Solaris Express Installation Guide: Solaris Live Upgrade and Upgrade Planning
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Task Map: Upgrading a Boot Environment

Table 5-1 Task Map: Upgrading With Solaris Live Upgrade

Task

Description

For Instructions

Either upgrade a boot environment or install a Solaris Flash archive.

  • Upgrade the inactive boot environment with an OS image.

  • Install a Solaris Flash archive on an inactive boot environment.

Activate an inactive boot environment.

Makes changes effective and switches the inactive boot environment to active .

Activating a Boot Environment

(optional) Switch back if a failure occurs when activating.

Reactivates to the original boot environment if a failure occurs.

Chapter 6, Failure Recovery: Falling Back to the Original Boot Environment (Tasks)

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