[H-GEN] Solaris 8 Question

[Andrew Bennett]

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Thanks James, I'll have a look at that.

ajb.

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Andrew Bennett wrote:
> 
> > Very general question here .. but first some config details.
> > We're looking at upgrading to Solaris 8 on 3 Sun boxes:a 250, a 450
> > and an Enterprise 3000. All systems are patched to current
> > recommended levels. The 450 and the 3000 are running Solaris 2.6.1
> > and the 450 is running Solaris 7. Both the 250 and the 450 are using
> > Sun's volume manager product to provide software raid whilst the
> > 3000 is using the Veritas volume manager. Is it possible to perform
> > an in-place and non-destructive upgrade to Solaris 8 ? My fears were
> > aroused when the upgrade process started asking for swap space on a
> > physical disk slice (/dev/dsk/c0t6s0) rather than a logical one
> > (/dev/md/dsk/...). Not looking for detailed instructions how to -
> > just whether or not anyone has tried it or knows if it can be done
> > short of blowing away the partitions and reinstalling the OS
> > completely ?
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> to start with, don't boot using the cd labelled "Solaris 8
> Installation" because that will give you the webstart gui install
> which requires a miniroot (hence the need for a whole slice...).
> 
> 
> 
> Secondly, have a browse through the procedure I've attached from
> sunsolve
> 
> http://sunsolve.Aus.Sun.COM/cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=infodoc%2F14189&zone_3
> 2=vxvm%20upgrade%20solaris
> 
> for upgrading your OS with root et al mirrored by vxvm.
> 
> 
> 
> Thirdly, for the disksuite systems have a look at the DiskSuite 4.2.1
> Installation and Product notes and this page at docs.sun.com:
> 
> http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.260.2/DISKSUITEINSTALL/@Ab2PageView/52
> 8?DwebQuery=upgrade+OS&Ab2Lang=C&Ab2Enc=iso-8859-1
> 
> The basic answer to your question (in-place and non-destructive...) is
> yes, as long as you follow the procedures.
> 
> One thing to be wary of with the vxvm system upgrade is that
> _sometimes_ the veritas-supplied script will leave a directory called
> something like
> 
> /VXVM<version>-UPGRADE
> 
> which will totally screw things for you on reboot, so boot single user
> and move it to /var/tmp then reboot again.
> 
> cheers,
> James C. McPherson
> 
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Andrew Bennett
Fileserver & Network Support CoOrdinator
IT Services, The University of Queensland Library

email: a.bennett at library.uq.edu.au
phone: 3365 6722

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