Upgrading to Solaris 8 - local modifications

I will be upgrading from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8. (SUN Enterprise 450)
How much will I have to re-do in the way of the configuration of things like cron jobs, rtel printers, lpadmin printers, serial port (aurora) configuration and ?any other local modifications?
Will I have to reinstall the aurora serial port drivers?
Are the /etc/rcn.d directory contents and /etc/inittab preserved?
Thanks
D

"Most" user configurable files will "survive" an upgrade but it is up to you to find out if such things as aurora serial port drivers are supported, or will even work ,in Solaris 8 or if an upgrade is required. Your primary network interface may be the only interface to survive the upgrade. Cron jobs should be OK.
The only way to protect yourself is to have a level 0 ufsdump of all your OS slices to a local tape drive. Preferably this will be done from a cdrom boot. Don't really want to dump "live" files. You can then interactivly ufsrestore missing files.
If your upgrade turns sour, or your filesystems are too small for Solaris 8 then a ufsrestore may be your only recourse.
Please try to find InfoDoc 16141 - Solaris Upgrade Tips & Checklist.
Please ensure your system boots before any upgrade begins.

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Local mods - upgrading to Solaris 8

Hi
I will be upgrading from Solaris 2.6 to Solaris 8.
How much will I have to re-do in the way of the configuration of things like cron jobs, rtel printers, lpadmin printers, serial port (aurora) configuration and ?any other local modifications?
Will I have to reinstall the aurora serial port drivers?
Are the /etc/rcn.d directory contents and /etc/inittab preserved?
Thanks
D

"Most" user configurable files will "survive" an upgrade but it is up to you to find out if such things as aurora serial port drivers are supported, or will even work ,in Solaris 8 or if an upgrade is required. Your primary network interface may be the only interface to survive the upgrade. Cron jobs should be OK.
The only way to protect yourself is to have a level 0 ufsdump of all your OS slices to a local tape drive. Preferably this will be done from a cdrom boot. Don't really want to dump "live" files. You can then interactivly ufsrestore missing files.
If your upgrade turns sour, or your filesystems are too small for Solaris 8 then a ufsrestore may be your only recourse.
Please try to find InfoDoc 16141 - Solaris Upgrade Tips & Checklist.
Please ensure your system boots before any upgrade begins.

File Name error when creating file in Solaris C locale

Background Info:
1.In Java, we can use new File(filename) to create a new file. The filename there is a string denoting the name of the new file.
2.As mentioned in bug4409965, "The 'C' locale in a 7-bit ASCII locale, the 8bit characters enteredn are not read in properly probably because in that locale, the input byte stream is expected to contain only 7bit characters, anything else is 'garbage'".
My problem is:
when I tried to construct a filename containing non-ASCII characters in the Solaris C locale, Java works quite different from C language.
To be specify, follwing c code works quite well in C locale:
char * temstring = "\0xd6\0xd0";
FILE* fd = fopen(temstring, "w+");
fprint(fd, "test");
fclose(fd);
Although the created file can't be viewed in C locale, the filename shows quite well in other suppoted locale , which means the filename doesn't get modified.
While in Java, the following code
File f = new File("\0xd6\0xd0");
fos.println("test");
try {
f.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e)
System.err.println(e.toString());
will generate the file in C locale as ???? as garbage file name. Even in the proper locale, the filename can't be read correctly.
I doubt the JVM in Solaris (file unixfilesystem.c) has modified the input filename and made the filename unreadable.
I just wonder if there is some workaround to solve this problem, which means I can correctly generate the filename using Java just as what the C code has done: create the file just as what I denote instead of modifing the filename.
Thanks

Hello:
Any luck with this problem?
I am facing the same problem and was wondering if you had found a solution....
Thanks
Kiran

Upgrade from Solaris 11 Express to Solaris 11 Release (11/11); Guide MIA?

Would there be an easy way to upgrade from Solaris 11 Express to Solaris 11 Release (11/11)? The FAQ for Solaris 11 Release has the following hopeful text:
Can I upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 from Oracle Solaris 11 Express or Oracle Solaris 11 Early Adopter?
Yes. Customers can upgrade to Oracle Solaris 11 by using the package management tools. Refer to the Oracle Solaris 11
Transition Guide (http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E23824&id=MF JAI) for more information
But that link comes up with an error page 404, "topic not found".
The one transition guide I can find is:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E23824_01/html/E21799/index.html
But that covers Solaris 10 jumpstart, not Solaris 11 Express or Early Adopter.
The Solaris 11 documentation at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/index.html
Also seems to mention only Solaris 10, not 11 Express or Early Adopter.
I have already downloaded the full repo for Solaris 11 Release, and the live installer, but I'm hoping it's something as simple as pointing the ips manager to a new repository, or just loading the full repo I already have as a local source. I would also like to keep the dtrace and sun studio set up I have now in the Express version, without reinstalling them on a new release version on bare metal.
If it keeps the features of the express version while ironing out a few kinks (gdm authentication bug, etc.), that would rock.
Many Thanks,
Gordon

