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# 8  
Old 02-11-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by sijocg
hi

I think From 8 to 10 is not possible. upgrade 8 to 9 first, then upgrade to 10.9 to 10 is possible



thank you
You are wong! Who said so? I think you have never tried before.
I have done direct upgrade SUCCESSFULLY!

You may search for my post in this forum regards to this.
# 9  
Old 02-11-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by SmartAntz
is it i need to change my vfstab file before i doing the update?

any idea??? SmilieSmilieSmilie
The issue is what was seen as disk controller #1 when you installed Solaris 8 is now seen as controller #2. Did you add later a scsi controller card to your server ?

sijocg: Upgrading from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10 is supported, although, unless using live-upgrade, I often prefer to backup all data then reinstall.
# 10  
Old 02-11-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by SmartAntz
your means is ?
if the line you show of you vfstab is exactly as it is on the server then your server may not even boot.
and this will cause all kinds of problems with upgrading.



Code:
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0      /       ufs     1       no

the two devices are not the same, and they should be the same.

like this:
Code:
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0      /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0      /       ufs     1       no

or this:
Code:
/dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0      /       ufs     1       no

# 11  
Old 02-11-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by robsonde
if the line you show of you vfstab is exactly as it is on the server then your server may not even boot.
...
...

sorry to give a not detail information.
that is my typo error in this forum..
sorry..

---------- Post updated at 08:24 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:21 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by jlliagre
The issue is what was seen as disk controller #1 when you installed Solaris 8 is now seen as controller #2. Did you add later a scsi controller card to your server ?

sijocg: Upgrading from Solaris 8 to Solaris 10 is supported, although, unless using live-upgrade, I often prefer to backup all data then reinstall.

ya... when i wish to upgrade to solaris 10, the device seen as controller 2.
this server got 3 controller, 2 for EMC, and one for internal HDD.

---------- Post updated at 08:25 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:24 AM ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by sijocg
hi

I think From 8 to 10 is not possible. upgrade 8 to 9 first, then upgrade to 10.9 to 10 is possible

thank you

is possible, coz me recently just update a server from 8 to 10.. =)
anyway, thanks for your advice.
# 12  
Old 02-12-2010
kindly do the mentioned one.
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1. mirror the os disk using the command "dd if=/dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx of=/dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx (second disk) bs=1024K.

2. Then try to using the upgrade mode from 8 to 10. if your upgrade fails.Then you can go for fresh installation & after completing the installation you can copy your data from your old root disk (second disk) to new disk.
# 13  
Old 02-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by udhayashankar
kindly do the mentioned one.
--------------------------->
1. mirror the os disk using the command "dd if=/dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx of=/dev/dsk/cxtxdxsx (second disk) bs=1024K.

2. Then try to using the upgrade mode from 8 to 10. if your upgrade fails.Then you can go for fresh installation & after completing the installation you can copy your data from your old root disk (second disk) to new disk.

erm... current Solaris version is 8, it able to do mirroring?
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