Running the Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task

To use Solaris Live Upgrade correctly, you must deploy the Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task on every Solaris computer.

Before you begin

To access the Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task (ID #2), you must subscribe to the Patches for Solaris Live Upgrade site.

About this task

The Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task determines the inactive boot environments and their patch levels on Solaris computers.

Procedure

  1. From the Patch Management domain, click Patch Management > Fixlets and Tasks.
  2. Click Enable Solaris Live Upgrade.
    Figure 1. Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task

    Enable Solaris Live Upgrade task
  3. Run the action.

Results

The inactive boot environments for each Solaris computer are now visible in the Manage Solaris Boot Environment dashboard.

For systems with only one inactive boot environment, that inactive boot environment is automatically selected to use Solaris Live Upgrade. All Solaris Live Upgrade Fixlets become relevant.

What to do next

If you have a system with only one inactive boot environment, you can proceed with patching the boot environment using Fixlets.

If you have more than one inactive boot environment, you must use the Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard to identify which inactive boot environment is going to use Solaris Live Upgrade.