Solaris 10 10/09 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning

ProcedureTo Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the pkgadd Command

You can install the packages by using the liveupgrade20 command that is on the installation DVD or CD or use the pkgadd command. The liveupgrade20 command requires Java software. If your system does not have Java software installed, then you need to use the pkgadd command to install the packages. See the SunSolve Infodoc for more information.

  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. Remove existing Solaris Live Upgrade packages.

    The three Solaris Live Upgrade packages, SUNWluu, SUNWlur, and SUNWlucfg, comprise the software needed to upgrade or patch by using Solaris Live Upgrade. These packages include existing software, new features, and bug fixes. If you do not remove the existing packages and install the new packages on your system before using Solaris Live Upgrade, upgrading or patching to the target release fails. The SUMWlucfg package is new starting with the Solaris 10 8/07 release. If you are using Solaris Live Upgrade packages from a release previous to Solaris 10 8/07, you do not need to remove this package.


    # pkgrm SUNWlucfg SUNWluu SUNWlur
    
  3. Install the packages in the following order.


    # pkgadd -d path_to_packages SUNWlucfg SUNWlur SUNWluu   
    
    path_to_packages

    Specifies the absolute path to the software packages.

  4. Verify that the package has been installed successfully.


    # pkgchk -v SUNWlucfg SUNWlur SUNWluu