Activating inactive boot environments

The inactive boot environment that is selected for activation becomes the running boot environment after a restart. Use the Manage Solaris Boot Environment to identify the boot environments that you want to activate.

About this task

You cannot activate boot environments that are not selected for Live Upgrade.

You can activate only one inactive boot environment for each computer.

Synchronization between the running boot environment and an inactive boot environment occurs upon activation. The BES configuration file from the running boot environment is copied to the inactive boot environment for a smooth transition.

Procedure

  1. From the Manage Solaris Boot Environments dashboard, choose the inactive boot environments that you want to activate.
  2. Click Activate.
    Figure 1. Activate

    Activate

    The Take Action dialog opens. For more information about using the Take Action dialog, see the BigFixConsole 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 boot environments that you selected are now activated. These boot environments are identified as active after a restart.

What to do next

Reboot the boot environments immediately after activation.