Updating to Oracle Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

How to Verify Which SRU a System Is Running

The following text shows the how to identify which SRU is installed on a system running Oracle Solaris 11.1. There are also examples for:

  • An Oracle Solaris 11.1 system without an SRU, see Example 1.

  • An Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 system with an SRU, see Example 2.

  • An Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 system without an SRU, see Example 3.

  • Display the information about pkg:/entire.

    In this example, Oracle Solaris 11.1 with SRU 18.4 installed. The identification of the SRU number is the 18.4 as the third and fourth numbers displayed after Oracle Solaris 11.1 in the Summary and Version lines.

    % pkg info entire
              Name: entire
           Summary: entire incorporation including Support Repository Update 
                    (Oracle Solaris 11.1.18.4.0).
       Description: This package constrains system package versions to the same
                    build.  WARNING: Proper system update and correct package
                    selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
                    Removing this package will result in an unsupported system.  For
                    more information see https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article
                    ?cmd=show&type=NOT&doctype=REFERENCE&id=1501435.1.
          Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations 
             State: Installed
         Publisher: solaris
           Version: 0.5.11 (Oracle Solaris 11.1.18.4.0)
     Build Release: 5.11
            Branch: 0.175.1.18.0.4.0
    Packaging Date: April 1, 2014 07:58:03 PM  
              Size: 5.46 kB
              FMRI: pkg://solaris/entire@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.1.18.0.4.0:20140401T195803Z
    
Example 1  Package Information Displayed for Oracle Solaris 11.1 Without SRUs

If your system has Oracle Solaris 11.1 installed, without any SRUs, the package information will look like the following. Note that the entries after the Build Release line are different from the 11/11 version.

% pkg info entire
          Name: entire
       Summary: Incorporation to lock all system packages to the same build
   Description: This package constrains system package versions to the same
                build.  WARNING: Proper system update and correct package
                selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
                Removing this package will result in an unsupported system.
      Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations
         State: Installed
     Publisher: solaris
       Version: 0.5.11
 Build Release: 5.11
        Branch: 0.175.1.0.0.24.2
Packaging Date: Wed Sep 19 19:01:35 2012
          Size: 5.46 kB
          FMRI: pkg://solaris/entire@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.1.0.0.24.2:20120919T190135Z
Example 2  Package Information Displayed for Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 With an SRU

If your system has Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 installed, with a SRU, the package information will look like the following. In this example SRU 10.5 is installed. Note that the entries after the Build Release line are different because of the SRU.

% pkg info entire
          Name: entire
       Summary: entire incorporation including Support Repository Update 
                (Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 SRU 10.5).
   Description: This package constrains system package versions to the same
                build.  WARNING: Proper system update and correct package
                selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
                Removing this package will result in an unsupported system.  For
                more information see https://support.oracle.com/CSP/main/article
                ?cmd=show&type=NOT&doctype=REFERENCE&id=1372094.1.
      Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations
         State: Installed
     Publisher: solaris
       Version: 0.5.11 (Oracle Solaris 11 SRU 10.5)
 Build Release: 5.11
        Branch: 0.175.0.10.0.5.0
Packaging Date: Fri Aug 03 18:26:27 2012
          Size: 5.45 kB
          FMRI: pkg://solaris/entire@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.10.0.5.0:20120803T182627Z
Example 3  Package Information Displayed for Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 Without SRUs

If your system has Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 installed, without any SRUs, the package information looks like:

% pkg info entire
          Name: entire
       Summary: Incorporation to lock all system packages to the same build
   Description: This package constrains system package versions to the same
                build.  WARNING: Proper system update and correct package
                selection depend on the presence of this incorporation.
                Removing this package will result in an unsupported system.
      Category: Meta Packages/Incorporations
         State: Installed
     Publisher: solaris
       Version: 0.5.11
 Build Release: 5.11
        Branch: 0.175.0.0.0.2.0
Packaging Date: October 20, 2011 02:38:22 PM 
          Size: 5.45 kB
          FMRI: pkg://solaris/entire@0.5.11,5.11-0.175.0.0.0.2.0:20111020T143822Z