Upgrading Solaris using Live Upgrade


Upgrading Solaris using Live Upgrade
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If you are upgrading Solaris only, you must remove and reinstall SFCFS from the alternate boot environment prior to completing the Live Upgrade. You must remove and reinstall because SFCFS has kernel components that are specific to Solaris operating system versions. The correct version of the SFCFS packages must be installed.

Upgrading Solaris using Live Upgrade involves the following steps:

Preparing to upgrade using Solaris Live Upgrade.

See Before you upgrade SFCFS using Solaris Live Upgrade.
Creating a new boot environment on the alternate boot disk

See Creating a new boot environment on the alternate boot disk.
Removing and reinstalling Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.1 on the alternate boot environment, in one of the following ways:

Using manual steps:

Using the installer:

Note:

Do NOT configure the Veritas Storage Foundation Cluster File System 5.1
Switching the alternate boot environment to be the new primary

See Completing the Live Upgrade .
Verifying Live Upgrade of SFCFS.

See Verifying Live Upgrade of SFCFS.

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