Oracle Solaris 10 811 Installation Guide Live Upgrade and Upgrade

268 Pages·2012·2.7 MB·English

by  Oracle Corporation

Oracle® Solaris 10 8/11 InstallationGuide:
LiveUpgrade andUpgradePlanning
Part No: E23801
January 2012 E23801–02
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Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................11
Part I UpgradingWith LiveUpgrade .......................................................................................................... 15
1 Where to FindOracle Solaris InstallationPlanning Information ................................................ 17
Where to Find Planning and SystemRequirement Information .................................................. 17
2 LiveUpgrade (Overview) ....................................................................................................................19
Live Upgrade Introduction ................................................................................................................ 19
Live Upgrade Process .......................................................................................................................... 20
Creating a Boot Environment .................................................................................................... 22
Creating a Boot EnvironmentWith RAID-1 Volume File Systems ...................................... 27
Upgrading a Boot Environment ................................................................................................. 33
Activating a Boot Environment ................................................................................................. 38
Falling Back to the Original Boot Environment ....................................................................... 40
Maintaining a Boot Environment .............................................................................................. 42
3 LiveUpgrade (Planning) .....................................................................................................................43
Live Upgrade Requirements .............................................................................................................. 43
Live Upgrade SystemRequirements .......................................................................................... 43
Installing Live Upgrade ............................................................................................................... 44
Live Upgrade Disk Space Requirements ................................................................................... 46
Live Upgrade Requirements if Creating RAID-1 Volumes (Mirrors) .................................. 47
Upgrading a SystemWith Packages or Patches ............................................................................... 48
Upgrading and Patching Limitations ................................................................................................ 48
Guidelines for Creating File SystemsWith the lucreate Command ........................................... 49
Guidelines for Selecting Slices for File Systems ............................................................................... 49
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Guidelines for Selecting a Slice for the root (/) File System .................................................... 50
Guidelines for Selecting Slices forMirrored File Systems ....................................................... 50
Guidelines for Selecting a Slice for a SwapVolume ................................................................. 52
Guidelines for Selecting Slices for Shareable File Systems ...................................................... 53
Customizing a New Boot Environment's Content .......................................................................... 54
Synchronizing Files Between Boot Environments .......................................................................... 54
Adding Files to the /etc/lu/synclist ..................................................................................... 54
Forcing a Synchronization Between Boot Environments ....................................................... 56
BootingMultiple Boot Environments .............................................................................................. 56
Live Upgrade Character User Interface ............................................................................................ 58
4 Using LiveUpgrade toCreate aBoot Environment (Tasks) ...........................................................59
TaskMap: Installing Live Upgrade and Creating Boot Environments ......................................... 59
Installing Live Upgrade ....................................................................................................................... 60
▼ To Install Live UpgradeWith the pkgadd Command ............................................................. 60
▼ To Install Live UpgradeWith the Oracle Solaris Installation Program ................................. 61
Installing Patches Needed by Live Upgrade .............................................................................. 63
Creating a New Boot Environment ................................................................................................... 64
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment for the First Time ................................................................... 64
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment andMerge File Systems ......................................................... 67
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment and Split File Systems ............................................................ 69
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment and Reconfguring Swap ....................................................... 70
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment and Reconfgure Swap byUsing a List ................................ 72
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment and Copy a Shareable File System ........................................ 74
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment From aDiferent Source ........................................................ 76
▼ ToCreate an Empty Boot Environment for a Flash Archive .................................................. 77
▼ ToCreate a Boot EnvironmentWith RAID-1 Volumes (Mirrors) ....................................... 79
▼ ToCreate a Boot Environment and Customize the Content .................................................. 84
