[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to create an installer/ bootable recovery iso from a running system?

bscuk2 bscuk2 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 30 21:02:56 UTC 2018


Perhaps it might be worth considering saving a ZFS Snapshot in a remote 
location for a restore solution or exploring barman for a database solution

Robert


On 27/07/2018 14:15, Guenther Alka wrote:
> Question:
>
> Is it possible to create a bootable iso installer from a configured 
> and at best online from a running system (that works then like the 
> regular OS iso installer)?
>
> Intention is to reinstall the fully configued Oi/OmniOS from this iso 
> for disaster recovery with the help of the regular installer process.
>
> I have done this in the past with a Linux appliance where this was 
> part of the distribution and where you are able to create a bootable 
> installer DVD on the fly to restore the system after a crash or to go 
> back to a former state. Simple and genious. A bootable USB stick can 
> be easily created from the iso with the Rufus tool.
>
>
> Gea
> @napp-it.org
>
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