Requirements:
• The hardware must include a USB 2.0 port.
• Open Boot firmware must be 4.27 or greater.
• Before plugging in the USB drive, make certain Volume Management is disabled. The command for this is
svcadm disable volfs
To generate bare metal media on a USB drive, perform the following steps:
1 Run the mkbmcd utility on the client which is found in <INSTALLDIR>/bin/mkbmcd, where <INSTALLDIR> is /usr/bp by default.
2 Initiate the creation utility by entering the following at the command prompt:
/usr/bp/bin/mkbmcd
3 When prompted, indicate y when asked if you want to use USB Bare Metal Recovery.
Note: This will erase all content on the drive.
4 When prompted by the mkbmcd utility, enter the temporary workspace directory, which requires 550MB of space.
5 When prompted, enter the client and backup system information.
6 When prompted, select the desired USB drive by entering the corresponding number.
Note: Device Type must be removable disk.
7 When prompted, confirm the listed information and begin the formatting process by entering y.
Once the process is complete and the drive has been formatted, the following message appears:
Please follow the instructions below to boot from the USB drive:
8 Remove the USB drive from your machine.
Enter ‘# init 0’ to get to the ok prompt.
9 Plug in the USB drive and enter ‘probe-scsi-all’.
10 ‘Locate the SCSI address for the Removable Disk Entry.
Append
/disk@0,0
to the end of the SCSI address.
Example:
/pci@0/ pci@0/ pci@1/ pci@0/ pci@1/ pci@0/usb@0,2/storage@3/disk@0,0
11 Boot the USB drive using the SCSI address with
/disk@0,0
appended to it.
Example:
boot /pci@0/ pci@0/ pci@1/ pci@0/ pci@1/ pci@0/usb@0,2/storage@3/disk@0,0
The system boots from the USB drive and starts the Bare Metal Application. You must have a master backup of this system before you can perform a bare metal restore.