This chapter contains checklists and worksheets to help you gather all of the information that you need to install or upgrade your system.
Use the following checklist to prepare to install the Solaris operating environment.
If you intend to install the Solaris software on a system through a tip(1) line, ensure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.
To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty command. For more information, see the man page, stty(1).
If the system is part of a network, verify that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is plugged into your system.
If you are installing with the Solaris Web Start program by using the Solaris 9 Installation CD, review Requirements When Using the Solaris 9 Installation CD.
Verify that you have enough disk space. For more information, refer to Chapter 5, Guidelines for Allocating Disk Space and Swap Space (Planning).
SPARC: When you are using DVD media and are asked to boot from the ok prompt, always type the following command: boot cdrom.
Review the Solaris 9 Release Notes and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is supported in the new Solaris release.
Review the Solaris 9 Sun Hardware Platform Guide to ensure that your hardware is supported.
Review the documentation that came with your system to ensure that your system and devices are supported by the Solaris release.
Use the following worksheet to gather the information that you need to install 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.
Ignore the shaded rows if you are installing a standalone, non-networked system.
Info Needed to Install |
Description/Example |
Enter Your Answers Here: |
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Network |
Is the system connected to a network? |
Yes/No |
DHCP |
Can the system use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure its network interfaces? |
Yes/No |
Host Name |
Host name that you choose for the system. | |
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 |
Default Realm: Administration Server: First KDC: (Optional) Additional KDCs: |
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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. |
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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: |
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Server's IP Address: |
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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): |
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You can enter a list of domains to search when a DNS query is made. |
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Search Domain: Search Domain: Search Domain: |
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LDAP |
Provide the following information about your LDAP profile. | |
Profile Name: |
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Profile Server: |
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If you specify a proxy credential level in your LDAP profile, gather this information. |
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Proxy-bind distinguished name: |
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Proxy-bind password: |
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Default Route |
Do you want to specify a default route IP address or let the Solaris Web Start installation program or Solaris suninstall program find one? The default route provides a bridge that forwards traffic between two physical networks. An IP address is a unique number that identifies each host on a network. You have the following choices:
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Specify One/Detect One/None |
Host IP address: |
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Time Zone |
How do you want to specify your default time zone? |
Geographic region Offset from GMT Time zone file |
Locales |
For which geographic regions do you want to install support? |
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SPARC: Power Management (only available on SPARC systems that support Power Management) |
Do you want to use Power Management? Note – If your system has Energy Star version 3 or later, you are not prompted for this information. |
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: |
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Automatic reboot or CD/DVD ejection |
Reboot automatically after software installation? Eject CD/DVD automatically after software installation? |
Yes/No Yes/No |
Software Group |
Which Solaris Software Group do you want to install? |
Entire Plus OEM Entire Developer End User Core |
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. |
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SPARC: 64–bit |
Do you want to install support for 64–bit applications? |
Yes/No |
Select Disks |
On which disks do you want to install the Solaris software? Example: c0t0d0 |
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x86: fdisk partitioning |
Do you want to create, delete, or modify a Solaris fdisk partition? Each disk selected for file system layout must have a Solaris fdisk partition. Only one x86 Boot partition is allowed per system. If your system currently has a Service partition, the Solaris Web Start installation program preserves the Service partition by default. If you do not want to preserve the Service partition, you must customize the fdisk partitions. For more information on preserving a Service partition, see x86: Change in Default Boot-Disk Partition Layout. |
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Select Disks for fdisk Partition Customization? |
Yes/No |
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Customize fdisk partitions? |
Yes/No |
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Preserve Data |
Do you want to preserve any data that exists on the disks where you are installing the Solaris software? |
Yes/No |
Auto-layout File Systems |
Do you want the installation program to automatically lay out file systems on your disks? If yes, which file systems should be used for auto-layout? Example: /, /opt, /var If no, you must provide file system configuration information. |
Yes/No |
Mount Remote File Systems (only available in the Solaris suninstall program) |
Does this system need to access software on another file system? If yes, provide the following information about the remote file system. |
Yes/No |
Server: |
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IP Address: |
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Remote File System: |
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Local Mount Point: |
Use the following checklist to prepare to upgrade the Solaris operating environment.
If you intend to upgrade the Solaris software on a system through a tip(1) line, ensure that your window display is at least 80 columns wide and 24 rows long.
To determine the current dimensions of your tip window, use the stty command. For more information, see the man page, stty(1).
If the system is part of a network, verify that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is connected to your system.
If you are using the Solaris Web Start program from the Solaris 9 Installation CD, verify that you have a 512–Mbyte slice on the disk. For detailed information, including more requirements for x86 systems, refer to Table 2–4. You can ignore these requirements if you are installing from a DVD or an installation image.
If you are using Solaris Live Upgrade, determine your resource requirements for creating a new boot environment and upgrading it. For detailed information, refer to Chapter 31, Solaris Live Upgrade (Planning).
If you are using Solaris Live Upgrade with Solaris Volume Manager, turn root mirroring off. For detailed information, refer to Guidelines for Selecting Slices for File Systems.
Verify that you have enough disk space. For more information, refer to Chapter 5, Guidelines for Allocating Disk Space and Swap Space (Planning).
SPARC: When you are using DVD media and are asked to boot from the ok prompt, always type the following command: boot cdrom.
Review the Solaris 9 Release Notes and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is still supported in the new release.
Review the Solaris 9 Sun Hardware Platform Guide to ensure that your hardware is supported.
Review the documentation that came with your system to make sure your system and devices are supported by the Solaris release.
Review vendor and third-party software documentation for additional upgrade instructions.
Check for all of the available patches that you might need. The most recent patch list is provided at http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Check the system for the existence of Prestoserve software. If you begin the upgrade process by shutting down the system with the init 0 command, you might lose data. Refer to the Prestoserve documentation for shutdown instructions.
x86: If you are using the Linux operating system, the Solaris fdisk partition and the Linux swap partition use the same identifier, 0x82. To resolve the problem, you can do one of the following.
Choose not to use a Linux swap partition at all, provided that you have enough memory.
Put the Linux swap partition on another drive.
Back up the Linux data you want to keep to storage media, install the Solaris operating environment, and then reinstall Linux.
If you decide to install Linux after the Solaris operating environment, when the Linux installation program asks if you want to format the Linux swap partition (actually the Solaris fdisk partition) as a swap file, reply no.
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.
Ignore the shaded rows if you are upgrading a standalone, non-networked system.