1. Project: Caiman, Solaris Install Revisited
   1. Developer Information
   2. Discussions
   3. Blogs
   4. Leaders
   5. Observers
   6. Files
   7. Caiman Program Meeting
      1. Caiman Program Meeting Minutes
         1. MInutes from 2007 meetings
   8. Distribution Constructor Project
      1. Distribution Constructor Meetings
      2. Design Notes
         1. Language Notes
         2. TI_Notes
         3. transfer_Notes
         4. Enhanced SMF Profile Research Notes
         5. Finalizer Prototype
      3. Distribution Constructor Documentation
         1. Getting Started
   9. Slim Install Project
      1. Slim Install Announcements
      2. UI Specification
      3. Slim UI Roadmap
      4. Issues Tracked for Oct 2007
      5. Slim Install Documentation
         1. Welcome to Indiana!
            1. Roadmap
            2. System Requirements
            3. Prototype Limitations
            4. Multiboot Prep
            5. Partitioning
            6. How to Install
            7. nwam(1) Man Page
            8. GParted
            9. Parallels
      6. Slim Install Meetings
         1. Minutes for Aug 8
         2. Minutes from Aug 21
         3. Minutes from Aug 28
         4. Minutes from Sep 4
         5. Minutes from Sept 11
         6. Minutes from Sept 25
         7. Minutes from Jan 15 2008
         8. Minutes Jan 22
         9. Minutes from Feb 5
         10. Minutes from March 11
   10. Snap Upgrade Project
       1. Meetings
          1. Minutes
       2. Snap Upgrade Design Documentation
       3. Design notes, Thoughts etc...
          1. Upgrading Containers Requirements
       4. Snap Upgrade Test
   11. Automated Installation Project
       1. Automated Installer Requirements
   12. Dwarf Caiman Project
       1. Dwarf Project Team Meetings
       2. Dwarf Caiman Demo Page
   13. Events
   14. News

Snap Upgrade (Tech Lead: Ethan Quach)

The goal of Snap Upgrade is to leverage ZFS cloning so that an upgrade is performed on a copy of the system, using new package tools and the image packaging system to update the system to a new set of packages obtained from either media or a network repository. This upgrade will include support for installed native-brand zones. Since an upgrade will be done to a clone of the system, reversing the upgrade will be a supported operation.

Key Requirements and Functionality

• For Preview 1:
  
  • Nothing planned.
    
  
  
• Phase I:
  
  • Clear definition of a ZFS BE (dataset layout)
  • Provide a cli to manage BEs.
  • Provide a BE library to support the installer and pkg(5).
  
  
• Phase II ...
  • Supports upgrade from S10 or later (this includes SXCE).
  • GUI installer provides a migration path from UFS to ZFS root; this is not reversible.
    
  • BE cli provides migration path from UFS to ZFS root.
  • Support upgrade of installed native-branded zones.
    

Dependencies

• Image packaging system
• ZFS boot

Assumptions

• IPS pkg(5) will be able to:
  • upgrade a system mounted at some altroot.
  • upgrade a zone mounted at some altroot.
  • upgrade a system installed with old packaging (S10 or later)

Investigate

• Upgrade with DSR
  
  • What needs to be there for IPS to eval and upgrade a pre-IPS image?
• Zone upgrade
  
  • Cloned zones space usage in upgraded BE
    
  • Additional software in zones
    
• Diskless clients
  
  • Do we need to continue to support this
    

Resources

• 3 Development Engineers
• 1 Test Engineer