Installation guide

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384 Mbytes of minimum memory

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512 Mbytes is the recommended memory

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For ZFS root le systems:

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786 Mbytes of minimum memory

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1 Gbyte of memory is recommended for overall ZFS performance

Changes in Upgrade Support for Solaris Releases

Starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release, for SPARC systems, you can upgrade the Solaris OS

only from the following releases:

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Solaris 8 OS

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Solaris 9 OS

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Solaris 10 OS

For x86 systems, you can upgrade the Solaris OS only from the following releases:

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Solaris 9 OS

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Solaris 10 OS

To upgrade releases previous to the Solaris 8 software to the Solaris 10 10/09 software, upgrade

to any of the releases in the preceding list rst. Then upgrade to the Solaris 10 10/09 release.

Support for Products Not Part of the Solaris OS

The Solaris 10 10/09 has been tested for compatibility with previous releases in line with

Solaris's compatibility guarantee. This means that applications, including third party

applications, which adhere to Solaris's published ABI will work without modication on the

Solaris 10 10/09 release. For more information, see the Solaris Application Guarantee Program

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/guarantee.jsp.

Your system might run both a Solaris OS and other products that are not part of the Solaris

software. These products might be supplied by either Sun or another company. If you upgrade

this system to the Solaris 10 release, make sure that these other products are also supported on

the Solaris 10 OS. Depending on the status of each of these products, you can perform one of the

following options:

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Verify that the existing version of the product is supported on the Solaris 10 software.

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Install a new version of the product that is supported on the Solaris 10 release. You might

need to remove the previous version of the product prior to upgrading to the Solaris

software. See the product documentation for more details.

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Remove the product prior to upgrading to the Solaris 10 software.

General Information

Solaris 10 10/09 Release Notes • October 200918