install_type Profile Keyword

install_type initial_install_upgrade_switch

install_type defines whether to erase and install a new Solaris operating environment on a system or upgrade the existing Solaris environment on a system.

You must specify install_type in a profile, and it must be the first profile keyword in every profile.

initial_install_upgrade_switch represents the option initial_install or upgrade, which you use to indicate the type of installation to be performed.

You must specify initial_install_upgrade_switch.

Some profile keywords can only be used with the initial_install option, and this also applies to the upgrade option.