5 UpgradingWith LiveUpgrade (Tasks) ............................................................................................. 89
TaskMap: Upgrading a Boot Environment ..................................................................................... 89
Upgrading a Boot Environment ........................................................................................................ 90
Guidelines for Upgrading ........................................................................................................... 90
▼ ToUpgrade a Network Installation Image on a Boot Environment ...................................... 91
▼ ToUpgrade a Network Installation Image FromMultiple CDs ............................................. 93
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▼ ToAdd Packages to a Network Installation Image on a Boot Environment ......................... 95
▼ ToAdd Patches to a Network Installation Image on a Boot Environment ........................... 96
▼ ToObtain Information on Packages Installed on a Boot Environment ................................ 97
Upgrading by Using a JumpStart Profle ................................................................................... 98
Installing Flash Archives on a Boot Environment ......................................................................... 105
▼ To Install a Flash Archive on a Boot Environment ................................................................ 106
▼ To Install a Flash ArchiveWith a Profle ................................................................................. 107
▼ To Install a Flash ArchiveWith a Profle Keyword ................................................................ 108
Activating a Boot Environment ....................................................................................................... 110
Requirements and Limitations for Activating a Boot Environment ................................... 110
▼ ToActivate a Boot Environment ............................................................................................. 111
▼ ToActivate a Boot Environment and Synchronize Files ....................................................... 112
x86: Activating a Boot EnvironmentWith the GRUBMenu ............................................... 114
▼ x86: To Activate a Boot EnvironmentWith the GRUBMenu ............................................. 115
6 Failure Recovery: FallingBack to theOriginal Boot Environment (Tasks) ...............................117
SPARC: Falling Back to the Original Boot Environment .............................................................. 118
▼ SPARC: To Fall Back Despite Successful New Boot Environment Activation ................... 118
▼ SPARC: To Fall Back From a Failed Boot Environment Activation .................................... 118
▼ SPARC: To Fall Back to the Original Boot Environment by Using a DVD, CD, or Net
Installation Image ...................................................................................................................... 119
x86: Falling Back to the Original Boot Environment .................................................................... 120
▼ x86: To Fall Back Despite Successful New Boot Environment ActivationWith the GRUB
Menu ............................................................................................................................................ 121
▼ x86: To Fall Back From a Failed Boot Environment ActivationWith the GRUBMenu ... 122
▼ x86: To Fall Back From a Failed Boot Environment ActivationWith the GRUBMenu and
the DVD or CD ........................................................................................................................... 124
7 Maintaining LiveUpgradeBoot Environments (Tasks) .............................................................. 127
Overview of Live UpgradeMaintenance ........................................................................................ 128
Displaying the Status of All Boot Environments ........................................................................... 128
▼ ToDisplay the Status of All Boot Environments .................................................................... 129
Updating a Previously Confgured Boot Environment ................................................................ 130
▼ ToUpdate a Previously Confgured Boot Environment ....................................................... 130
Canceling a Scheduled Create, Upgrade, or Copy Job .................................................................. 131
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▼ ToCancel a Scheduled Create, Upgrade, or Copy Job .......................................................... 131
Comparing Boot Environments ...................................................................................................... 131
▼ ToCompare Boot Environments ............................................................................................ 132
Deleting an Inactive Boot Environment ......................................................................................... 132
▼ ToDelete an Inactive Boot Environment ............................................................................... 133
Displaying the Name of the Active Boot Environment ................................................................. 133
▼ ToDisplay the Name of the Active Boot Environment ......................................................... 133
Changing the Name of a Boot Environment .................................................................................. 134
▼ ToChange the Name of an Inactive Boot Environment ....................................................... 135
Adding or Changing a Description AssociatedWith a Boot Environment Name .................... 135
▼ ToAdd or Change a Description for a Boot Environment NameWith Text ..................... 135
▼ ToAdd or Change a Description for a Boot Environment NameWith a File .................... 136
▼ ToDetermine a Boot Environment Name From a Text Description .................................. 136
▼ ToDetermine a Boot Environment Name From aDescription in a File ............................ 137
▼ ToDetermine a Boot Environment Description From aName ........................................... 138
Viewing the Confguration of a Boot Environment ...................................................................... 138
▼ ToView the Confguration of a Boot Environment .............................................................. 138
