Dwarf Caiman Project

Dwarf Caiman

Dwarf Caiman is the first in a series of projects that in the end will provide the full Caiman experience. The goal of the Dwarf Caiman project is to deliver a subset of the overall Caiman installer suitable for use as the graphical installation path for the Solaris Express, Developer Release introduced in build 55. It is not intended to replace the general GUI installer, nor does it modify the existing character and command-line interfaces. The project is expected to deliver in the 3rd quarter of 2007 (calendar).

Dwarf Caiman Features

Solaris Initial Installation targets supported:
-Whole disks only:
x86:

- - - - Disk chosen will be, by default, partitioned as 1 Solaris2
        fdisk partition.
      - If user chooses the non-default option of partitioning
        the disk chosen, the existing Solaris2 partition, if it
        exists will be used as the installation target.
      - Disk chosen can be repartitioned to include only 1 Solaris2
        partition
      - Non Solaris2 fdisk partitions will be preserved if there
            is adequate space in the Solaris2 partition for installation.
            And, if the user makes no changes that would change the
            start block or length of these existing partitions.
            Otherwise, all data on existing partitions will be lost.
      - Solaris fdisk partition will be re-sliced with default filesystem layout. Default filesystem layout TBD.

-Existing User Data:

- - - - Will not be preserved

Solaris upgrade targets supported:
-Solaris root in a VTOC labeled disk with the following attributes:
For x86 only:

- - - - Possibly contained in fdisk partition
        In general:
      - Possibly part of a Live Upgrade BE
      - Has /var directory, either under /, or as separate filesystem
        which can be upgraded
      - Within N-2 releases of Dwarf
      - With appropriate 'usr' packages
      - Contains a bootable Solaris instance
        -A Solaris instance with non-global zones configured, modulo SVM as noted below.

Solaris upgrade targets not supported:

- - - - Target that is part of SVM mirrored root
      - SVM Mirror root pair
      - Target has non-global zones configured that are on an SVM metadevice

General:

- - - - UFS root support only
      - No extended partition support
      - Linux Swap partitions will be preserved and recognized correctly.
      - Sun Studio Tools will be upgraded
        - Sun Studio 11
        - Netbeans

Installation Media:
-DVD only, x86 only

Dwarf project schedule

/1_Dwarf Subproject/1_Date/1_Milestone/1_Owner/1_Dependencies/1_Status
Global	1/11/07	Finalize feature definition	Dave	none	Completed 2/1/07
Global	2/1/07	Caiman umbrella case to PSARC	Dave	none	One-pager submitted 1/17/07
GUI	1/31/07	UI Mockup: Alpha target-All screens in sequence. Draft screen content	Frank	Feature definition	Completed 1/31/07
GUI	2/23/07	UI Mockup: Beta target-Accurate screen conent/graphics and layout and significant interaction	Frank	none	completed 3/16/06
GUI	3/9/07	Visual design	Frank	none	Completed(mostly) 3/19/07
GUI	2/23/07	UI Specification	Frank	Intermediate dates-Screen list 2/2. Error list by screen 2/9. Screen layout 2/16. Interaction spec 2/23	Completed 3/19/07
GUI	2/23/07	UIRB complete 20q document	Frank	UI Spec
GUI	3/13/07	UIRB review	Frank	UI Spec and UIRB 20q
GUI	2/23/07	GUI Software Design complete	Niall	Feature definition complete	Completed 3/19/07
GUI	3/9/07	Visual layout complete	Niall	Visual design complete	Completed(mostly) 3/19/07
GUI	3/15/07	Welcome screen and summary screen complete	Jedi	Visual Layout complete
GUI	3/25/07	Failure pages with log	TBD	Visual layout
GUI	3/22/07	Timezone screen	Matt	Visual layout
GUI	3/29/07	Language support	TBD	Visual Layout
GUI	3/29/07	Installation progress page	TBD	Visual Layout
GUI	4/7/07	Pre-install screens	Matt/Jedy	Visual Layout	Completed 3/19/07
GUI	4/9/07	Disk Selection Screen	Niall	Visual Layout
GUI	4/30/07	Upgrade page and progress indicator and validation	Niall
Orch	3/16/07	Orchestrator design complete	Sarah/Sundar	Preliminary design review complete
Orch	3/16/07	Skeleton library complete. Limited functionality based on TD capabilities	Sarah/Sundar	Completed 4/6/07
Orch	3/23/07	Model the data the Orchestrator gives to GUI	Sarah/Sundar
Orch	4/27/07	fdisk val + non-cont fdisk + update target valid + language to locale + callback + data to profile translation	Sarah/Sundar
Miniroot	5/10/07	Make changes necessary in miniroot to support Gtk, etc	Sarah/Sundar
TD	2/12/06	Preliminary Target Discovery design document out for review	Sarah/Jan/William	Feature Definition	Completed
TD	03/16/2007	Target discovery design complete	Sarah/Jan/William	Feature definition complete	2nd Design review started 3/20/07
TD	03/16/2007	Skeleton library complete with partitions and disk discovery	William/Jan	Completed 4/6/07
TD	03/23/07	Multithreading discovery	William
TD	03/30/07	GPT Label and SVM discovery support	Jan/William
TD	03/30/07	Linux Swap discovery support	Jan	n/a	Completed 3/20/07
Gatekeeping	3/2/07	Gates setup with nightly builds running	Sarah	n/a	Completed 3/10/07
Gatekeeping	3/10/07	Nightly images building	Sarah/Sundar	n/a	Completed 3/10/07
Gatekeeping	3/2/07	Layout of gate for Dwarf pieces defined	Sarah/Sundar	n/a	Completed 3/10/07
Gatekeeping	3/2/07	GUI Dependencies understood	Sundar, Niall
Gatekeeping	3/15/07	libdiskmgt dependency resolved	Sarah
Global	5/15/07	Dwarf Caiman ARC inception	Dave/Sarah/Niall
Global	4/30/07	Development complete	Sarah/Sundar/Niall/Jan/William
Global	5/30/07	Testing complete	Sarah/Erik/test team	Development complete
Global	6/18/07	Code review complete	All	Development, testing
Global	6/18/07	C-team review done	Team	Development and testing complete
Global	6/25/07	RTI filed-Nevada	Sarah	Development complete. PIT testing complete. PSARC review complete
Global	7/11/07	Putback complete	Team	All of the above