- action
A name and a key attribute of a package. A package is
a collection of files, directories, links, drivers, and dependencies in a defined format. This
collection represents the installable objects of a package. This collection is referred to
as an action.
- attribute
A representation of the settings of a package or an action.
- beadm utility
The user interface for managing boot environments in OpenSolaris software. The beadm
command is the replacement for the Solaris Live Upgrade commands, for example,
luupgrade(1M) and lucreate(1M).
- boot environment (BE)
An instance of a bootable OpenSolaris environment consisting of a set of mount
points, file systems, ZFS datasets, and possibly non-global zones. A boot environment is
a collection of mandatory file systems that are critical to the operation of
the Solaris OS. The active boot environment is the one that is currently
booted. Exactly one active boot environment can be booted. An inactive boot environment
is not currently booted, but can be in a state of waiting for
activation on the next reboot.
- catalog
All packages in a repository published by a publisher. The packages in a
catalog are associated with a specific publisher.
- clone
An exact copy. A clone could be an exact copy of an
operating system, a file system, or a volume. This copy has 100 percent
compatibility with the original.
- dataset
A generic name for the following ZFS entities: clones, file systems, snapshots, or
volumes. Each dataset is identified by a unique name in the ZFS namespace.
- depot
A collection of one or more package repositories usually served by pkg.depotd(1m).
- Fault Management Resource Identifier (FMRI)
An identifier in a package. Includes descriptive information about a package, such as
the package name, version information, date, and publisher. The pkg command uses these
identifiers when performing actions on the package. For more information, see pkg(1) Uses FMRIs .
- image
-
An image is a location on your system where packages and their associated files, directories, links, and dependencies can be installed.
A collection of software in a package that comprises an entire operating system. The package is suitable for installation. See ISO image, network installation image.
- ISO image
A collection of software that comprises an entire operating system in a single
file. The ISO image can be made available for distribution from the
Internet. An ISO image contains file systems suitable for creating a bootable CD
or DVD. The ISO image is bootable and is usable for installation and
other purposes.
- mirror
-
In IPS, an identical copy of data in a repository. A repository can be copied and the data resynchronized to maintain identical repositories in separate locations.
In ZFS, a virtual device that stores identical copies of data on two or more disks. If any disk in a mirror fails, any other disk in that mirror can provide the same data.
- network installation image
A collection of software that comprises the entire operating system. The image can
be installed over a local area network (LAN).
- origin repository
The original repository where the package was first published. The pkg(5) clients always
access the origin repository to obtain a publisher's catalog, even though the clients
might download package content from a mirror repository.
- package
A collection of files, directories, links, drivers, and dependencies in a defined format.
- pool
A logical group of devices describing the layout and physical characteristics of the
available storage. Space for datasets is allocated from a pool.
- preferred repository
A default repository that is the source for packages. If a user
does not explicitly specify a repository when installing and updating packages, the
preferred publisher is chosen as the source for packages.
During the creation of an image, the initially specified publisher is marked
as the preferred publisher. Any one of the publishers associated with an image
might be set as the preferred publisher by using the set-publisher command
with the -P option.
- publisher
A forward domain name such as opensolaris.org or a reverse domain name
such as org.opensolaris that can be used to identify a person, group of
persons, or an organization as the source of one or more packages. The
developer-quality packages managed by Sun and made available through the OpenSolaris repositories such
as http://pkg.opensolaris.com/release are an example of a publisher.
- relocatable package
A package that enables a user to specify the installation path of the
package.
- repository
A location where clients can publish and retrieve package content such as files
contained within the package, and package metadata which includes information about the package
such as its name, description, and so on.
- rollback
A reversion to the boot environment that ran prior to a specific transaction.
Use rollback when you are activating an environment and the boot environment that
is designated for booting fails or shows some undesirable behavior. Rollback is known
as fallback in Solaris Live Upgrade.
- snapshot
A read-only image of a file system or boot environment at a given
point in time. A snapshot is not bootable.
- tag
In IPS, a representation of the settings of a file.
- upgrade
An installation that merges files with existing files and preserves modifications where possible.
An upgrade of the OpenSolaris OS merges the new version of the OpenSolaris
OS with the existing files on the system's disk or disks. An upgrade
saves as many modifications as possible that you have made to the previous
version of the OS.
The OpenSolaris release use the pkg image-update command to upgrade all installed packages in the
current image to the latest available version.
- USB image
A collection of software that comprises an entire operating system in a single
file. The image that can be copied to a USB flash
drive. The usbcopy utility is the only method of copying and is available
on the OpenSolaris operating system. The USB image is a bootable image and
is usable for installation and other purposes. Note: The Distribution Constructor provides
a USB image output that might work in other types of flash memory
devices, but due to lack of driver support in Open Solaris, other devices
are unlikely to work.
- ZFS file system
A ZFS dataset of type filesystem, that is mounted within the standard system
namespace and behaves like other file systems.