8 Upgrading theOracle SolarisOSonaSystemWithNon-Global Zones Installed ....................141
UpgradingWith Live Upgrade and Installed Non-Global Zones (Overview) ........................... 141
UnderstandingOracle Solaris Zones and Live Upgrade ....................................................... 142
Guidelines for Using Live UpgradeWith Non-Global Zones (Planning) .................................. 146
Creating a Boot EnvironmentWhen aNon-Global Zone Is on a Separate File System .... 147
Creating andUpgrading a Boot EnvironmentWhenNon-Global Zones Are Installed
(Tasks) ................................................................................................................................................ 148
▼UpgradingWith Live UpgradeWhenNon-Global Zones Are Installed on a System
(Tasks) ......................................................................................................................................... 148
Upgrading a SystemWithNon-Global Zones Installed (Example) ............................................ 153
UpgradingWith Live UpgradeWhenNon-Global Zones Are Installed on a System ....... 153
Administering Boot Environments That Contain Non-Global Zones ....................................... 154
▼ ToView the Confguration of a Boot Environment's Non-Global Zone File Systems ...... 154
▼ ToCompare Boot Environments for a SystemWithNon-Global Zones Installed ........... 155
Using the lumount Command on a SystemThat Contains Non-Global Zones ................. 156
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9 LiveUpgrade (Examples) .................................................................................................................157
Example of UpgradingWith Live Upgrade .................................................................................... 157
Prepare to Use Live Upgrade .................................................................................................... 157
To Create a Boot Environment ................................................................................................ 160
ToUpgrade the Inactive Boot Environment .......................................................................... 160
To Check if Boot Environment Is Bootable ............................................................................ 160
ToActivate the Inactive Boot Environment ........................................................................... 161
(Optional) To Fall Back to the Source Boot Environment .................................................... 161
Example of Detaching andUpgradingOne Side of a RAID-1 Volume (Mirror) ...................... 165
Example ofMigrating From an Existing Volume to a Solaris VolumeManager RAID-1
Volume ............................................................................................................................................... 168
Example of Creating an Empty Boot Environment and Installing a Flash Archive .................. 168
To Create an Empty Boot Environment ................................................................................. 169
To Install a Flash Archive on the New Boot Environment .................................................... 170
ToActivate the New Boot Environment ................................................................................. 170
10 LiveUpgrade (CommandReference) .............................................................................................171
Live Upgrade Command-Line Options ......................................................................................... 171
Part II Upgrading andMigratingWith LiveUpgrade to a ZFSRoot Pool ............................................. 173
11 LiveUpgrade andZFS (Overview) ................................................................................................... 175
What's New inOracle Solaris 10 8/11 Release ................................................................................ 176
What's New in the Solaris 10 10/09 Release .................................................................................... 176
Introduction to Using Live UpgradeWith ZFS ............................................................................. 177
Migrating From aUFS File System to a ZFS Root Pool ................................................................. 177
Migrating From aUFS root (/) File System to ZFS Root Pool .............................................. 178
Migrating a UFS File SystemWith Solaris VolumeManager Volumes Confgured to a ZFS
Root File System ......................................................................................................................... 181
Creating a New Boot Environment From a ZFS Root Pool .......................................................... 182
Creating a New Boot EnvironmentWithin the Same Root Pool ......................................... 182
Creating a New Boot Environment on Another Root Pool .................................................. 185
Creating a New Boot Environment From a Source Other Than the Currently Running
System ................................................................................................................................................. 186
Creating a ZFS Boot Environment on a SystemWithNon-Global Zones Installed ................. 187
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Additional Resources ........................................................................................................................ 187
12 LiveUpgrade for ZFS (Planning) ..................................................................................................... 189
SystemRequirements and LimitationsWhenUsing Live Upgrade ............................................ 189
Additional Resources ........................................................................................................................ 192
13 Creating aBoot Environment for ZFSRoot Pools ........................................................................ 193
Migrating a UFS File System to a ZFS File System ......................................................................... 193
▼How toMigrate a UFS File System to a ZFS File System ....................................................... 194
Creating a Boot EnvironmentWithin the Same ZFS Root Pool .................................................. 199
▼How to Create a ZFS Boot EnvironmentWithin the Same ZFS Root Pool ......................... 200
