summary: Solaris 10 best upgrade policy ?

From: Riccardo Veraldi <Riccardo.Veraldi_at_cnaf.infn.it>
Date: Tue Oct 13 2009 - 09:40:44 EDT
I upgraded to latest Solaris 10 update 8 but in this way I lost complitely
all the CSW repository packages I had installed.

is there a way to preserve them upon solaris upgrade from  DVD ?

thanks

Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 01:55:23AM -0700, Riccardo Veraldi wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>> I have solaris 10 on SunBlade 1000.
>>
>> If I want to keep my system up to date with latest Soalris 10 versions
>> what is the best way to do it ?
>> I mean solaris version and not only system patches.
>>
>> is it ok to use PCA program or should I make a update from DVD everytime 
>> a new Solaris 10 DVD
>> is released ?
>> In this case Updating from Soalris 10 DVD is a safe operation ?
>>     
>
> I use PCA in tandem with LiveUpgrade (which involves planning ahead to
> ensure you have adequate space/disk slices for alternate boot
> environments).
>
> Ray
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