ris(8)

Name

ris − remote installation services utility

Syntax

/etc/ris

Description

The ris utility performs remote installation services which install system software to a client machine through the TCP/IP local network. The client machine can be a VAX or a RISC machine.

The server on which the remote installation services area is located can be either a VAX or a RISC machine.

The remote installation services utility uses the directory /usr/var/adm/ris as a base. When you install the first product to /usr/var/adm/ris, the ris utility creates a remote installation services area. The area is called either ris0.mips or ris0.vax.

The area contains one or more ULTRIX software products. Each product contains the subsets of the kits that can be installed to clients on a network. Clients registered for an area install software over the network to their processor.

The ris utility performs the following functions:

a - Add client

r - Remove client

s - Show products in remote installation environments

m - Modify client

i - Install software

You must use the ris utility interactively to set up a remote installation services area. After you have set up a remote installation services area on the server, you can use the ris utility either interactively or from the command line to manage clients.

The /usr/var/adm/ris directory also holds a subdirectory, /usr/var/adm/ris/clients. This directory contains a database file, risdb, that you can use to manage multiple clients.

Examples

The example that follows invokes the ris utility interactively:

# /etc/ris

A menu appears from which you can select options to perform ris functions.

The examples that follow manage the client bergal using the command line.

The syntax of the command to add a client follows:

/etc/ris −a <clientname> −h <Ethernet_address> −p path,product[,product]

The following command adds client bergal and allows that client to install a product over the network:

# /etc/ris −a bergal −h 08−00−2B−03−05−8B −p ris0.mips,product_1

The syntax of the command to modify a client follows:

/etc/ris −a <clientname> [−h <Ethernet_address>] [−p <path,product,product>]

The following command modifies client bergal and allows that client to install a product over the network:

# /etc/ris −m bergal −p ris0.mips,product_2

The syntax of the command to remove a client follows:

/etc/ris −r <clientname>

The following command removes client bergal:

# /etc/ris −r bergal

Files

/usr/var/adm/ris

/usr/var/adm/ris/clients

/usr/var/adm/ris/clients/risdb

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