Upgrading a System With Packages or Patches

You can use Live Upgrade to add patches and packages to a system. When you use Live Upgrade, the only downtime the system incurs is that of a reboot. You can add patches and packages to a new boot environment with the luupgrade command. When you use luupgrade command, you can also use a Flash Archive to install patches or packages.

Caution - When upgrading and adding and removing packages or patches, Live Upgrade requires packages or patches that comply with the SVR4 advanced packaging guidelines. While Oracle packages conform to these guidelines, Oracle cannot guarantee the conformance of packages from third-party vendors. If a package violates these guidelines, the package can cause the package-addition software during an upgrade to fail or alter the active boot environment.

For more information about packaging requirements, see Appendix B, Additional SVR4 Packaging Requirements (Reference).

Type of Installation	Description	For More Information
Adding patches to a boot environment	Create a new boot environment and use the `luupgrade` command with the `-t` option.	To Add Patches to a Network Installation Image on a Boot Environment
Adding packages to a boot environment	Use the `luupgrade` command with the `-p` option.	To Add Packages to a Network Installation Image on a Boot Environment
Using Live Upgrade to install a Flash Archive	An archive contains a complete copy of a boot environment with new packages and patches already included. This copy can be installed on multiple systems.	For details about how to create a Flash Archive, see Chapter 3, Creating Flash Archive (tasks), in Oracle Solaris 10 8/11 Installation Guide: Flash Archives (Creation and Installation) For information about using Live Upgrade to install a Flash Archive, see Installing Flash Archives on a Boot Environment

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