How to Upgrade a Local Zone that is Running

Use the following steps to upgrade a local zone that is running.

Before You Begin

After migrating to the Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2, upgrade the Remote Agents. For instructions see Upgrading Remote Agents and Local Distributors in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Installation Guide.

Steps

1. In the Common Tasks section of the browser interface main window, click the Solaris icon.

2. Click the Solaris Containers: Create and Manage link.

3. In the Component Procedures list, click the Run action next to markOnly: install.

4. Select the target global zone host in which the local zone that you want to upgrade is installed.

5. Select the local zone host name from the Plan Variables settings.

   If desired local zone names are not present, you can add the zone names. To add the zone names, follow these steps:

   1. Click Select From List in the plan variable settings table.

   2. In the Variable Setting window, click Create Set.

   3. Type the zone set name in the New Set Name field.

   4. Click the box next to Zone Name prompt and type the zone name.

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      Note –

      Zone names become network Zone Host Names during local zone creation. Zone Host Names should resolve to matching available local network IP addresses.

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6. Click the Run Plan (includes preflight) button.

7. In the Common Tasks section of the browser interface main window, click the Solaris icon.

8. Click the Solaris Containers: Create and Manage link.

9. In the Component Procedures list, click the Run action next to activate.

10. On the Plan Details page, in the Current Installations list, select the local zones to activate.

11. Click the Run Selected Installations button.