This content is submitted by a BigAdmin user. It has not been reviewed for technical accuracy by Sun Microsystems, though it may have been lightly edited to improve readability. If you find an error or would like to comment on the article, please contact the submitter or use the comment field at the bottom of the article.
Community submissions may not follow Sun trademark guidelines. For information on Sun trademarks, please see http://www.sun.com/suntrademarks/.
Upgrading to the Solaris 10 10/08 OS for SPARC Platforms and From UFS Boot to ZFS Boot
ZFS boot is a unique feature introduced in the Solaris 10 10/08 Operating System. To a novice system administrator, performing a fresh install of the Solaris 10 10/08 OS might seem easier than upgrading to a different Solaris release, but we will explain how to move from the UFS root file system to ZFS boot.
In this paper we show how to upgrade from the Solaris 10 5/08 release to Solaris 10 10/08 (for SPARC platforms), using the Solaris Live Upgrade process. We demonstrate how to manually create a ZFS root pool, copy the UFS root file system into the ZFS root pool, and activate ZFS mirroring.
Note: This procedure has been tested successfully on the Solaris 10 5/08 OS. It has also been tested on the Solaris 10 8/07 OS, but not on previous Solaris versions.
For more details, see the list of contents below.
Contents
Introduction
System Requirements
Prerequisites
List of the Steps
Flowchart and Diagram of the Process
Step 1: Installing Solaris Live Upgrade Packages on the Solaris 10 5/08 Boot Environment
Step 2: Creating Boot Environment Called sol10u6_stage1 (Still on UFS)
Step 3: Using Solaris Live Upgrade to Upgrade sol10u6_stage1 to Solaris 10 10/08 OS
Step 4: Activating sol10u6_stage1
Step 5: Creating Boot Environment Called sol10u6_stage2 on ZFS Pool (rpool)
Step 6: Activating sol10u6_stage2
(Optional) Step 7: Activating ZFS Mirroring
About the Authors
About the Authors
Haim Tzadok and Cyril Plisko are the owners of Grigale Ltd., a software firm specializing in Solaris and OpenSolaris administration, development and training. The authors participate in many OpenSolaris communities. They can be reached at info at grigale dot com.
The information and links on this page have been provided by a BigAdmin user. The submitter is solely responsible for such information and links. Sun is not responsible for the availability of external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. Sun will not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any actual or alleged damage or loss caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on the information posted here, or goods or services available on or through any external site or resource.
Comments (latest comments first)
Discuss and comment on this resource in the BigAdmin Wiki
Unless otherwise licensed, code in all technical manuals herein (including articles, FAQs, samples) is provided under this License.
Print-friendly Version
