If you intend to upgrade through the network and you have not preconfigured your system configuration information, gather the following information about the system on which you intend to upgrade the Solaris operating environment.
Information |
Example |
To find the information (with Solaris installed), use |
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Host name |
crater |
uname -n |
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Host IP address |
129.221.2.1 |
ypmatch system_name hosts or nismatch system_name hosts.org_dir |
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Subnet mask |
255.255.255.0 |
more /etc/netmasks |
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Type of name service (DNS, NIS, or NIS+) |
passwd: files nis group: files nis hosts: xfn nis [NOTFOUND=return] files networks: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files protocols: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files rpc: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files netmasks: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files publickey: nis [NOTFOUND=return] files netgroup: nis automount: files nis aliases: files nis services: files nis sendmailvars: files |
cat /etc/nsswitch.conf |
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Domain name |
lbloom.West.Arp.COM |
domainname |
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Host name of name server |
thor75 |
ypwhich |
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Host IP address of name server |
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ypmatch nameserver_name hosts or nismatch nameserver_name hosts.org_dir |