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7. Install the System
To install the system from the
SBAdmin System Backup
, you first must have selected the
(which may be located on a local or remote host). You then have the option
, where you can make any changes to the backup information stored on the backup media. If you used
that option, then the backup information was already restored from the backup, verified and modified as needed
to ensure the installation can be started.
Verification Process
If you select the option Install the System with Current Settings, this backup data will be checked (again if
necessary) to ensure the defined devices and filesystems can be created successfully. Here are a few things
that are checked:
1. The devices, filesystems, and SVM/ZFS devices defined on the backup are checked to ensure the
support is available from the boot media to recreate them.
2. Ensures any backup data previously residing on a disk is assigned to a new disk unless the user
explicitly chose not to restore data.
3. Verifies that all devices assigned to SVM meta-devices and ZFS virtual devices are valid and that there
are enough devices assigned for the appropriate RAID level.
4. Checks
that
SVM meta-devices and ZFS pools are large enough to hold the filesystems and volumes
defined.
5. Validates
the
FDISK
partition table and slice table and removes any “gaps”.
6. Verifies that partitions will fit onto their respective disks, and that slices will fit into their disks (SPARC)
or partitions (Intel). It also verifies that partitions or slices begin at disk track boundaries (in case the
disk geometry has changed), where required. Each table is modified as needed to correct boundaries,
sizes and to remove “gaps”.
7. Checks that all filesystems are being created on devices large enough to restore the data. Even if a
device has not changed, the requirements may change if, for instance, the filesystem type was
changed to one which requires more space for filesystem metadata than was previously needed.
8. Verifies that the root filesystem is being restored and the device on which it is defined is still valid.
9. Verifies that the configuration conforms to boot loader requirements of the specific system type.
If any problems are detected, you will be informed of the problem and a recommended solution. In some cases
the process will offer to fix the problem for you, or even automatically reduce the sizes of partitions containing
filesystem data to make the partitions fit onto a disk. If problems persist, you will need to return to the
menu to make any changes required to restore the data (or select not to create certain
devices or restore certain data).