SUMMARY: Solaris 8 to 9 upgrade problem with disk space

From: Pawel Branski <pawel.branski_at_foreseeresults.com>
Date: Tue Nov 23 2004 - 13:15:53 EST
Thank you to Caper Dik for help - /usr file system was over 68% full.

I was able to get the procedure to work.  I used jump start server with
Solaris 09/04.  The upgrade recognized the SVM with out any problems - I
did not have to un-mirror root.
The problem I had was with the /usr file system too small.

Pawel

-----Original Message-----
From: sunmanagers-bounces@sunmanagers.org
[mailto:sunmanagers-bounces@sunmanagers.org] On Behalf Of Pawel Branski
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:45 AM
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Cc: pbranski@gmail.com
Subject: Solaris 8 to 9 upgrade problem with disk space

Hi,



I am working on the Solaris 8 to Solaris 9 upgrade procedure.  The
system is running Solaris 8 recommended patch level 08/04 with SVM
(SDS), used to mirror the internal drives.

According to sun docs starting from 04/04 upgrade will recognize SVM -
this seems to be working.

According to sun docs I would need around 2GB of free space to have full
release of Solaris 9 installed.



During the upgrade process installation I am always asked to provide
more disk space.  The original swap file I have was 1.38GB size, I
thought this could be a problem - so I have created additional swap
space on slice 6 - size 5.00GB - still the same problem.  I am attaching
some stats from the system as well as the error message from the
installation process.

I try the installation from Jump server and from the CD.



Please let me know what I am missing in this procedure.  I will
summarize.



Thank you,



Pawel



Info from installation process:



Searching disks for upgradable Solaris root devices...

The following root devices were found to be upgradable:



        Release         Root Device

        -----------     --------------

        Solaris 8       d30 (c0t0d0s0 c0t1d0s0)



Searching for locations to accommodate a temporary copy of the Solaris

installation software.  Swap slices are usually erased at reboot, so it
is

preferable to place the Solaris installation software on slice labeled
swap.



No swap slices that begin at the first usable cylinder have enough space

to accommodate a temporary copy of the Solaris installation software.



Using a slice that begins at the first usable cylinder allows the most

flexibility during filesystem layout. If you are doing an initial
install and

you are not preserving any filesystems, you can re-partition a disk with
the

swap slice starting at the first usable cylinder.



.

<snap>

.



Select the products you would like to install.



 [ ]  0  Solaris 9 Documentation 1of2    0.0 MB

 [ ]  1  Solaris 9 Documentation 2of2    0.0 MB

 [ ]  2  Solaris 9 Extra Value Software    0.0 MB

 [ ]  3  Solaris 9 Software Supplement CD    0.0 MB

 [ ]  4  Java(TM) Enterprise System    0.0 MB



   Enter the number corresponding to a product to view its information.

   Enter n when finished [n]



To scan for additional products, select the location you wish to scan.

Products found at the selected location that are in a Web Start Ready
install

form will be added to the Products list.



1. None

2. CD/DVD

3. Kiosk Download

4. Local or Network File System



   Web Start Ready product scan location [1]:



Selecting custom packages allows you to add or remove packages from the
Solaris

Software Group.  When selecting which packages to add or remove, you
need to

know about software dependencies and how Solaris software is packaged.
Do you

want to select custom packages for the upgrade?



   Enter y to customize, enter n to skip customization. [n]



Testing the upgrade profile, please wait... -





The selected Software exceeds the available disk space.



The Solaris operating environment selected to upgrade contains

a metadevice. Disk Space Re-allocation is not allowed.



Please do one of the following:



> Deselect some software to be installed.

> Choose another version of Solaris to upgrade. (If available)

> Go back and select Initial Install.

> Exit the installation.



   <Press ENTER to continue>



Format info from drive 0



Part      Tag    Flag     Cylinders         Size            Blocks

  0       root    wm    1000 -  4499        4.82GB    (3500/0/0)
10111500

  1       swap    wu       1 -   999        1.38GB    (999/0/0)
2886111

  2     backup    wm       0 - 24619       33.92GB    (24620/0/0)
71127180

  3 unassigned    wm    6002 -  6037       50.78MB    (36/0/0)
104004

  4        usr    wm    4501 -  5500        1.38GB    (1000/0/0)
2889000

  5        var    wm    5502 -  6001      705.32MB    (500/0/0)
1444500

  6       swap    wu    6038 -  9667        5.00GB    (3630/0/0)
10487070

  7 unassigned    wm       0                0         (0/0/0)
0





vfstab file info:



fd      -       /dev/fd fd      -       no      -

/proc   -       /proc   proc    -       no      -

/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1       -       -       swap    -       no      -

/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s6       -       -       swap    -       no      -`

/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1       -       -       swap    -       no      -

/dev/md/dsk/d30 /dev/md/rdsk/d30        /       ufs     1       no
-



/dev/md/dsk/d33 /dev/md/rdsk/d33       /usr       ufs     1       no
-

/dev/md/dsk/d32 /dev/md/rdsk/d32        /var       ufs     1       no
-



#/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4      /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s4      /usr    ufs     1
no      -

#/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s5      /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s5      /var    ufs     1
no      -

swap    -       /tmp    tmpfs   -       yes     -



File system usage stats:



/dev/md/dsk/d30      4976532   57497 4869270     2%    /

/dev/md/dsk/d33      1399171  793206  549999    60%    /usr

/proc                      0       0       0     0%    /proc

fd                         0       0       0     0%    /dev/fd

mnttab                     0       0       0     0%    /etc/mnttab

/dev/md/dsk/d32       678457  129646  487750    21%    /var

swap                 9827176       8 9827168     1%    /var/run

swap                 9827232      64 9827168     1%    /tmp
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