How to Update a System Running 11 11/11 to Oracle Solaris 11.2 Using the Release Repository

Updating to Oracle Solaris 11.2 is a multistep process due to the requirement that certain system packages must be updated first in order to achieve a successful update for the remaining system packages.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

2. Review the update's license.

   # pkg update --license|less

3. If you agree to the license terms, update the system packages.

   This command creates a new boot environment.

   # pkg update --accept

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   Note -  For systems that cannot directly connect to Oracle's hosted package repositories, download the Oracle Solaris 11.1 Pre-Upgrade Repository Image. This image contains packages that you must update prior to updating to Oracle Solaris 11.2. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.htmthis page for more information. The ISO image contains a README file that describes the necessary steps for constructing the repository and updating to Oracle Solaris 11.2.

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4. Reboot using the updated boot environment.

   # reboot

5. SPARC only: For each zone, remove the ldomsmanager package.

   For any SPARC based system that has one or more zones installed, you must perform an additional step. For each zone installed on the system, remove the pkg:/system/ldoms/ldomsmanager package as follows:

   # for z in `zoneadm list`; do zlogin $z pkg uninstall ldomsmanager; done

6. Update the IPS package.

   # pkg update pkg:/package/pkg

7. Review the update's license.

   # pkg update --license|less

8. If you agree with the license terms, update the rest of the packages.

   # pkg update --accept

9. Reboot using the updated boot environment.

   # init 6