[indiana-discuss] Problem updating 2008.05 to build 95

[Mark R. Bowyer]

df is just showing you the space in the current active BE.  I think "zfs
list" is what you want, but I'm not on Solaris yet this morning.

Ta,
Mark.

Martin Man wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Mark R. Bowyer wrote:
>> I had this problem when I ran out of ZFS partition space, so it wasn't
>> able to copy the data in the promotion.  This was on a multi-boot
>> laptop with only 10GB set aside for OpenSolaris.  After a few updates,
>> it used up nearly all the disk and I'm now stuck booting to the BE
>> before the update, unable to activate and clean up the latest one.
> 
> # df -h
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> rpool/ROOT/opensolaris
>                       7.6G  3.2G  4.4G  42% /
> swap                  448M  740K  447M   1% /etc/svc/volatile
> /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
>                       7.6G  3.2G  4.4G  42% /lib/libc.so.1
> swap                  447M  8.0K  447M   1% /tmp
> swap                  447M   44K  447M   1% /var/run
> rpool/ROOT/opensolaris/opt
>                       4.4G  3.7M  4.4G   1% /opt
> rpool/export          4.4G   19K  4.4G   1% /export
> rpool/export/home     4.4G   21M  4.4G   1% /export/home
> rpool                 4.4G   60K  4.4G   1% /rpool
> rpool/ROOT            4.4G   18K  4.4G   1% /rpool/ROOT
> 
> 
>> I'm waiting for the next CD image, and will then repartition and
>> reinstall from scratch, I think.
>>
>> But check how much space you have left, and whether there's any
>> snapshots you can clear out to make room?  I'd be surprised if you
>> went straight from install to update, though.  How much space did you
>> partition for it?
> 
> Yes, it was straight install + upgrade to see how smooth the process is.
> In fact it's a scratchpad 10G inside Parallels so I don't mind starting
> from scratch with a bigger hard drive.
> 
>> Ta,
>> Mark.
> 
> thanx,
> Martin
> 
>>
>> Martin Man wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have installed fresh opensolaris 2008.05 and tried to image-update
>>> it to latest snv_95 according to the instructions given here:
>>>
>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/image-update/
>>>
>>> I have successfully performed all steps, however last command filed
>>> like this (after enabling BE_PRINT_ERR=true):
>>>
>>> # beadm activate opensolaris-1
>>> set_canmount: failed to promote dataset (rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1)
>>> be_activate: failed to set canmount dataset property
>>> beadm: Unable to activate opensolaris-1
>>>
>>>
>>> I have tried to googe for help but haven't found any solution,
>>>
>>> thanx for your help,
>>> Martin
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