Hello Team,
I am in process to upgrade my Dev & Test SPARC Solaris 10 update 9 ldm VMs(Servers) to Solaris 10 Update 11
In Dev & Test environment I don't see all the per-requisites available such as extra disks etc to upgrade using a Live Upgrade utility. [ My OS : Oracle Solaris 10 9/10 s10s_u9wos_14a SPARC ]
I'm considering both the options for an upgrade as follows: (1) Just Patching: Through Patch Bundle released for SPARC Solaris 10 1/13 OR (2) Upgrade: Through Solaris 10 1/13 ISO image form ldom console
Concerns
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- In this 2 options I wanted to know what is difference in terms of new features / functions / utilities availability and risks involved post options (1) & (2) ?
- In PRODUCTION environment, servers are might capable for "Live Upgrade" utility to use for a said upgrade but I have to select an approach by which I will be able to achieve the same in both DEV/TEST & PROD environments.
- Is there any delta in terms of patches included in both (1) Patch Bundle for SPARC Operating Systems for Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 & (2) ISO image for Solaris 10 1/13 patches ?
- Can I still use the "Live Upgrade" tool for (1) Just Patching OR (2) OS Upgrade ? I have a plan to upgrade Oracle SOA 10g to next release, Oracle Apps Server 10g to next release & Oracle RDBMS 11g to 12c post OS patching / Upgrade activity --> In this case which option [ (1) Just Patching OR (2) OS Upgrade] will suit me to go with error free systems post upgrade to achieve the same in my both DEV/TEST & PROD environments ??
- Complete end to end steps to achieve OS Patching / Upgrade
Please let me know in case any other information required from my end.