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Document Information

Preface

1.  License Updates

2.  Installation Issues

General Information

Auto Registration Feature of Oracle Solaris

What Is Auto Registration?

How to Enable or Modify Auto Registration

Before or During an Installation or Upgrade

After an Installation or Upgrade

How to Disable Auto Registration

For Automatic Installations

For Hands-On Installations

For Live Upgrade Operations

Further Information

Security Patches

Disaster Recovery Image

BIOS and Firmware Upgrade

New Memory Requirements

Upgrading to Oracle Solaris 10 8/11

Support for Products Not Part of the Oracle Solaris OS

Before You Begin

EMC PowerPath

Live Upgrade and Oracle Solaris Zones

Live Upgrade Restrictions

Using Live Upgrade With a Zone Root on a ZFS File System

Upgrading a Trusted Extensions System That Is Configured With Labeled Zones

Patching Miniroot on SPARC and x86 Compatible Machines

Oracle Solaris Data Encryption Supplement on Oracle Solaris 10 Releases

Additional Procedures Required When Installing GNOME Display Manager Patches for the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Release

x86: Systems With an elx or pcelx NIC Fail Network Configuration

Default Size of /var File System Might Be Inadequate

x86: Do Not Upgrade Hewlett-Packard Vectra XU Series Systems With BIOS Version GG.06.13

SPARC: Older Firmware Might Need Boot Flash PROM Upgrade

Solaris Management Console 2.1 Software Is Incompatible With Solaris Management Console 1.0, 1.0.1, and 1.0.2 Software

x86: Failure of BIOS Device Utility Prevents Installation or Upgrade From Succeeding (6362108)

Cannot Create an Oracle Solaris Flash Archive When a Non-Global Zone Is Installed (6246943)

x86: Sun Java Workstation 2100Z Might Panic When Booting From Oracle Solaris 10 DVD (6214356)

x86: Serial Consoles on Some Sun Fire Systems Do Not Work (6208412)

x86: Oracle Solaris Installation GUI Might Fail on Systems With Existing x86 fdisk Boot Partitions (6186606)

Installation Bugs

Jumpstart Installation Fails on Machines Attached to a SAN (7072761)

ZFS Root System Might Hang When Swapping to zvol (6898318)

Installing an Oracle Solaris ZFS Flash Archive (6889459)

Limitations With Installation of ZFS Flash Archives on an Alternate Boot Environment Using Oracle Solaris Live Upgrade (7055343)

Localized Installation Note

x86: Oracle Solaris Flash Archive Installation Fails on Releases Before the Solaris 10 10/08 Release (6735181)

Some Asian Locales Cannot Be Used for JumpStart Installation (6681454)

PRODRM Has Problems Deleting prodreg Entry for Trusted Extensions (6616592)

Upgrade Detailed Patch Analysis Panel Not Scrollable (6597686)

Linux Partition Does Not Display on the GRUB Menu After Installation of the Oracle Solaris OS (6508647)

x86: Invalid /sbin/dhcpinfo Error During Installation (6332044)

x86: System Fails to Boot After JumpStart Installation (6205478)

Upgrade Issues and Bugs

SPARC: All Types of M-Series Machines Might Encounter Slight Performance Degradation (7058265)

lucreate Command Fails on Systems That Do Not Have the SUNWzoneu Package (7061870)

The iscsi/initiator Service Might End in Maintenance State After Upgrade (6976602)

Zones in Trusted Extensions Do Not Boot After Performing a Live Upgrade to Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 (7041057)

lucreate and lumake Fail When Trusted Extensions Is Enabled and Labeled Zones Are Not in the Running State (7055968)

Issues With a DSR Upgrade With Zones (6616788)

Trusted Extensions Upgrade Issues (6616585)

System Cannot Communicate With ypbind After an Upgrade (6488549)

Upgrade Fails on Systems With Zones That Have Been Installed But Not Booted

Upgrading an Oracle Solaris 10 System With Non-Global Zones to the Solaris 10 10/09 Release Might Cause the Local File System Service to Fail (6428258)

Device ID Discrepancies After an Upgrade From the Solaris 9 9/04 OS

Obsolete Uninstallers Not Removed When Live Upgrade Is Used to Upgrade From Previous Releases (6198380)

Additional Related Locales Might Be Installed

3.  Oracle Solaris Runtime Issues

4.  End-of-Software Support Statements

5.  Documentation Issues

A.  Previously Documented Bugs That Were Fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Release

Chapter 2

Installation Issues

This chapter provides information and describes issues related to the installation of the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 release.


Note - To see previously documented bugs and issues that are fixed and no longer apply to the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 release, refer to Appendix A, Previously Documented Bugs That Were Fixed in the Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Release.