Sunday, May 31, 2009

Solaris 10 : /sbin/bootadm update-archive : After Patch Update & before Reboot

If the server is running Solaris 10 or higher, run the following command
after the patch set installation completes and before rebooting the server.
Skip this step for all versions of Solaris prior to Solaris 10.
# /sbin/bootadm update-archive

Reason:
Shutting Down a Solaris System That Uses the New SPARC Boot
Technology May Fail if Certain Software is Installed OR if Patches or
Other Layered Software Have Installed New Drivers. This issue and
its workaround are documented in the following article on Sunsolve.
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-250426-1

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