Sun Management Center Change Manager 1.0.1 Administration Guide

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## Shared Profile

A shared profile is a set of Solaris system configuration parameters that are used to install managed hosts in a consistent, repeatable manner. Once created, a shared profile becomes a template that can be applied to one or more managed hosts. A shared profile specifies customizations such as the following:

- Disk slicing

- Superuser (`root`) password

- Network interfaces

- Naming service

- Time zone

- Locale

Each profile can specify the Solaris Flash archive to be deployed to the managed host. Every managed host must have a shared profile associated with it.

Once applied to a specific managed host, the shared profile data becomes part of the host properties for that managed host.

Use the `changemgr fileset` command to change property values for a shared profile in the repository. You can also change property values by making changes to property values on the shared profile's property page. However, when the shared profile is outside of the repository, you manipulate properties by editing the properties and property values contained in the file. See the cmsp(4CM) man page.

The shared profile file name must use the `.cmsp` suffix.

To create or import shared profiles, see the appropriate section:

- How to Create a Shared Profile (Web Browser)

- How to Import a Shared Profile to the Change Manager Repository (Web Browser)

- How to Import Shared Profiles to the Change Manager Repository (Command Line)

To deploy software to a managed host by using the shared profile, see the appropriate section:

- How to Perform an Initial Installation (Web Browser)

- How to Reinstall, Update, Fall Back, and Reboot Managed Hosts (Web Browser)

- How to Perform an Initial Installation (Command Line)

- How to Reinstall Managed Hosts (Command Line)

- How to Update Managed Hosts (Command Line)

### Understanding Shared Profiles and Host Properties

Shared profiles and host properties are used by Change Manager to describe how one or more managed hosts are to be configured with a software stack. Much of the information specified by shared profiles and host properties is the same as described in a custom JumpStart installation profile.

A shared profile can be used by one or more managed hosts to describe the way managed hosts are configured with the software stack.

Host properties describe exactly one managed host. These properties describe the exact configuration of the software stack on the particular managed host. The host properties point to the shared profile. You can further customize the managed host by doing the following:

- Overriding archive parameter values in the shared profile by providing new values for the same archive parameters

- Overriding parameter values in the shared profile by providing new values for the same parameters

- Providing values not already specified in the shared profile

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