Before You Begin

Before beginning the installation, note the following:

• Before installing Solaris Resource Manager on a system running Solaris 8 SPARC Platform Edition, you must have patch 108995-04 (or greater) installed on your system. If you do not have this patch installed, the installation script will automatically install it on your system before it installs the resource capping daemon packages.

• Before installing Solaris Resource Manager on a system that is already running Solaris 2.6 SPARC Platform Edition, verify that the system has been upgraded to the Solaris 2.6 SPARC Platform Edition 5/98 update release and that KU patch 105181-11 (or greater) has been installed.

  Before installing Solaris Resource Manager on a system that is currently running Solaris 7 SPARC Platform Edition, verify that the system has been upgraded to the Solaris 7 SPARC Platform Edition 5/99 or later update release.

• If you are currently running Solaris Resource Manager 1.0 on Solaris 2.6 SPARC Platform Edition and want to upgrade to Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 on Solaris 7 5/99 (or later update) or Solaris 8, first read the instructions in Upgrading From Solaris Resource Manager 1.0.

• If you are currently using the Solaris Resource Manager product on a system running the Solaris 2.6 operating environment, the CD does not contain significant revised functionality for your software. Therefore, you should not install the Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 CD unless you:

  • Want to upgrade your operating system to Solaris 7 5/99 (or later update) or Solaris 8

  • Want to load the AnswerBook^TM or other documentation to take advantage of the enhancements made to these materials in the Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 release. See Installing Only the Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 Documentation From the Product CD for instructions.

• If you are currently using the Solaris Resource Manager product on a system running an earlier release than the Solaris 8 operating environment, the CD does not contain significant revised functionality for your software. Therefore, you should not install the Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 CD unless you:

  • Want to upgrade your operating system to Solaris 8

  • Want to load the AnswerBook or other documentation to take advantage of the enhancements made to these materials in the Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 release. See Installing Only the Solaris Resource Manager 1.3 Documentation From the Product CD for instructions.