Creating a Boot Environment In a NewRoot Pool ........................................................................ 204
▼How to Create a Boot Environment on aNew ZFS Root Pool .............................................. 204
Creating a Boot Environment From a Source Other Than the Currently Running System .... 208
Falling Back to a ZFS Boot Environment ........................................................................................ 209
Additional Resources ........................................................................................................................ 210
14 LiveUpgrade For ZFSWithNon-Global Zones Installed ............................................................. 211
Creating a ZFS Boot Environment on a SystemWithNon-Global Zones Installed (Overview
and Planning) ..................................................................................................................................... 211
Migrating From aUFS root (/) File SystemWithNon-Global Zones Installed to ZFS Root Pool
(Tasks) ................................................................................................................................................ 212
▼How toMigrate a UFS File System to a ZFS Root Pool on a SystemWithNon-Global
Zones ........................................................................................................................................... 212
Additional Resources ........................................................................................................................ 218
Part III Appendices .........................................................................................................................................219
A Troubleshooting (Tasks) ...................................................................................................................221
ProblemsWith Setting UpNetwork Installations ......................................................................... 221
ProblemsWith Booting a System .................................................................................................... 222
Booting FromMedia, ErrorMessages ..................................................................................... 222
Booting FromMedia, General Problems ................................................................................ 223
Booting From the Network, ErrorMessages .......................................................................... 224
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Booting From the Network, General Problems ...................................................................... 227
Initial Installation of the Oracle Solaris OS .................................................................................... 228
▼ x86: To Check IDEDisk for Bad Blocks .................................................................................. 228
Upgrading the Oracle Solaris OS ..................................................................................................... 230
Upgrading, ErrorMessages ...................................................................................................... 230
Upgrading, General Problems .................................................................................................. 232
▼ ToContinue Upgrading After a Failed Upgrade ................................................................... 233
x86: ProblemsWith Live UpgradeWhen YouUse GRUB ................................................... 233
▼ System PanicsWhenUpgradingWith Live Upgrade Running Veritas VxVm ................. 235
x86: Service PartitionNot Created by Default on SystemsWithNo Existing Service
Partition ...................................................................................................................................... 237
▼ To Install Software From aNetwork Installation Image or From theOracle Solaris
Operating SystemDVD ............................................................................................................ 237
▼ To Install From the Oracle Solaris Software - 1 CD or From aNetwork Installation
Image ........................................................................................................................................... 238
B Additional SVR4PackagingRequirements (Reference) ............................................................. 239
PreventingModifcation of the Current OS ................................................................................... 239
Using Absolute Paths ................................................................................................................. 239
Using the pkgadd -R Command ............................................................................................... 240
Diferences Between $PKG_INSTALL_ROOT and $BASEDIR Overview ................................... 240
Guidelines forWriting Scripts .................................................................................................. 241
Maintaining Diskless Client Compatibility ............................................................................ 241
Verifying Packages ..................................................................................................................... 242
Preventing User InteractionWhen Installing or Upgrading ....................................................... 243
Setting Package Parameters For Zones ........................................................................................... 244
For Background Information ........................................................................................................... 247
C Using thePatchAnalyzerWhenUpgrading (Tasks) .................................................................... 249
Upgrading to a Oracle Solaris Update Release ............................................................................... 249
▼ To Run the analyze_patches Script ....................................................................................... 250
▼ To Review the Patch Analyzer Output .................................................................................... 251
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Glossary .............................................................................................................................................. 253
Index ................................................................................................................................................... 265
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