIS server (Section 7.7)
7.1 Overview
A profile set can contain one or more of the following files:
• The install.cdf file is used for Installation Cloning.
This file is generated in the /var/adm/smlogs directory when you
install the current version of the operating system with the Full
Installation process. It contains a record of the file system layout, host-
and site-specific information, and the software that was installed during
a Full Installation. This information can be used to clone the same
installation on other systems with similar hardware.
• The config.cdf file is used for Configuration Cloning.
This file contains network, internet, printer, and mail configuration
information that has been saved from a fully installed and configured
system. Use the sysman -clone -save command to create the
config.cdf file whenever you want to save configuration information.
The config.cdf file can be applied to a target system during a Full
Installation, or it can be applied manually to a running system.
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