How to Set Up Your Printing Environment After Upgrading From Oracle Solaris 11 Express

• Prior to upgrading your system, determine which print service is enabled.

  $ /usr/sbin/print-service -q

  • If the command output displays "cups", then CUPS is already running on your system. There is no need to do anything further before upgrading your system.
  • If the command output displays "lp", do the following:
    1. Become the root role.
    2. Back up the /etc/printers.conf file.
    3. After the upgrade, reconfigure any existing printers by using one of the supported CUPS interfaces.

       For instructions, see Setting Up and Administering Printers by Using CUPS Command-Line Utilities in Oracle Solaris Administration: Common Tasks.

Device Driver Customization Changes

If your device driver modifications are discarded from the /kernel/drv directory after upgrading to Oracle Solaris 11 from the Oracle Solaris 11 Express release, you need to move them to the /etc/driver/drv directory. For more information, see Device Identity and Configuration Changes.

Root File System Changes

During an Oracle Solaris 11 installation, a separate /var file system is created automatically for a global zone and a non-global zone. If a system is upgraded from Oracle Solaris 11 Express and /var was a directory before the upgrade, then /var remains a directory. For more information, see Oracle Solaris 11 File System Changes.

File System Sharing Changes

In the Oracle Solaris 11 Express release, you could use the sharemgr interface to create file system shares. This command is no longer available. For new file system sharing syntax, see ZFS File System Sharing Changes.

Default Path Changes

In early Oracle Solaris 11 releases, the default path included /usr/gnu/bin before /usr/bin. In Oracle Solaris, the default path is /usr/bin.