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, make sure 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(1) command.
If the system is part of a network, verify that an Ethernet connector or similar network adapter is plugged into your system.
IA: If you are using the Solaris Web Start installation method, verify that the BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk support Logical Block Addressing (LBA). For more information, refer to x86: Logical Block Addressing Requirement.
Verify that you have enough disk space. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, Guidelines for Allocating Disk Space.
Review the Solaris 8 Release Notes and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is supported in the new Solaris release.
Review the Solaris 8 Sun Hardware Platform Guide to make sure 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.
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.
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 make sure 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(1) command.
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, verify that you have a 512 Mbyte slice on the disk. For detailed information, refer to Slice Requirements for Upgrading.
IA: Verify that the system disk contains a Solaris fdisk partition. For more information, refer to x86: System Disk Partitions.
IA: If you are using the Solaris Web Start program, verify that the BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk support Logical Block Addressing (LBA). For more information, refer to x86: Logical Block Addressing Requirement.
Verify that you have enough disk space. For more information, refer to Chapter 4, Guidelines for Allocating Disk Space.
Review the Solaris 8 Release Notes and vendor release notes to ensure that the software you use is still supported in the new release.
Review the Solaris 8 Sun Hardware Platform Guide to make sure 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.
IA: If you are using the Linux operating system, the Solaris fdisk partition and the Linux swap partition use the same identifier, 0x83. To resolve the problem, you can do one of the following.
Choose not to use a 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.
Ignore the shaded rows if you are upgrading a standalone, non-networked system.
If you use the Solaris Web Start program to upgrade, you must enter the original values for each prompt. Collect the original values from the system before you begin the upgrade. The upgrade fails if you attempt to change any of the values.
Info Needed to Install |
Description/Example |
Enter Your Answers Here: |
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Network |
Is the system connected to a network? |
Yes/No |
Host Name |
Host name that you choose for the system. |
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DHCP |
Can the system use Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to configure its network interfaces? |
Yes/No |
IP Address |
If you are not using DHCP, supply the IP address for the system. Example: 129.200.9.1 |
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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 (only available in Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program) |
Do you want to configure Kerberos security on this machine? If yes, gather this information: |
Yes/No |
Default Realm: Administration Server: First KDC: 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: |
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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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IP Address: |
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Default Router |
Do you want to specify a default IP router (gateway) or let the Solaris Web Start installation program find one? If you want to specify a default router, provide the following information. |
Specify One/Find One |
Router IP address: |
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If you use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program or the custom JumpStart installation method, you can specify the default router in the sysidcfg file. |
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Time Zone |
How do you want to specify your default time zone? |
Geographic region Offset from GMT Time zone file |
Power Management (only available on SPARC systems that support Power Management) |
Do you want to use Power Management? |
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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Locales |
For which geographic regions do you want to install support? |
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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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64–bit (only available on SPARC systems) |
Do you want to install support for 64–bit applications? |
Yes/No |