System Administration Guide: Oracle Solaris 8 Containers

Chapter 2 Obtaining and Installing the Software

This chapter discusses the following topics:

The product versions available for download and associated system requirements
How to download the media to the Solaris 10 host and install the Solaris 8 Containers product.

Software Download

Instructions for downloading the Solaris 8 Containers product are available here.

The software download site for patches is SunSolve. On that site, you can view the download instructions and download the images.

Solaris 8 Containers Versions and System Requirements

The Solaris 8 Containers software can be installed on a SPARC system running at least the Solaris 10 8/07 release.

The product media contains the following versions:

Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1, for systems running:
- Solaris 10 10/08 or later
- Kernels 137137-07 or later
Systems running Solaris 8 Containers 1.0 (or Solaris 8 Migration Assistant) also must install the 1.0.1 product if the systems are updated to:
- Solaris 10 10/08 or later
- Kernels 137137-07 or later
Solaris 8 Containers 1.0, for systems running:
- Solaris 10 8/07, with required Solaris patch 127111-01 or later applied
- Solaris 10 5/08
- Kernels 127111 (all versions)
- Kernels 127127 (all versions)
- Kernels 137111 (all versions)

The packages in the media have been updated to include the latest functionality in Solaris 8 Containers patch 128548-08.

The product download also includes a README file containing installation instructions for both versions, and a sample Solaris 8 flash archive image provided for validation purposes.

Solaris 10 Patch Requirements and Compatibility if Running a Prior Release

The 128548-02 patch allows earlier versions of the Solaris 8 Container product, called Solaris 8 Migration Assistant 1.0, to be run on Solaris 10 8/07 with 127111-01 and all subsequent kernel patches and Solaris 10 updates. All users are required to install the patch or a later revision, if available, to have a supportable configuration.

The patch can be found on SunSolve.

If the patch is not installed, the product is only supported on the following set of Solaris 10 patches:

127111-01 SunOS 5.10: kernel patch
127111-02 SunOS 5.10: kernel patch
127111-03 SunOS 5.10: kernel patch

Installing the Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 Software on the Solaris 10 Host System

The SUNWs8brandr and SUNWs8brandu packages should be installed on your system during the Solaris system installation. If not already installed, the packages are available from the Solaris 10 10/08 media. See step 3.

Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.

Install the Solaris 10 10/08 release on the target system. See the Solaris 10 10/08 Release and Installation Collection on.

If not already present on the system, install the packages SUNWs8brandr and SUNWs8brandu in the following order.

# pkgadd -d /path/to/media SUNWs8brandr
...
Installation of <SUNWs8brandr> was successful.
# pkgadd -d /path/to/media SUNWs8brandu
...
Installation of <SUNWs8brandu> was successful.

These packages are available from the Solaris 10 10/08 media.

Install the package SUNWs8brandk .
# pkgadd -d /path/to/media/s8containers-bundle/1.0.1/Product SUNWs8brandk ... Installation of <SUNWs8brandk> was successful.
The file is available for download from the Software Download Center (SDLC) page for the Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 product.

(Optional) If you plan to install the zone by using the sample solaris8 system image archive, solaris8-image.flar, the file is available for download from the Software Download Center (SDLC) page for the Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 product. Copy the file either to the Solaris 10 system, or to an NFS server accessible to the system.

Installing the Solaris 8 Containers 1.0 Software on the Solaris 10 Host System

Become superuser, or assume the Primary Administrator role.

Install the Solaris 10 8/07 or Solaris 10 5/08 release on the target system. See the Solaris 10 8/07 Release and Installation Collection or Solaris 10 5/08 Release and Installation Collection.

(Solaris 10 8/07 release only) Install the patch 127111-01 or later in the global zone and reboot. The patch is available from SunSolve.
global# patchadd 127111-01
To view the patch on the system, use:
patchadd -p | grep 127111-01
Note –
See Solaris 10 Patch Requirements and Compatibility if Running a Prior Release for more information.

Install the packages SUNWs8brandr SUNWs8brandu, and SUNWs8brandk in the following order.

# pkgadd -d /path/to/media/s8containers-bundle/1.0/Product SUNWs8brandr
...
Installation of <SUNWs8brandr> was successful.
# pkgadd -d /path/to/media/s8containers-bundle/1.0/Product SUNWs8brandu
...
Installation of <SUNWs8brandu> was successful.
# pkgadd -d /path/to/media/s8containers-bundle/1.0/Product SUNWs8brandk
...
Installation of <SUNWs8brandk> was successful.

The file is available for download from the Software Download Center (SDLC) page for the Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 product.

(Optional) If you plan to install the zone by using the sample solaris8 system image archive, solaris8-image.flar, the file is available for download from the Software Download Center (SDLC) page for the Solaris 8 Containers 1.0.1 product. Copy the file either to the Solaris 10 system, or to an NFS server accessible to the system.