MPXIO is not enabled in the miniroot for Solaris 10. It was enabled in
build s10_54 and was backed out in s10_57 because it was breaking
existing jumpstart profiles.

- Sundar

Dave Bevans wrote On 08/08/06 10:24,:

> More information on the OS upgrade issue...
>
> This is from the customer...
> When I'm running in the multi-user state, all of the SAN devices show
> up as c7 devices (mpxio) and the internals show up as c1.  When I boot
> off of DVD, the SAN devices are still there, but they're translated
> back to c0 and c1 devices and the internals are c3, (i.e...mpxio isn't
> in control).
>
> The gentleman that I'm working for here, opened a case way back when,
> #65058360.  Can you find out whether mpxio is in the miniroot?  ...and
> if it is, it doesn't appear to be working.
>
> I'll call you in a minute.
>
> Jerry
>
> James Carlson wrote:
>
>>Dave Bevans writes:
>>  
>>
>>>I have a customer that is trying to upgrade the OS from Solaris 10 1/06 
>>>to 6/06 from CD-ROM. He's running into problems when trying to upgrade 
>>>the zones.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Stop there.  It's not (yet) possible to upgrade an S10 system with
>>non-global zones configured using CDs.
>>
>>It's possible _only_ with the DVD image.
>>
>>  
>>
>>>His zones are located on a SAN device which isn't recognized 
>>>while booted to CD. He also says he has mpxio configured which is also 
>>>creating issues. I tried to explain to the customer that the issue is 
>>>with the OS that he's booting from not having any support for the SAN 
>>>device.
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>No, that's not the problem.
>>
>>  
>>
>>>He came back to me and explained that he was told by Sun that 
>>>this is a supported configuration and there should be a process to 
>>>upgrade this.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any ideas on how this should work. Can it be done?
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>If he switches to either DVD or netinstall, yes.
>>
>>  
>>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Dave
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