Upgrade OpenSolaris to Solaris 11 Express
16 Nov 2010
How to upgrade your Opensolaris dev build 134 to Solaris 11 Express build 151a
First we need to update 134 to 134b
opensolaris:~$ cat /etc/release
OpenSolaris Development snv_134 X86
Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 01 March 2010
opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg set-publisher -P -O http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/ opensolaris.org
Refreshing catalog 1/1 opensolaris.org
opensolaris:~$
opensolaris:~$ pkg publisher
PUBLISHER TYPE STATUS URI
opensolaris.org (preferred) origin online http://pkg.opensolaris.org/release/
opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg image-update
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 773/773 9659/9659 209.5/209.5
PHASE ACTIONS
Removal Phase 4674/4674
Install Phase 5118/5118
Update Phase 13370/13370
A clone of opensolaris exists and has been updated and activated.
On the next boot the Boot Environment opensolaris-1 will be mounted on '/'.
Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE.
opensolaris:~$ beadm list
BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created
-- ------ ---------- ----- ------ -------
opensolaris N / 9.51M static 2010-10-09 19:59
opensolaris-1 R - 6.51G static 2010-11-16 15:11
Now After reboot need to update to Solaris 11 Express
opensolaris:~$ cat /etc/release
OpenSolaris 2010.05 snv_134b X86
Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Assembled 28 May 2010
opensolaris:~$ uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_134b i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg set-publisher --non-sticky opensolaris.org
opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg set-publisher -P -g http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/ solaris
Don't miss this bit first
opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg install pkg
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 1/1 1/1 0.0/0.0
PHASE ACTIONS
Update Phase 2/2
opensolaris:~$ pfexec pkg image-update --accept
DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB)
Completed 964/964 45193/45193 729.9/729.9
PHASE ACTIONS
Removal Phase 18421/18421
Install Phase 28626/28626
Update Phase 40350/40350
A clone of opensolaris-1 exists and has been updated and activated.
On the next boot the Boot Environment Solaris_11_2010.11 will be mounted on '/'.
Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE.
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NOTE: Please review release notes posted at:
http://docs.sun.com/doc/821-1479
opensolaris:~$ beadm list
BE Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created
-- ------ ---------- ----- ------ -------
Solaris_11_2010.11 R - 11.10G static 2010-11-16 17:20
opensolaris - - 13.22M static 2010-10-09 19:59
opensolaris-1 N / 17.54M static 2010-11-16 15:11
Now reboot
pfexec init 6
opensolaris:~$ cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 11 Express snv_151a X86
Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Assembled 04 November 2010
opensolaris:~$ uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_151a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
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