Check Current Version

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

bash 
uname -a
SunOS storage01 5.11 snv_151a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
bash 
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.

bash 
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.

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

Update Packages

bash 
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WARNING: pkg(5) appears to be out of date, and should be updated before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.

bash 
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.

bash 
reboot

Now lets run our updates.

bash 
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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Please review release notes posted at:

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

Another reboot to get into the new boot environment.

bash 
reboot

Check Current Version

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

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