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Operating Systems Solaris Solaris 10 liveupgrade/ABE advice Post 302976139 by achenle on Friday 24th of June 2016 07:52:06 AM
Old 06-24-2016
If you're using a ZFS boot, I've always liked creating new BEs in a different ZFS pool than the BE it's being copied from. If you put the new BE in the same ZFS pool, all that's done is making the new BE a clone of a ZFS snapshot. Over time, with each new BE made for patches/upgrades, the trail of snapshots and clones becomes unmanageable.

If you put the new BE in a different ZFS pool, the new BE is completely independent of the old one and a lot easier to manage.

That does mean you need two bootable ZFS pools, but I think it's worth it if you keep your servers up-to-date with a new BE every time a new patch set or upgrade is released.

Also make certain that users' home directories are not part of the boot environment. Users don't like having to use old copies of their home directories that were made when the BE was created.
 

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install-solaris

install-solaris(1M)													       install-solaris(1M)

NAME

       install-solaris - install the Solaris operating system

SYNOPSIS

       install-solaris

       install-solaris	invokes  the  Solaris  Install	program. Depending on graphical capability and available memory at the time of invocation,
       install-solaris invokes either a text-based installer or a graphical installer.

       The following minimum requirements for physical memory dictate which features are available during installation:

       For SPARC machines:

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       128 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       384 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       For x86 machines:

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory for all installation types

       256 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for windowing system

       512 MB

	   Minimum physical memory required for graphical-based installation

       In some cases, even if the minimum physical memory is present, available virtual memory after system startup can limit the number  of  fea-
       tures available.

       install-solaris	exists	only  on  the Solaris installation media (CD or DVD) and should be invoked only from there. Refer to the  for more
       details.

       install-solaris allows installation of the operating system onto any standalone system. install-solaris loads the software available on the
       installation media. Refer to the  for disk space requirements.

       Refer to the  for more information on the various menus and selections.

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

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

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

       It is advisable to exit install-solaris by means of the exit options in the install-solaris menus.

								    23 Sep 2005 					       install-solaris(1M)
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