Andrej Podzimek wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I installed OpenSolaris 2008.05 on a VMWare machine. The machine runs on a 
> remote server. (Installation from the client's CD-ROM takes *extremely* 
> long.) When I tried to upgrade the system after installation, I found out 
> that it was impossible to activate the new BE. Is it possible to fix this 
> somehow without reinstalling the whole system? I don't know what kind of 
> partition was used, as the installer (GUI) didn't say a single word about 
> that. It is a 8 GB virtual drive with one single partition on it.
> 
> A piece of output:
> 
>       andrej at prominence:~# pkg image-update
>       Checking that SUNWipkg (in '/') is up to date... 
>       DOWNLOAD                                    PKGS       FILES     XFER 
> (MB)
>       SUNWxdg-user-dirs-gtk                    597/598         0/5     
> 0.00/0.03
>       PHASE                                        ACTIONS
>       Removal Phase                            12988/12988 
>       Install Phase                            17216/17216 
>       Update Phase                             76860/76860 
>       PHASE                                          ITEMS
>       Reading Existing Index                           9/9 
>       Indexing Packages                            598/598 
>       pkg: unable to activate opensolaris-1
>       
>       
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>       NOTE: Please review release notes posted at:
>          http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/
>       
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>               
>       andrej at prominence:~# df
>       Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
>       rpool/ROOT/opensolaris
>                              4939301   3452940   1486361  70% /
>       swap                   1672184       740   1671444   1% 
> /etc/svc/volatile
>       /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap1.so.1
>                              4939301   3452940   1486361  70% /lib/libc.so.1
>       swap                   1671452         8   1671444   1% /tmp
>       swap                   1671484        40   1671444   1% /var/run
>       rpool/ROOT/opensolaris/opt
>                              1490055      3695   1486361   1% /opt
>       rpool/export           1486380        19   1486361   1% /export
>       rpool/export/home      1639860    153500   1486361  10% /export/home
>       rpool                  1486419        59   1486361   1% /rpool
>       rpool/ROOT             1486379        18   1486361   1% /rpool/ROOT
>       rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1
>                              5276842   3790481   1486361  72% /tmp/tmp8NgB9n
>       rpool/ROOT/opensolaris-1/opt
>                              1490054      3694   1486361   1% 
> /tmp/tmp8NgB9n/opt
>               
>       andrej at prominence:~# beadm list
>       
>       BE            Active Active on Mountpoint     Space 
>       Name                 reboot                   Used 
>       ----          ------ --------- ----------     -----
>       opensolaris   yes    yes       /              3.56G
>       opensolaris-1 no     no        /tmp/tmp8NgB9n 2.19G
>       
> So I unmounted the image called opensolaris-1... But things got even worse.
> 
>       andrej at prominence:~# BE_PRINT_ERR=1; export BE_PRINT_ERR;

try BE_PRINT_ERR=true here.

>       andrej at prominence:~# beadm activate opensolaris-1
>       beadm: Unable to activate opensolaris-1

This looks like you're probably hitting 2302 which is a ZFS bug fixed in build 
98.

>       andrej at prominence:~# beadm mount opensolaris-1
>       beadm: Unable to mount opensolaris-1

For the beadm mount sub-command you need to provide a mount point.

> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andrej
> 
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