This page provides links to best-practices and how-to info, tools, documentation, training courses, and other resources that can help you prepare
for and execute an upgrade. Also see the Patching section of this site for patching resources.
The Upgrading and Patching with Solaris Live Upgrade
how-to guide (updated Sept. 2008; registration required) provides an overview of using Solaris Live Upgrade for OS upgrades and patching, as well as an example of
using Solaris Live Upgrade to upgrade from one Solaris release to a later one and an example of using Solaris Live Upgrade to patch a system.
For procedures on upgrading using various installation programs, see the How-To page of BigAdmin's
Solaris Information Center, which provides procedures for getting started with
Solaris Live Upgrade, JumpStart, WAN boot, Solaris Flash archives, and more.
The Solaris 10 Applications Library shows over 11,000 applications and
solutions that run on the Solaris 10 OS on x64/x86 and SPARC platforms, so you can ensure you'll be able to run the apps you need and get the power of
the Solaris OS.
The Sun Device Detection Tool helps you determine whether the Solaris OS
supports the devices that are detected in your x86 or x64 system. If your devices are already shown on the Solaris OS HCL, you
do not need to use this tool.
The third-party Patch Check Advanced (PCA) Tool* generates a list
of installed and missing patches for Solaris systems and optionally downloads patches.
Helpful Web Sites
Solaris 10 OS web site, which provides information about the Solaris 10 OS
and links to useful resources
World Record Benchmarks site, which provides information on
the performance and price/performance world records set by the Solaris 10 OS on a wide range of x86 and SPARC systems
The Solaris 10 Self Help center, which provides info on downloading Solaris 10 onto your
system and burning onto CD or DVD media, and it also supplies an installation FAQ
The Solaris Information Center on BigAdmin, which provides pointers to info
about Solaris system administration; especially see the How To
page, which contains links to info about how to install or upgrade the Solaris OS
NewSun System Software Stacks Overview site, which
describes the operating systems, software, firmware, drivers, and applications (a combination called the "software stack") that various Sun systems
can run and explains how to keep your Sun system up to date with the latest software; also see
Stacks and Stacks of Software Stacks on the BigAdmin blog
Sun Optimized Web Stack for the Solaris 10 OS site, where you can download for free
Sun's optimized AMP stack (Solaris 10 OS, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python) to get up and running quickly when building
and deploying Web applications
Solaris Information Center's Retail Books section, which provides links to
Solaris 10 books on application programming, Solaris internals, performance and tools, security essentials, and system administration essentials
Videos, Webinars, and Presentations
NewWebinar on Solaris 10 Security Features (registration
required), a recorded presentation in which Glenn Brunette, Distinguished Engineer, talks about several underutilized security capabilities of the
Solaris 10 OS
Glenn Brunette's Solaris 10 Security Deep
Dive Presentation, which has been updated for the Solaris 10 10/08 release and dives into new features, such as Secure by Default, SMF, Privileges,
ZFS, Zones, Trusted Extensions, and more
NewWhat's New in Solaris 10 10/09, a blog by Bob Netherton that
discusses new features in the Solaris 10 10/09 release and provides data about the improvements made in the SVR4 package commands
(for example, pkgadd, pkgrm, pkginfo)
Training Courses
These and other training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/ can help you learn about
the Solaris 10 OS and prepare for an upgrade:
Make the Transition to the Solaris 10 Operating System (SA-210-S10 and VC-SA-210-S10), which covers essential differences between the
Solaris 8, 9, and 10 OS
Updated: Solaris 10 Operating System Essentials (SA-100-S10)
Solaris 10 Differences from the Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 Operating Systems (CDLS-210-S10 and WSB-210-S10)
Solaris 10 Features for Experienced Solaris System Administrators (SA-225-S10)
Solaris System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators (STS-276)
Solaris Operating System Administration for Experienced UNIX Administrators x64/x86 (CDS-276-S10 and WS-276-S10)
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10, Upgrade Certification Success Package, Mixed Media Edition (PK-CSPS-BL12)
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10 Part I and II Certification Success Package - Mixed Media Edition (PK-CSPS-BL11)
Solaris Trusted Extensions Installation and Setup (SC-325-S10)
Key Benefits of Solaris Trusted Extensions (WST-3251-S10)
Solaris 8 Trusted to Solaris 10 Trusted Extension Differences (WST-3250-S10)
Solaris 10 Predictive Self-Healing (VC-SA-227-S10)
Updated: System Fault Analysis Workshop (ST-350)
Solaris 10 Security (VC-SA-228-S10)
Configuring Security on the Solaris 10 Operating System (SC-301-S10)
Solaris 2.X Essentials for System Maintainers (SM-101)
Solaris 10 Containers (S-2260-S10)
Sun Virtualization: Solaris 10 Containers Administration (SA-355-S10)
Updated: Solaris 10 ZFS Administration (SA-2290-S10)
Also see the following training resources:
Sun Online Learning Center (SOLC), an
interactive environment where you can get training at no cost on the most popular Solaris 10 OS content
