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Stuart Saxon
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/usr/sbin/sys-unconfig

Back in the day when I was cloning E10K domains running Solaris 2.6/7/8 and JET wasn't around I had to use a combo of

1) ufsdump over NFS to the SSP

2) transfer the ufsdmp to the new SSP/E10K

3) jumpstart interactive the newly prep'd E10K

4) ufsrestore via NFS the ufsdump

5) THEN to get round all things network and /dev - do ...

5a) run/usr/sbin/sys-unconfig

5b) rm /etc/path_to_inst

6) boot the domain OK> boot -arv

and hey presto the domain booted 'as a fresh install' and rebuilt it's device tree

In modern times - when cloning ESX hosted VM's I still use the '/usr/sbin/sys-unconfig' ...

It does exactly what is says on the tin.

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