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Check Current Version

The important thing to notice here is snv_151a, which means that it is Solaris 11 Express.

# uname -a
SunOS storage01 5.11 snv_151a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

# cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 11 Express snv_151a X86
Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
Assembled 04 November 2010

Display the Current IPS Repositories

This will show you the repositories configured on your system.

# pkg publisher
PUBLISHER                             TYPE     STATUS   URI
solaris                               origin   online   http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release/

Configure the IPS Repository

If you don’t already have the repository configured you will need to configure it.

# pkg set-publisher -g http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release solaris

Update Packages

# pkg update
WARNING: pkg(5) appears to be out of date, and should be updated before
running update.  Please update pkg(5) using 'pfexec pkg install
pkg:/package/pkg' and then retry the update.

As it mentions we need to install the updated version of pkg to preceed with update installation.

# pkg install pkg
Packages to update:     5
Create boot environment:   Yes
DOWNLOAD                                  PKGS       FILES    XFER (MB)
Completed                                  5/5     485/485      3.5/3.5

PHASE                                        ACTIONS
Removal Phase                                   1/58
Warning - directory /tmp/tmpw15nh0/usr/share/man/cat1m not empty or not expected during operation - contents preserved in /tmp/tmpw15nh0/var/pkg/lost+found/usr/share/man/cat1m-20120528T202140Z
Removal Phase                                  58/58
Install Phase                                199/199
Update Phase                                 465/465

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Package State Update Phase                     10/10
Package Cache Update Phase                       5/5
Image State Update Phase                         2/2

A clone of solaris exists and has been updated and activated.
On the next boot the Boot Environment solaris-1 will be mounted on '/'.
Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE.

Now we need to reboot into the new boot environment.

# reboot

Now lets run our updates.

# pkg update
Packages to remove: 272
Packages to install: 207
Packages to update: 577
Create boot environment: Yes
Create backup boot environment:  No

DOWNLOAD                                  PKGS       FILES    XFER (MB)
Completed                              1056/1056 68642/68642 1042.2/1042.2

PHASE                                        ACTIONS
Removal Phase                            29017/29017
Install Phase                            72725/72725
Update Phase                             72453/72453

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Package State Update Phase                 1633/1633
Package Cache Update Phase                   849/849
Image State Update Phase                         2/2

A clone of solaris-1 exists and has been updated and activated.
On the next boot the Boot Environment solaris-2 will be
mounted on '/'.  Reboot when ready to switch to this updated BE.

The following unexpected or editable files and directories were
salvaged while executing the requested package operation; they
have been moved to the displayed location in the image:

var/saf -> /tmp/tmpe27V3b/var/pkg/lost+found/var/saf-20120528T233642Z
var/sadm/system/logs -> /tmp/tmpe27V3b/var/pkg/lost+found/var/sadm/system/logs-20120528T233642Z
var/run -> /tmp/tmpe27V3b/var/pkg/lost+found/var/run-20120528T233642Z
etc/saf/zsmon -> /tmp/tmpe27V3b/var/pkg/lost+found/etc/saf/zsmon-20120528T233642Z
etc/saf -> /tmp/tmpe27V3b/var/pkg/lost+found/etc/saf-20120528T233642Z

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NOTE: Please review release notes posted at:

http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=E23824&id=SERNS

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Another reboot to get into the new boot environment.

# reboot

Check Current Version

The “11.0″ is what we are looking for.  You are now on the release version Solaris 11.

# uname -a
SunOS storage01 5.11 11.0 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

# cat /etc/release
Oracle Solaris 11 11/11 X86
Copyright (c) 1983, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
Assembled 18 October 2011