dmu(8)dmu(8)NAMEdmu - Dataless management utility
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/dmu
DESCRIPTION
The dataless management utility (dmu) manages Dataless Management Ser‐
vices (DMS) environments and clients, letting you install, configure,
and list DMS environments, and add, list, modify, or remove DMS
clients. DMS maintains root (/), /usr, and /var file systems on a DMS
server for DMS clients. All swapping and dumping is done on the DMS
client's local disk.
The dmu utility creates a root file system based on the software sub‐
sets installed in the DMS environment area on the server. This root
file system is accessed by DMS clients over a Local Area Network (LAN).
DMS lets system administrators customize the root file systems before
it is accessed by DMS clients.
Caution
DMS is not supported in a clusters environment. A cluster member cannot
be a DMS server or a dataless client.
Dataless Management Services
The DMS server maintains a separate copy of the root file system for
each DMS client in a client root directory (usually /clients) in the
DMS area. Each DMS root area is customized for the DMS client to allow
for different environmental requirements.
The DMS server also reserves a DMS area where copies of the /usr file
system reside. The /usr file system is shared by DMS clients with read-
only access.
The server's DMS root and /usr areas are available to DMS clients
through a network file system (NFS), with each client accessing the DMS
disk area on the DMS server over a LAN. Each DMS client is booted over
the network from its private root area on the DMS server. Once booted,
the DMS client continues to use its root files and /usr files from the
server's DMS area.
DMS Environments
One or more DMS environments can reside in a DMS area. Each DMS envi‐
ronment contains one or more root areas; a root area exists for each
general type of DMS client supported. DMS client root areas reside in
the /var/adm/dms directory, and are named /var/adm/dms/dmsN.arch, where
N is a sequentially-assigned integer starting with 0 and arch is a name
identifying the client's machine architecture, such as alpha. The first
DMS area for Alpha clients would be named /var/adm/dms/dms0.alpha.
DMS Client Areas
DMS maintains a DMS client area in the /clients directory. Each root
area for an individual DMS client is tailored from the appropriate
generic root file system, and contains a customized kernel to support
that DMS client's actual system configuration.
Each DMS client views its private root area and the shared /usr area as
local although these areas actually reside on the DMS server and are
accessed through NFS. As with the /var/adm/dms area, multiple client
areas can be established in different partitions.
DMS Software Installation
Use the dmu utility's Install Software option to install software into
each /var/adm/dms/dmsN.arch file system. All software must be
installed and configured in the DMS server area before DMS clients can
be added to the DMS environment.
DMS Client Registration
Before you use the dmu utility to serve a DMS client, you must register
the DMS client for a DMS area or make an entry for the DMS client in
the /etc/hosts file on the DMS server. You must have the following
information to register a DMS client: The client's host name. The
/var/adm/dms/dmsN.arch DMS environment where the DMS client will be
registered. The location of the DMS client's root directory. The path
must not exceed 25 characters and be located under the /clients direc‐
tory. The DMS client's network interface, subnet mask, and default
route for this network interface. The DMS client's hardware network
address. The gateway address between the DMS client and server. The
swap device and partition and swap device type. The type of kernel
build support to be provided for the DMS client.
RESTRICTIONS
You must log in as root or have superuser privileges to invoke the dmu
utility.
Tru64 UNIX DMS servers do not support dataless environments on DMS
clients that do not support the BOOTP Internet Boot Protocol.
DMS is not supported in a clusters environment. A cluster member cannot
be a DMS server or a dataless client.
EXAMPLES
The following command invokes the dmu utility from the root system
prompt on the DMS server: # /usr/sbin/dmu
You see the DMU Main Menu, and you can select dmu functions. *** DMU
Main Menu ***
Choices without key letters are not available.
a) ADD a client
c) CONFIGURE software environments
d) DELETE software environments
i) INSTALL software environments
l) LIST registered clients
m) MODIFY a client
r) REMOVE a client
s) SHOW software environments
x) EXIT
Enter your choice:
Available menu options depend upon previous actions. For example, you
cannot list, modify, or remove clients until you have added at least
one DMS client. In that case, the m, l, and r key letters are not shown
in front of their respective options: a) ADD a client
c) CONFIGURE software environments
d) DELETE software environments
i) INSTALL software environments
) LIST registered clients
) MODIFY a client
) REMOVE a client
s) SHOW software environments
x) EXIT
FILES
Base directory for Dataless Management Services Default location of
client's root directory DMS client database file
SEE ALSO
Commands: bindconfig(8), doconfig(8), nissetup(8), pmerge(8), setld(8)
Files: bootptab(4)
Sharing Software on a Local Area Network
Installation Guide
Installation Guide -- Advanced Topics
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