Download sun solaris vmware

Oracle virtualbox software. For the first time boot of the virtual machine, we need to boot it from the solaris 11 text install ISO image. The download page states: Oracle Solaris The Live Media provides administrators with an opportunity to explore the Oracle Solaris The system boots off the media directly allowing administrators to start the installer should they choose to install it to a system. This install will be based on Solaris The final goal will be to discuss more advanced topic like Oracle solaris cluster, network virtualization, patch management and advanced system administration tasks.

First we need to download the correct solaris iso image hosted on www. This suppose that we created a virtual machine with the following configuration and that we have attached the iso image we downloaded earlier.

Continue by pressing F2. By default, we will not be able to login using the root account as it will be created as a role, this is a security concept in Solaris. We will use our new created account and then switch to the root account using su or using sudo if we need to.

I have installed the vmware workstation 6. I cannot connect to the internet. For the win 7 i use a static ip address Can any one send me a step by step procedure with screen shot? Ensure, 1. Hi Zakki, As i told you im new to solaris and just a beginner.

So would require alot of help from you. Currently the static ip i use on win7 is I am able to connect on my other guest OS which is win Please help me to connect to the internet. Good to know atleast your local network is working, okay.. I see where the problem could be, amend the following:. Enter — search nameserver Hi zakki, i think its a dns problem. VMServer is free to use, why not try it out. Vmplayer has many limitations, so its best if you use VMware server to install Solaris Hi, Its the wonderful article for new users.

Zakki thanks for sharing your knowledge I plan to jump on installing Oracle now, will follow your doc… thanks! Hi Zakki, Read all above comments and thought i might get help on this blog. However, I am a newbie to solaris and virtualization. I have installed solaris 10 guest in windows xp host. Currently my network is set to NAT. Following is the IP details set on my xp host machine. Connection-specific DNS Suffix.

I would like to know following queries 1 what configuration i have to set. I know this seems to be a big letter. Please help me. Any help would be highly appreciated. All those who are trying to install bit Solaris 10 on a VMware sever, and the OS keeps booting in a 32 bit, make sure that you have enabled the Virtualization Technology in the Bios. Thank you for posting this, for taking the time to walk the rest of us newbs through the process. It is so daunting when one is starting out, but thanks to folks like yourself for keeping our hopes alive!