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Solaris Live Upgrade Restrictions
The Solaris 10 5/08 release has the following Solaris Live Upgrade restrictions:
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Solaris Live Upgrade from the Solaris 8 release to the Solaris 10 5/08 release is not
supported. Instead, use the standard upgrade procedure or perform a Solaris Live Upgrade
from the Solaris 8 OS to the Solaris 9 OS or to the Solaris 10 OS. Then you can perform a
Solaris Live Upgrade from the Solaris 9 release or the Solaris 10 release to the 10 5/08.
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To upgrade your current Solaris 9 OS to the Solaris 10 5/08 release using Solaris Live
Upgrade, apply the following patches:
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For SPARC systems– 137477-01 or later
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For x86 systems– 137478-01 or later
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To upgrade your current Solaris 10 OS to the 10 5/08 release by using Solaris Live Upgrade,
apply the following patches:
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For SPARC systems– 137321-01 or later
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For x86 systems– 137322-01 or later
These patches include the new p7zip functionality. Unzip the compressed installation images
by using this new p7zip utility.
Note – The ‘minimum required patch information for Solaris Live Upgrade in Infodoc 72099 is
now in Infodoc 206844.
Upgrading a Solaris Trusted Extensions System That is
Congured with Labeled Zones
Solaris systems that are congured with Solaris Trusted Extensions use non-global zones.
Upgrading these systems is the same as upgrading a Solaris system that uses zones, and has the
same issues.
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ZFS Zones– Solaris systems with ZFS zones cannot currently be upgraded. For Solaris
Trusted Extensions systems with ZFS zones, the alternative is to recreate the zones. To
recreate the zones, perform these steps:
1. First, back up all the data using the tar -T command.
2. Then delete the zones.
3. Upgrade the system and recongure all the zones.
4. After all the zones are congured, restore all the data.
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NFSv4 domain– After upgrade, when you bring up each labeled zone, you will be prompted
for the NFSv4 domain. To avoid this prompt, before upgrade add the correct
NFSMAPID_DOMAIN value in the /etc/default/nfs le in each labeled zone. For more
information, see CR 5110062.
BeforeYou Begin
Chapter 1 • Installation Issues 19