Rebooting to an alternate boot environment

Use the Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard to restart the current running boot environment to the boot environment that you want.

Before you begin

You must select and activate the alternate boot environment before rebooting. If you click Reboot without selecting an alternate boot environment for activation, the computer restarts to its existing state.

Procedure

  1. From the Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard, choose a computer from the Solaris Computers table.
  2. Click Reboot.
    Figure 1. Reboot to an inactive boot environment

    Reboot to an inactive boot environment

    The Take Action dialog opens. For more information about using the Take Action dialog, see the BigFix Console Operator's Guide.

  3. Select the appropriate settings.
  4. Click OK.
    It usually takes a few minutes for the targeted computers to report back their Action status.

Results

The Solaris computer restarts to the new active boot environment.