- action
A name and a key attribute of a package. A package is
a collection of files, directories, links, drivers, and dependencies in a defined format. This
collection represents the installable objects of a package. This collection is referred to
as an action.
- attribute
A representation of the settings of a package or an action.
- authority
1. A person, group, or corporation that designs, creates, and publishes a package
to a repository.
2. A location that is configured to point to a repository and might
contain additional information about the package, such as the publisher of the package.
The repository, in turn, serves the packages from the (default) authority, for downloading
purposes. The developer-quality packages managed by Sun and made available through https://pkg.opensolaris.com are
an example of an authority.
- beadm utility
The beadm utility is the user interface for managing boot environments in OpenSolaris
software. The beadm command is the replacement for the Solaris Live
Upgrade commands, for example, luupgrade(1M) and lucreate(1M).
- boot environment (BE)
An instance of a bootable OpenSolaris environment consisting of a set of mount
points, file systems, ZFS datasets, and possibly non-global zones. A boot environment is
a collection of mandatory file systems that are critical to the operation of
the Solaris OS. The active boot environment is the one that is currently
booted. Exactly one active boot environment can be booted. An inactive boot environment
is not currently booted, but can be in a state of waiting for
activation on the next reboot.
- catalog
All packages in a repository published by an authority. The packages in a
catalog are associated with a specific authority.
- clone
An exact copy. For installation, a clone could be an exact copy of
an operating system, a file system, or a volume. This copy has
100–percent compatibility with the original.
- dataset
A generic name for the following ZFS entities: clones, file systems, snapshots, or
volumes. Each dataset is identified by a unique name in the ZFS namespace.
- fault management resource identifier (FMRI)
The fault management resource identifier (FMRI) is an identifier in each package. The
FMRI includes descriptive information about a package, such as the package name, version
information, date, and authority. The pkg command uses these identifiers when performing
actions on the package. See the pkg(1) Uses FMRIs section for more information.
- file system (ZFS)
A ZFS dataset of the type “filesystem” that is mounted within the standard
system namespace and behaves like other file systems.
- image
A collection of software in a package that comprises an entire operating system.
The package is suitable for installation. See ISO image, network installation image.
- ISO image
A collection of software that comprises an entire operating system in a single
file. The ISO image can be made available for distribution from the
Internet. An ISO image contains file systems suitable for creating a bootable CD
or DVD. The ISO image is bootable and is usable for installation and
other purposes.
- mirror
-
In IPS, an identical copy of data in a repository. A repository can be copied and the data resynchronized to maintain identical repositories in separate locations.
In ZFS, a virtual device that stores identical copies of data on two or more disks. If any disk in a mirror fails, any other disk in that mirror can provide the same data.
- network installation image
A collection of software that comprises the entire operating system. The image can
be installed over a local area network (LAN).
- origin repository
The original repository where the package was first published. The pkg(5) clients always
access the origin repository to obtain an authority's (repository's) catalog, even though the
clients might download package content from a mirror repository.
- package
A collection of files, directories, links, drivers, and dependencies in a defined format.
- pool
A logical group of devices describing the layout and physical characteristics of the
available storage. Space for datasets is allocated from a pool.
- preferred repository
A default repository that is the source for packages. If a user
does not explicitly specify a repository when installing and updating packages, the
preferred authority is chosen as the source for packages.
During the creation of an image, the initially specified authority is marked
as the preferred authority. Any one of the authorities associated with an
image might be set as the preferred authority by using the set-authority
command with the -P option.
- relocatable package
A package that enables a user to specify the installation path of the
package.
- repository
A location where packages are available for download. A repository can contain packages
from many authorities. Conversely, many repositories can contain packages from a single
authority. Also called the depot server.
- rollback
A reversion to the boot environment that ran prior to a specific transaction.
Use rollback when you are activating an environment and the boot environment that
is designated for booting fails or shows some undesirable behavior. Rollback is known
as fallback in Solaris Live Upgrade.
- snapshot
A read-only image of a file system or boot environment at a given
point in time. A snapshot is not bootable.
- tag
In IPS, a representation of the settings of a file.
- upgrade
An installation that merges files with existing files and preserves modifications where possible.
An upgrade of the OpenSolaris OS merges the new version of the OpenSolaris
OS with the existing files on the system's disk or disks. An upgrade
saves as many modifications as possible that you have made to the previous
version of the OS.
The OpenSolaris release use the pkg image-update command to upgrade all installed packages in the
current image to the latest available version.
- USB image
A collection of software that comprises an entire operating system in a single
file. The image that can be copied to a USB flash
drive. The usbcopy utility is the only method of copying and is available
on OpenSolaris. The USB image is a bootable image and is usable for
installation and other purposes. Note: The Distribution Constructor outputs a USB image
that might work in other types of flash memory devices, but due to
lack of driver support in Open Solaris, other devices are unlikely to work.
- ZFS file system
A ZFS dataset of type “filesystem” that is mounted within the standard system
namespace and behaves like other file systems.
