Solaris 8 Advanced Installation Guide

Worksheet for Upgrading

Use the following worksheet to gather the information that you need to upgrade the Solaris operating environment. You do not need to gather all of the information that is requested on the worksheet. You only need to collect the information that applies to your system. If you are performing the upgrade over the network, the installation program provides the information for you, based on the current system configuration.

You cannot change basic system identification, such as host name or IP address. The installation program might prompt you for basic system identification, but you must enter the original values. If you use the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade, the upgrade fails if you attempt to change any of the values.

Note –

Ignore the shaded rows if you are upgrading a standalone, non-networked system.

Table 6–2 Upgrade Worksheet


Info Needed to Install	Description/Example	Enter Your Answers Here:
Network	Is the system connected to a network?	Yes/No
Host Name	Host name that you choose for the system.
DHCP	Can the system use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure its network interfaces?	Yes/No
IP Address	If you are not using DHCP, supply the IP address for the system. Example: 129.200.9.1
Subnet	If you are not using DHCP, is the system part of a subnet? If yes, what is the netmask of the subnet? Example: 255.255.0.0	Yes/No
IPv6	Do you want to enable IPv6 on this machine?	Yes/No
Kerberos	Do you want to configure Kerberos security on this machine? If yes, gather this information:	Yes/No
Kerberos	Default Realm: Administration Server: First KDC: (Optional) Additional KDCs:
Name Service	Which name service should this system use?	NIS+/NIS/DNS/LDAP/None
Domain Name	If the system uses a name service, supply the name of the domain in which the system resides.
NIS+ and NIS	Do you want to specify a name server or let the installation program find one? If you want to specify a name server, provide the following information.	Specify One/Find One
	Server's host name:
	Server's IP Address:
DNS	Provide IP addresses for the DNS server. You must enter at least one IP address, but you can enter up to three addresses.
	Server's IP Address(es):
	You can enter a list of domains to search when a DNS query is made.
	Search Domain:
LDAP	Provide the following information about your LDAP profile.
	Profile Name:
	Profile Server:
	IP Address:
Default Router	Do you want to specify a default IP router (gateway) or let the Solaris Web Start installation program find one? If you want to specify a default router, provide the following information.	Specify One/Find One
	Router IP address:
	If you use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program or the custom JumpStart installation method, you can specify the default router in the `sysidcfg` file.
Time Zone	How do you want to specify your default time zone?	Geographic region Offset from GMT Time zone file
Power Management (only available on SPARC systems that support Power Management)	Do you want to use Power Management?	Yes/No
Proxy Server Configuration (only available in the Solaris Web Start program)	Do you have a direct connection to the Internet or do you need to use a proxy server to gain access to the Internet? If you use a proxy server, provide the following information.	Direct Connection/Proxy Server
	Host: Port:	Direct Connection/Proxy Server
Locales	For which geographic regions do you want to install support?
Automatic reboot or CD/DVD ejection	Reboot automatically after software installation? Eject CD/DVD automatically after software installation?	Yes/No Yes/No
Custom Package Selection	Do you want to add or remove software packages from the Solaris Software Group that you install? Note – When you select which packages to add or remove, you need to know about software dependencies and how Solaris software is packaged.
64–bit (only available on SPARC systems)	Do you want to install support for 64–bit applications?	Yes/No