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Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11.1 Oracle Solaris 11.1 Information Library |
1. Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 to an Oracle Solaris 11 Release (Overview)
2. Transitioning to an Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Method
6. Managing Software and Boot Environments
Oracle Solaris 10 SVR4 and IPS Package Comparison
IPS Installation Package Groups
Displaying Information About Software Packages
Updating the Software on Your Oracle Solaris 11 System
Installing Maintenance Updates on an Oracle Solaris 11 System
How to Configure the Oracle Solaris support Repository
Tools for Managing Boot Environments
Reviewing the Initial ZFS BE After an Installation
How to Update Your ZFS Boot Environment
7. Managing Network Configuration
8. Managing System Configuration
10. Managing Oracle Solaris Releases in a Virtual Environment
The Image Packaging System (IPS) is a framework that provides the capability for software lifecycle management, which includes installation, upgrade, and the removal of packages. IPS uses packaging mechanisms that are significantly different than the legacy SVR4 packaging mechanism that is used in Oracle Solaris 10. An IPS package is a collection of directories, files, links, drivers, dependencies, groups, users, and license information in a defined format. This collection represents the installable objects of a package. Packages have attributes, such as package name and description. IPS packages are stored in IPS package repositories that are populated by IPS publishers. See Chapter 1, Introduction to the Image Packaging System, in Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris 11.1 Software Packages.
The following IPS components, as well as the utility for managing boot environments, are described in this chapter:
IPS command-line utilities – IPS includes a suite of pkg commands that enable you to list, search, install, update, and remove software packages. See pkg(1). IPS commands also enable you to manage package publishers and copy or create package repositories. See Updating the Software on Your Oracle Solaris 11 System.
IPS publishers and repositories – A publisher identifies a person or an organization that provides one or more packages. A repository is a location from which you can install packages. See http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/.
If you have a system with zones that does not have direct access to a public IPS repository, see Proxy Configuration on a System That Has Installed Zones in Oracle Solaris 11.1 Administration: Oracle Solaris Zones, Oracle Solaris 10 Zones, and Resource Management.
Boot environment management – An image is a location where IPS packages are installed and where other IPS operations are performed. Boot environments, also called a BEs, are bootable instances of an image. The beadm utility is used to create and manage boot environments, along with any other software packages that are installed in that image. Multiple BEs can be maintained on a single system, and each BE can have a different software version installed. A new BE can also be created automatically, as a result of a package operation. See Tools for Managing Boot Environments.
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