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Operating Systems Solaris Upgrading a Solaris host. Post 302962307 by hicksd8 on Friday 11th of December 2015 01:57:54 PM
Old 12-11-2015
A recommended patchset does what it implies, apply patches to close security holes, enhance O/S features, etc for a specific version of the O/S.

To update from 10u4 to 10u6 I would obtain a 10u6 distribution DVD and boot from it. As it enters the install routine it will check for the presence of any previous version of Solaris and offer an "upgrade".

NOTE: Should it fail to offer an upgrade you would NOT allow the routine to proceed to a new install thereby overwriting your O/S and do a post-mortem as to why it didn't offer an upgrade.

After such an upgrade you would then apply a recommended patchset if needed (depending on what the release notes say that the patchset fixes that you think should be fixed).
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

suninstall

suninstall(1M)                                            System Administration Commands                                            suninstall(1M)

NAME

       suninstall - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       suninstall

DESCRIPTION

       install-solaris(1M) is now the preferred command for starting and restarting the Solaris Installation program. It should be used instead of
       suninstall. suninstall is symbolically linked to install-solaris.

       suninstall is a forms-based and graphical subsystem for installing the operating system.

       suninstall exists only on the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should only be invoked from there. Refer to the Solaris 10 Instal-
       lation Guide: Basic Installations for more details.

       suninstall allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. suninstall loads the software available on the installa-
       tion media. Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for disk space requirements.

USAGE

       Refer to the Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations for more information on the various menus and selections.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcdrom (Solaris  instal-  |
       |                             |lation media)                |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pkginfo(1), install(1M), install-solaris(1M), pkgadd(1M), attributes(5)

       Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations

NOTES

       It is advisable to exit suninstall by means of the exit options in the suninstall menus.

SunOS 5.10                                                          9 Sep 2004                                                      suninstall(1M)
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