Alan, Thank You, that worked with no problem at all. 11 Express was already using the correct repository, and only required a pkg command update, then other updates.
So here's what I'm guessing:
1. The Oracle Solaris maintained repository for Express and Early Adopter are now the same as Release, but they do require an updated pkg executable and pkg update command.
2. The second form of the command mentioned in the update guide:
# pkg set-publisher -g http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release
-G http://internal.co.com/solaris solaris
is for using a local copy of the repository within our lan or vpn wan.
3. Updates should be fairly regular now that Solaris 11 is in release version.
I think the new hash (SHA 256) fried some of our old gdm settings for our users, so we're creating new user accounts, and migrating the older accounts. We don't have too many, so it's not a problem for us. But that brings up another point:
4. The graphical user manager in Express is now gone, and user and group management are now done with command line interface.
That's fine with me as well. I always use ssh to connect to the machine and then run the screen command for administration. The graphical user manager was always kludgy in Express, and I couldn't get it to work correctly anyway.
This is great stuff so far. Well done.
Gordon

After upgrading to Solaris 10 "Can't load the root filesystem" on V245

I have a Sunfire V245 that was running on Solaris 9 (very stable). I upgraded to Solaris 10 (6/06) this morning and everything seemed to go smoothly. After the upgrade the system rebooted, but will not boot. I get the following uptput;
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: disk File and args:
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118833-17 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
pxb_bcm: cannot load driver
Cannot load drivers for /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/disk@0,0:a
Can't load the root filesystem
Type 'go' to resume
"go" attempts to reboot, but I end up back in the same place.
Please help.
Thanks in advanced,
Craig

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After the firmware upgrade last week, the local WIFI networks pop up when I turn on my phone, I have WIFI turned off, how do I turn off the pop up?

After the firmware upgrade last week, the local WIFI networks pop up when I turn on my phone, I have WIFI turned off, how do I turn off the pop up?

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Oracle 10g RAC to 11g RAC Upgrade on Solaris

Hi,
We are planning to do a migration of a 4 Node Oracle 10g RAC on Solaris 9 to 11g with Solaris 10. We'd like know what would be the best path to take. We cannot afford any downtime!
Options: Are these feasible? Which option is best? Any documents links?
a) Do a rolling upgrade of Oracle from 10g to 11g. Then take down individual nodes and upgrade the Solaris OS from 9 to 10 and bring them up back into the cluster. Is there any known issues taking this path? Is a rolling upgrade like this possible?
b) Do an upgrade of the Solaris OS from 9 to 10 on each node and then bring them back up? Is this practical? Does Oracle allow different versions of OS running on different nodes?
c) Use Dataguard with 2 different RAC environments (2 nodes each). How would this work? Is it the only possible way? Any steps please?
Thanks

a) Do a rolling upgrade of Oracle from 10g to 11g. Then take down individual nodes and upgrade the Solaris OS from 9 to 10 and bring them up back into the cluster. Is there any known issues taking this path? Is a rolling upgrade like this possible?Hi,
first of all i would not change several components (OS, database version) at a time. My recommendation is to make small steps and start with the operating system first. Seconds recommendation is to test and test everything in your dev or test environment prior doing the upgrades in the productive environment. Trust me: You will face problems :-) So you better try it beforehand!
b) Do an upgrade of the Solaris OS from 9 to 10 on each node and then bring them back up? Is this practical? Does Oracle allow different versions of OS running on different nodes?As far i know you can run different operating system versions on different nodes if they are supported (Solaris 9 and 10 are).
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Upgrading to solaris 8 using a profile file

I have successfully upgraded from Solaris 7 to 8 on an E250, maintaining the integrity of my previous applications. Is there a way to use a profile file so that the upgrade is �hands-free?� I can do this already via a jumpstart server, but is there a way to do it while booting from the Solaris 8 CD???
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I've never had any issues with CF8 locking on emails, we send thousands without any issues.
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I currently have Solstice Backup v5.0.1, patched with 105658-05 on Solaris 2.6. When I upgrade to Solaris 8 can I reinstall Solstice Backup v5.0.1 or will I have to upgrade it too?
Thanks
D

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My x86 system successfully runs Solaris 8 (Feb. 2000 revision A) but refuses to upgrade to Solaris 9. When trying to boot one of the installation cds in anyone of the installation modes, the boot process proceeds till the message "booting kernel/unix, ... use is subject to license terms". Next I would expect setup messages for the network interface, but instead I get a blank screen with a cursor blinking top left, and that's the end of it.
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Bernd.

OK after the DCA scans, it goes to a screen labeled "Boot Solaris" which indicates the boot drive. On that screen f4 is labeled Boot Tasks. Press f4 and go thru the settings to select the boot device and any of the other settings you might want to change. then f3 back to the boot screen and f2 continue. When the boot options screen appears, type in b -r. The DCA should not start up each time after that. To be honest, I had to do this a couple of times before something unknown to me made it finally work. Go figure!
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regards,
OraclWzd.

Thanks for the reply. I guess I did not make it clear. The /lu (live update) directory needs to be removed in its entirety. It sits under the root partition and is the result of the upgrade from Solaris 8 to 10. We backed-up the directory to tape (over 8GBs) and removed all the files and sub-directories under /lu. The utilization under the root partition remains at 94%. Why would the over 8GBs removed not be returned the available space under the root partition?
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Upgrade from Solaris 8 to 10....? Why?

I'm currently running 9.2.0.7 RAC on Solaris 8.
I'm upgrading to Oracle 10gR2.
I'd like to do upgrade to Solaris 10 as well (Solaris 10 first then after 2 weeks Oracle 10gR2).
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A good starter tutorial on zones is here: http://partneradvantage.sun.com/protected/solaris10/adoptionkit/tech/zones/tutorial.html
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zone creation/requirement for am server/ portal
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vlsi

>
upgrade to OS 10 without affecting current server
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