zfs discuss - Oct 2008 - Reboot during live upgrade from snv_97 to snv_99

Sorry if this is the wrong list, but I would like to know if this is a
known problem, or if its just me.

I''m in the middle of a live upgrade on an x86 box.

I type this command:
# luupgrade -u -n snv_99 -s /mnt

~~~output~~~
System has findroot enabled GRUB
No entry for BE <snv_99> in GRUB menu
Copying failsafe kernel from media.
Uncompressing miniroot
Uncompressing miniroot archive (Part2)
13352 blocks
Creating miniroot device
miniroot filesystem is <ufs>
Mounting miniroot at </mnt/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot>
Mounting miniroot Part 2 at </mnt/Solaris_11/Tools/Boot>
Validating the contents of the media </mnt>.
The media is a standard Solaris media.
The media contains an operating system upgrade image.
The media contains <Solaris> version <11>.
Constructing upgrade profile to use.
Locating the operating system upgrade program.
~~~/output~~~


Then the box reboots. Happened twice in a row.

Any ideas?

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 04:09:08PM -0700, Joe S wrote:
> Sorry if this is the wrong list, but I would like to know if this is a
> known problem, or if its just me.
> 
> I''m in the middle of a live upgrade on an x86 box.
> 
> I type this command:
> # luupgrade -u -n snv_99 -s /mnt
[..]
> Then the box reboots. Happened twice in a row.
The same thing happened to me until I was reminded to patch the Live
Upgrade packages on the existing system before doing the upgrade.
This fixed it:

    # cd /mnt/Solaris_11/Tools/I*
    # ./liveupgrade20 -nodisplay -noconsole
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Binary Code License Agreement
    Live Upgrade
    ...
    # cd /
    # luupgrade -u -n snv99be -s /mnt

-- 
-Gary Mills-    -Unix Support-    -U of M Academic Computing and Networking-

Thanks Gary. This solved the problem. I wish I knew where to find
these reminders in advance of doing an upgrade. I hate reboots. ;-)

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Gary Mills <mills at cc.umanitoba.ca>
wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 04:09:08PM -0700, Joe S wrote:
>> Sorry if this is the wrong list, but I would like to know if this is a
>> known problem, or if its just me.
>>
>> I''m in the middle of a live upgrade on an x86 box.
>>
>> I type this command:
>> # luupgrade -u -n snv_99 -s /mnt
> [..]
>> Then the box reboots. Happened twice in a row.
>
> The same thing happened to me until I was reminded to patch the Live
> Upgrade packages on the existing system before doing the upgrade.
> This fixed it:
>
>    # cd /mnt/Solaris_11/Tools/I*
>    # ./liveupgrade20 -nodisplay -noconsole
>    Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>    Binary Code License Agreement
>    Live Upgrade
>    ...
>    # cd /
>    # luupgrade -u -n snv99be -s /mnt
>
> --
> -Gary Mills-    -Unix Support-    -U of M Academic Computing and
Networking-
>