mikepodoherty
Expert
Expert

We deploy Solaris 10 from a template - we run sys-unconfig on the template before saving the server as a template.

When we stand up a new server, we deploy from the template - we have to configure server name, IP address, subnet, etc but we aren't rebuilding the system from scratch. The Oracle DBAs then convert the deafult install to support the designated database instance.

We bring the template online whenever we apply patches - the template is patched first - we verify that everything works. Then we patch the other servers.

The longest part of the process is the cloning from template - answering the configuration questions takes a couple of minutes.

HTH

Mike