Solaris Live Upgrade 2.0 Guide

Upgrading a Boot Environment

Use the Upgrade menu or luupgrade command to upgrade a boot environment. This section provides the procedure for upgrading an inactive boot environment from files that are located on the following:

NFS server
Local file
Local tape
Local device, including CD

Note –
If the installation requires more than one CD, you must use the command line interface procedure for upgrading. See To Upgrade an Operating System Image From Multiple CDs (Command-Line Interface). For the character user interface, you must use a combined installation image.

When you upgrade a boot environment with the latest operating environment, you do not affect the active boot environment. The new files merge with the inactive boot environment critical file systems, but shareable file systems are not changed.

Rather than upgrading, if you have created a Web Start Flash archive, you could install the archive onto an inactive boot environment. See Installing Web Start Flash Archives on a Boot Environment.

To Upgrade an Operating System Image on a Boot Environment (Character Interface)

For the following procedure, you must use a combined installation image or one CD. If the installation requires more than one CD, you must use the command line interface procedure for upgrading. See To Upgrade an Operating System Image From Multiple CDs (Command-Line Interface).

From the Solaris Live Upgrade main menu, select Upgrade.

The Upgrade menu screen is displayed.

Type the new boot environment's name.

Type the path to where the Solaris installation image is located.

Installation Media Type	Description
Network file system	Specify the path to the network file system where the installation image is located.
Local file	Specify the path to the local file system where the installation image is located.
Local tape	Specify the local tape device and the position on the tape where the installation image is located.
Local device or CD	Specify the local device and the path to the installation image.

If you have one CD, type the path to that CD as in this example:
Package Media: /cdrom/solaris8/s0
If you have a combined image on the network, type the path to the network file system as in this example:
Package Media: /net/installmachine/export/solaris8/os_image

To upgrade, press F3.

When the upgrade is completed, the main menu is displayed.

To Upgrade an Operating System Image on a Boot Environment (Command-Line Interface)

For the following procedure, you must use a combined installation image or just one CD. If the installation requires more than one CD, you must use the command line interface procedure for upgrading. See To Upgrade an Operating System Image From Multiple CDs (Command-Line Interface).

Indicate the boot environment to upgrade and the path to the installation software by typing:

# luupgrade -u -n BE_name -s os_image_path

`-u`	Indicates the upgrade OS function
`-n` `BE_name`	Specifies the name of the boot environment that is to be upgraded
`-s` `os_image_path`	Specifies the path name of a directory that contains an operating system image

Example 4–1 Upgrading an Operating System Image on a Boot Environment (Command-Line Interface)

In this example, the second_disk boot environment is upgraded by using a path from the network to a combined installation image.

# luupgrade -u -n second_disk \
-s /net/installmachine/export/solarisX/OS_image

To Upgrade an Operating System Image From Multiple CDs (Command-Line Interface)

If the operating system image resides on two or more CDs, use this upgrade procedure.

Indicate the boot environment to upgrade and the path to the installation software by typing:

# luupgrade -u -n BE_name -s os_image_path

`-u`	Indicates to install an OS image
`-n` `BE_name`	Specifies the name of the boot environment that is to be upgraded
`-s` `os_image_path`	Specifies the path name of a directory containing an operating system image

Example 4–2 Upgrading an Operating System Image From Multiple CDs (Command-Line Interface)

In this example, the second_disk boot environment is upgraded and the installation image is on the first CD.

# luupgrade -u -n second_disk -s /dev/cdrom/cdrom0

When the installer is finished with the contents of the first CD, insert the second CD.

This step is identical to the previous example, but the -u option is replaced by the -i option. Also, choose to run the installer on the second CD with menus or in text mode.

This command run the installer on the second CD with menus.
# luupgrade -i -n BE_name -s os_image_path

This command runs the installer on the second CD in text mode.

# luupgrade -i -n BE_name -s os_image_path -O -nodisplay

`-i`	Looks for an installation program on the specified medium and runs that program. The installer program is specified with `-s`.
`-n` `BE_name`	Specifies the name of the boot environment that is to be upgraded
`-s` `os_image_path`	Specifies the path name of a directory that contains an operating system image
`-O` `-nodisplay`	(Optional)Runs the installer on the second CD in text mode

Example 4–3 Upgrading an Operating System Image From Multiple CDs (Command-Line Interface)

In this example, the upgrade on second_disk boot environment is completed with the second CD and the installer on the second CD is run with menus.

# luupgrade -i -n second_disk -s /dev/cdrom/cdrom0

If you have more CDs, repeat this step.

The boot environment is ready to be activated. See Activating a Boot Environment .