Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'pkg image-update' and BEs

2012-06-25 Thread Aneurin Price
On 25 June 2012 15:44, Michael Schuster wrote: > Hi Aneurin, > > I'd expect one of the design goals of the whole image-update process was to > work with as little interruption as possible (we had this in live upgrade > as well, so the historical precedent is fairly clear, IMO anyway): you > could

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'pkg image-update' and BEs

2012-06-25 Thread Michael Schuster
Hi Aneurin, I'd expect one of the design goals of the whole image-update process was to work with as little interruption as possible (we had this in live upgrade as well, so the historical precedent is fairly clear, IMO anyway): you could run your update, watch it finish, analyse logs etc., all wh

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 'pkg image-update' and BEs

2012-06-25 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-06-25 18:18, Aneurin Price wrote:> Hi folks, > > I have a basic newbie question: can somebody help me to understand how > exactly the boot environments created by 'pkg image-update' work? Hello, I might make a few mistakes (and welcome corrections then), but here's the way I see it (and in s

[OpenIndiana-discuss] 'pkg image-update' and BEs

2012-06-25 Thread Aneurin Price
Hi folks, I have a basic newbie question: can somebody help me to understand how exactly the boot environments created by 'pkg image-update' work? Lets say I start with the BE 'mysystem'. My initial expectation - obviously incorrect - was that performing the update would take a snapshot (call it