server_upgrade — Upgrade Clients of a Heterogeneous OS Server

Synopsis

/usr/sbin/server_upgrade -d install-image-dir [-p profile]

Description

When performing JumpStart installations, use the server_upgrade command to upgrade clients of a heterogeneous OS server that has different platforms (for example, SPARC or IA platforms) or platform groups (for example, sun4d, sun4L) from the OS server. This command is needed because clients of an OS server are not upgraded during a standard upgrade if the installation image does not support their platform or platform group.

The following steps describe how to use the server_upgrade command to perform a standard upgrade of an OS server and clients, followed by the steps for upgrading clients with different ...

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