Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning

Required Packages

If you have problems with Solaris Live Upgrade, you might be missing packages. In the following table, check that your OS has the listed packages , which are required to use Solaris Live Upgrade.

For the Solaris 10 release:

For information about software groups, see Disk Space Recommendations for Software Groups in Solaris 10 10/08 Installation Guide: Planning for Installation and Upgrade.

Table 3–2 Required Packages for Solaris Live Upgrade

Solaris 8 Release 

Solaris 9 Release 

Solaris 10 Release 

SUNWadmap 

SUNWadmap 

SUNWadmap 

SUNWadmc 

SUNWadmc 

SUNWadmlib-sysid 

SUNWlibC 

SUNWadmfw 

SUNWadmr 

SUNWbzip 

SUNWlibC 

SUNWlibC 

SUNWgzip 

SUNWgzip 

For Solaris 10 3/05 only: SUNWgzip

SUNWj2rt 


Note –

The SUNWj2rt package is needed only under the following conditions:

  • When you run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer to add Solaris Live Upgrade packages

  • When you upgrade and use CD media


SUNWj2rt  


Note –

The SUNWj2rt package is needed only under the following conditions:

  • When you run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer to add Solaris Live Upgrade packages

  • When you upgrade and use CD media


SUNWj5rt 


Note –

The SUNWj5rt package is needed only under the following conditions:

  • When you run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer to add Solaris Live Upgrade packages

  • When you upgrade and use CD media


To check for packages on your system, type the following command.


% pkginfo package_name