Upgrade Solaris 6 and 7 to 8 issues

[gonzilla]

Hi,

Are there any major issues to consider when upgrading version 6 or 7 to version 8? I just mean general snags and areas of concern, not totally specific issues. Is there a list of known issues somewhere that I can download?

Thanks for your help.

-Tyler

 

[jad]

umm ... backup the whole system first ...

sendmail configuration has changed significantly ...
umm, CDE got better (less crashes)

disk space required is significant, more than 6 or 7 ...

/usr + /usr/openwin needs 900Mb, plus any non-standard stuff, and that was a problem for us in upgrading (we had specified a 600Mb partition for Sol7, and had to destroy the Sol7 to install Sol8, not upgrade)

umm ... but it seems to do a lot of stuff ok.

I still recommend the full backup first.

ohh ... if you're using i86pc, and you have ISA cards in your machine, there is a lot less support for them, especially SCSI cards, you'd best check for compatability first (you can also check by booting to the floppy disk/cdrom and checking the device configuration for any unknowns or missings)

 

[gonzilla]

Thanks jad! That helps a lot. I will pass this on to our UNIX admins.

-Tyler