Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Create a Boot Environment (Tasks)

This chapter explains how to install Solaris Live Upgrade, use the menus, and to create a boot environment. This chapter contains the following sections:

• About Solaris Live Upgrade Interfaces

• Using Solaris Live Upgrade Menus

• Task Map: Installing Solaris Live Upgrade and Creating Boot Environments

• Installing Solaris Live Upgrade

• Starting and Stopping Solaris Live Upgrade (Character Interface)

• Creating a New Boot Environment

About Solaris Live Upgrade Interfaces

You can run Solaris Live Upgrade with a character user interface (CUI) or the command-line interface (CLI). Procedures for both the CUI and CLI are provided in the following sections. The CUI does not provide access to all features of Solaris Live Upgrade. The CLI procedures in this document cover the basic uses of the Solaris Live Upgrade commands. See Chapter 39, Solaris Live Upgrade (Command Reference) for a list of commands and also see the appropriate, associated man pages, for more options to use with these commands.

The CUI does not run in multibyte locales and 8-bit locales.

Using Solaris Live Upgrade Menus

Figure 35-1 Solaris Live Upgrade Main Menu

Navigation through the menus of the Solaris Live Upgrade character user interface requires that you use arrow keys and function keys. Use arrow keys to navigate up and down before making a selection or to place the cursor in a field. To perform a task, use the function keys. At the bottom of the menu, you see black rectangles that represent function keys on the keyboard. The first black rectangle represents F1, the second F2, and so on. Rectangles that are active contain a word that represents a task such as Save. The Configuration menu notes the function key number plus the task, rather than a rectangle.

• F3 is always SAVE and completes the task for that menu.

• F6 is always CANCEL and exits the menu without saving changes.

• Other function keys' tasks vary, depending on the menu.

In the following procedures, you might be asked to press a function key. If your function keys do not properly map to the function keys on the Solaris Live Upgrade menus, use Control-F plus the appropriate number.

Task Map: Installing Solaris Live Upgrade and Creating Boot Environments

Table 35-1 Task Map: Using Solaris Live Upgrade

Installing Solaris Live Upgrade

You need to install the Solaris Live Upgrade packages on your current operating environment. The release of the Solaris Live Upgrade packages must match the release of the Operating Environment you are upgrading to. For example, if your current operating environment is the Solaris 8 release and you want to upgrade to the Solaris 9 release, you need to install the Solaris Live Upgrade packages from the Solaris 9 release.

You can install packages using the pkgadd command or using the Solaris Live Upgrade installer. See To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the pkgadd Command or To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the Solaris Web Start Installer.

Note - If you are running theSolaris 2.6, Solaris 7, or Solaris 8 release, you might not be able to run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer. These releases do not contain the set of patches needed to run the Java 2 runtime environment. You must have the Java 2 runtime environment recommended patch cluster to run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer and install the packages. To install the Solaris Live Upgrade packages, use the pkgadd command. Or, install the Java 2 runtime environment recommended patch cluster that is available on http://sunsolve.sun.com.

To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the pkgadd Command

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see "Configuring RBAC (Task Map)" in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Install the packages in the following order.

   # pkgadd -d path_to_packages SUNWlur SUNWluu

   
   

   path_to_packages

   Specifies the absolute path to the software packages.

3. Verify that the package has been installed successfully.

   # pkgchk -v SUNWlur SUNWluu

   
   

To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the Solaris Web Start Installer

1. Insert the Solaris DVD or Solaris Software 2 of 2 CD.

2. Run the installer for the media you are using.

   • If you are using the Solaris DVD, change directories to the installer and run the installer.

     # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_9/Tools/installers # ./liveupgrade20

     
     

     The Solaris Web Start installer is displayed.

   • If you are using the Solaris Software 2 of 2 CD, run the installer.

     % ./installer

     
     

     The Solaris Web Start installer is displayed.

3. From the Select Type of Install panel, click Custom.

4. On the Locale Selection panel, click the language to be installed.

5. Choose the software to install.

   • For DVD, on the Component Selection panel, click Next to install the packages.

   • For CD, on the Product Selection panel, click Default Install for Solaris Live Upgrade and click on the other software choices to deselect them.

6. Follow the directions on the Solaris Web Start installer panels to install the software.