Installation Issues

If you are upgrading from the Solaris 2.6 operating environment to the Solaris 7 5/99 operating environment and have AP 2.1 and Solstice(TM) DiskSuite(TM) 4.0 or 4.1 (SDS) on your system, you must upgrade to AP 2.2 and SDS 4.2. This section contains an overview of the entire process, which requires you to use several sections from different publications. You should ensure that you have the following publications before you start the upgrade:

• Solaris 7 5/99 Release Notes Supplement for Sun Hardware (available in printed form in your Solaris 7 5/99 Media Kit)

• Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide, (available in printed form in your Solaris 7 5/99 Media Kit or in AnswerBook2 format on the Sun Hardware Supplements CD)

• Sun Enterprise Server Alternate Pathing User's Guide (available in AnswerBook2 format on the Sun Hardware Supplements CD in your Solaris 7 5/99 Media Kit)

• Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 User's Guide (available in AnswerBook2 format from http://docs.sun.com or from your SDS Media Kit)

• Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 Installation and Product Notes (available in AnswerBook2 format from http://docs.sun.com or from your SDS Media Kit)

You must follow the sequence given here to successfully complete the upgrade.

In general, you will perform the following tasks:

• Unconfigure SDS 4.0 or 4.1.

• Remove AP 2.1.

• Upgrade to the Solaris 7 5/99 operating environment.

• Install AP 2.2.

• Install and reconfigure SDS 4.2.

Specifically, you must perform the following tasks:

1. Read "Performing an Upgrade of AP" in the Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide.

2. Commit any uncommitted AP metadevices (see Step 1 in "To Upgrade AP" in the Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide).

3. Deconfigure SDS (see steps 1 through 8 in "How to Convert to DiskSuite 4.2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4.0 or 4.1" in the Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 Installation and Product Notes).

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   Caution -

   Do not install Solaris 7 5/99 at this time.

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4. Remove the current AP configuration (see Step 3 in "To Upgrade AP" in the Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide).

5. Upgrade to Solaris 7 5/99 (see Step 4 in "To Upgrade AP" in the Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide).

6. Upgrade to AP 2.2 (see Step 5 in "To Upgrade AP" in the Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide).

7. Install SDS 4.2, then restore it (see Step 6 in "To Upgrade AP" in the Solaris 7 5/99 Sun Hardware Platform Guide and steps 10 through 16 in "How to Convert to DiskSuite 4.2 on SPARC Systems Running DiskSuite 4.0 or 4.1" in Chapter 1 of the Solstice DiskSuite 4.2 Installation and Product Notes).