If you are upgrading OpenSolaris installations prior to build 93 to the latest, remember to follow the instructions carefully:
http://opensolaris.org/os/project/indiana/resources/rn3/image-update/
For snv_86 rc3 upgrades, you need to follow right through steps 6-9. Failure to upgrade the grub information results in an unusable image. Thanks to my colleague Thorsten for the tip!
If you are scratching your head wondering what the heck the title was meant to be, well, because of the change in packaging system used in OpenSolaris called Indiana (Image Packaging System), the Open HA Cluster community will have a new project called Colorado which will enable users to deploy a minimal cluster by pulling in only the required packages.
The proposal has received good support from the community. There are quite a few challenges like change of K shell from ksh88 to ksh93 and other dependencies etc.
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