When setting up Automated Installer (AI) clients, an interactive tool can be used to generate a custom system configuration profile. The profile will specify the time zone, data and time, user and…

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Options

• Asys-unconfig
• Binstalladm set-criteria
• Csysconfig create-profile
• Dinstalladm create-profile

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  7% (3)
• C
  88% (36)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

sysconfig create-profile is correct because it is Oracle Solaris's dedicated interactive utility for generating System Configuration (SC) profiles - the XML files that define time zone, locale, user/root accounts, and name services for an AI client installation. It walks you through prompts and outputs a valid SC profile ready for use with the Automated Installer.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. sys-unconfig - this unconfigures a running system (resets it to factory state), not create a profile for a new installation.
• B. installadm set-criteria - this assigns matching criteria (e.g., MAC address, IP range) to existing AI manifests; it doesn't generate SC profiles.
• D. installadm create-profile - this associates an already-created SC profile with an AI service; it does not interactively generate the profile itself.

Memory tip: Think of the two-step split - sysconfig creates the profile content (the "what goes on the system"), while installadm manages how that profile gets delivered to clients. The word "sysconfig" mirrors "system configuration," which is exactly what an SC profile captures.

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