[indiana-discuss] Consideration for servers

[Bob Doolittle]

Hi,

There are a few impediments to installation and configuration of 
OpenSolaris in a way that's suitable for servers.
What plans (or RFEs) are people aware of for addressing these, if any?

The biggest issue that comes to mind is that NWAM is not really suitable 
for servers, yet configuring a system statically 
(network/physical:default) is painful and requires many steps.

Is it true that sys-unconfig/sysid-config are being removed? Even today 
sysid-config has issues since it requires booting the system in 
text-mode, which is not the default. But something like these utilities 
are important for functions like factory-prep of a server with 
OpenSolaris before shipment, or creation of a "Golden Copy" of a VM with 
OpenSolaris for sharing. It's probably not the right solution for 
on-site configuration of a system on demand, which should be 
accomplished without requiring a reboot, so it seems having two separate 
solutions would be most appropriate.

Thanks,
   Bob