On Solaris 10, installation in a whole root zone is unsuccessful (6451030) (Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Release Notes for UNIX)

Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Release Notes for UNIX

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On Solaris 10, installation in a whole root zone is unsuccessful (6451030)

When installing Java ES in a whole root zone on earlier versions of Solaris 10, the installer might display one of these messages:

Unsupported components in zone
Following components required by the selected components, are not 
supported in local zone and they can not be installed directly into 
the local zone. Please install these components from the global zone 
before proceeding the installation

     SharedComponent

The Sun Web Console packages that are installed on your system
have a defect that is preventing Java ES from installing in a
while root non-global zone. In order to rectify this situation
you must upgrade the Sun Web Console packages in the global zone
before installing Java ES in a whole root zone. Please see the
Java ES Release Notes (bug 6451030) and Installation Guide for
further information.

Both of these messages appear because the Sun Java Web Console packages already installed contain an incorrect attribute setting that prevents the installer from upgrading them. The Sun Java Web Console packages that contain the incorrect attribute setting were shipped with Solaris 10, Solaris 10 1/06, Solaris 10 6/06, and Java ES 2005Q4.

Solution To resolve this issue, you must upgrade the Sun Java Web Console packages in the global zone before you install Java ES in a whole root zone. You have two options:

In the global zone, run the installer and install only All Shared Components. This upgrades the Sun Java Web Console packages and fixes the zones attribute, but also installs all the other Java ES 5 shared components into the global zone and propagates them into all non-global zones. This might not be acceptable for your situation and is not recommended if you have a previous version of Java ES installed in a whole root zone.
In the global zone, upgrade only the Sun Java Web Console packages. To do this, log into the global zone and navigate to the Java ES 5 installation directory for Solaris. As root, do the following:
cd Product/sunwebconsole ./setup
The setup script upgrades Sun Java Web Console in the global zone and propagates the upgrade to all non-global zones.