Metadevices and Upgrade from Solaris 2.6 to 8

Hello,
I want upgrade my current Solaris system from 2.6 to 8. My filesystem are mirrored metadevices including root partion. Are there any problems during upgrade? Did anybody recommend to detach metadevices and mirrors?
Thanks in advance
Ivette

The wikipedia page on solaris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(operating_system) shows the changes in the system as newer versions came out. I'd highly suggest getting a test box and setting up Solaris 10 on it, and getting a feel for the new install and in particular, ZFS. It's been a number of years since I last used 2.6, but Solaris 10 is vastly better in many ways, including stability. With ZFS you also don't have to use fsck. The best features of Solaris 10 are the new ZFS file system, zones, snapshots, and the new services (rather than rc scripts). If you are going to set up Solaris 10, it's best to immediately start with bootable ZFS file systems rather than trying to upgrade your UFS file systems later. Security is also vastly improved over 2.6, as well as not having to use the old OpenWindows. Also find out what changes you'll need to make to have your old apps run, with all the changes in libraries and stuff since then.

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vfstab:
=============>
#device          device          mount          FS     fsck     mount     mount
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#/dev/dsk/c1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c1d0s2 /usr          ufs     1     yes     -
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