Installing Solaris Live Upgrade

You need to install the Solaris Live Upgrade packages on your current OS. The release of the Solaris Live Upgrade packages must match the release of the OS you are upgrading to. For example, if your current OS is the Solaris 9 release and you want to upgrade to the Solaris 10 6/06 release, you need to install the Solaris Live Upgrade packages from the Solaris 10 6/06 release.

Some patches might be required. Install these patches before you install Solaris Live Upgrade packages. For more information, see the following:

• Installing Patches Needed by Solaris Live Upgrade

• To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the pkgadd Command

• To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the Solaris Installation Program

Installing Patches Needed by Solaris Live Upgrade

Description	For More Information
Caution – Correct operation of Solaris Live Upgrade requires that a limited set of patch revisions be installed for a particular OS version. Before installing or running Solaris Live Upgrade, you are required to install these patches. x86 only – If this set of patches is not installed, Solaris Live Upgrade fails and you might see the following error message. If you don't see the following error message, necessary patches still might not be installed. Always verify that all patches listed on the SunSolve info doc have been installed before attempting to install Solaris Live Upgrade. ERROR: Cannot find or is not executable: </sbin/biosdev>. ERROR: One or more patches required by Live Upgrade has not been installed. The patches listed in info doc 72099 are subject to change at any time. These patches potentially fix defects in Solaris Live Upgrade, as well as fix defects in components that Solaris Live Upgrade depends on. If you experience any difficulties with Solaris Live Upgrade, please check and make sure that you have the latest Solaris Live Upgrade patches installed.	Ensure you have the most recently updated patch list by consulting http://sunsolve.sun.com. Search for the info doc 72099 on the SunSolve web site.
If you are running the Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 OS, you might not be able to run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer. These releases do not contain the set of patches needed to run the Java 2 runtime environment. You must have the recommended patch cluster for the Java 2 runtime environment that is recommended to run the Solaris Live Upgrade installer and install the packages.	To install the Solaris Live Upgrade packages, use the pkgadd command. Or install, for the Java 2 runtime environment, the recommended patch cluster. The patch cluster is available at http://sunsolve.sun.com.

To Install Required Patches

Steps

1. From the SunSolve^SM web site, obtain the list of patches.

2. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

3. Install the patches with the patchadd command.

   # patchadd path_to_patches

4. Reboot the system if necessary. Certain patches require a reboot to be effective.

   x86 only: Rebooting the system is required or Solaris Live Upgrade fails.

To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the pkgadd Command

Steps

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see Configuring RBAC (Task Map) in System Administration Guide: Security Services.

2. Install the packages in the following order.

   # pkgadd -d path_to_packages SUNWlur SUNWluu

   path_to_packages

   Specifies the absolute path to the software packages.

3. Verify that the package has been installed successfully.

   # pkgchk -v SUNWlur SUNWluu

To Install Solaris Live Upgrade With the Solaris Installation Program

Steps

1. Insert the Solaris Operating System DVD or Solaris Software - 2 CD.

2. Run the installer for the media you are using.

   • If you are using the Solaris Operating System DVD, change directories to the installer and run the installer.

     • For SPARC based systems:

       # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/s0/Solaris_10 6/06/Tools/Installers # ./liveupgrade20

     • For x86 based systems:

       # cd /cdrom/cdrom0/Solaris_10 6/06/Tools/Installers # ./liveupgrade20

     The Solaris installation program GUI is displayed.

   • If you are using the Solaris Software - 2 CD, run the installer.

     % ./installer

     The Solaris installation program GUI is displayed.

3. From the Select Type of Install panel, click Custom.

4. On the Locale Selection panel, click the language to be installed.

5. Choose the software to install.

   • For DVD, on the Component Selection panel, click Next to install the packages.

   • For CD, on the Product Selection panel, click Default Install for Solaris Live Upgrade and click on the other software choices to deselect them.

6. Follow the directions on the Solaris installation program panels to install the software.