Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Chapter 8 sun solaris 10 update 6 x86x64 fibre channel. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Solaristm 10 sparc not x86 oracle fibre channel fc hba. I just installed ibmsdd on solaris diver along with the patches. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 8. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. After luactivate, trying to boot into solaris 10 but system is throwing below messages on console, configuring devices. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems before you install the solaris patch, make sure that you have backed up the files listed in preinstallation considerations. To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os.
But, if this is your first time connecting remote storage to solaris, there are a number of configuration tasks that will be new to you if you have only worked with directly attached scsi arrays or suns legacy fibre channel arrays such as the. This version of pca patch check advanced allows to maintain solaris os patches using oracle solaris premier subscriptions and oracle csi account instead of the sunsolve account with sun contract. A design flaw in the ssh specification could allow a man in themiddle attacker to recover up to 32 bits of plaintext from an sshprotected connection in the standard configuration. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun. Starting from a clean installation of solaris on the server, we applied the sun patches as indicated above and then installed two pcibased jni host bus adapters.
I hope oracle is not going to abandon solaris 10 in sake of their new solaris 11 express release. The hak does not run on solaris 10 sparc that is earlier than. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear. Solarissanconfigurationand multipathingguide sunmicrosystems,inc. And of course there is lot of engineering activity involved in certifying a process, that defines the guidelines on what hardware software matrix should be used for stabled operating environment. Postinstallation patches for the sun solaris 10 update 6 os. Apr 30, 2011 if you are using the solaris 9 or solaris 8 401 min releases, you can download and install the latest sfs package san 4. Hp san configuration our second installation was performed connecting an hp san model xp1024 to the sun 220r server. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and before choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. The sun patch page provides all the patches for your specific system configuration.
Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. I wrote a database to track server information, and gathered information from over 350 servers each day and imported the data into a searchable database. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Using the solaris desktops local system administration with solaris management console smc configuring the openboot firmware.
According to research sun solaris has a market share of about 3. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. We no need to bring down the server to single user mode if you are using live upgrade method during pathing and b efore choosing live upgrade,make sure you are using zfs as a root filesystem. Solaris trusted extensions installation and configuration for solaris 10 1106 and solaris 10 807 releases. Certain software packages, patches, or drivers must be installed on the host, as detailed in the. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. September 2008 to october 2014 analytical systems, inc disa decc san antonio san antonio, texas i applied solaris patches, checked system integrity, and insured the performance of our servers. The patch administrator analyzes individual servers to determine which patches must be acquired and installed to comply with organizational standards. This chapter describes how to manually install the sun solaris 10 update 6 x86x64 fc os. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem.
San diego, ca 92121 san diego 858 5461400 solaris 10 system administration part i course overview length. My forte is in debian and rhel, and im at a loss as to why patches would cause everything to remain working, but at a hindered rate, or rather why io going to. Dec 11, 2010 in fact, oracle has migrated all sun servers hosting solaris patches to its own servers. Now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10 ones, i have to get used to the new patch return codes which one can see when applying one of the suns recommended patchsets.
Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes. For an example,if your systems are running with solaris 10 807 update4,then select that and select the right platform. Download pca for system registered with oracle csi. Solaris 10 operating system solaris 10 106 solaris 10. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. For solaris 10, use the oracle update manager to install the latest patches. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. Solaris 10 sparc 64bit server and client recommended patch set dated june 2011 or newer.
Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you can start os patch bundle download. Solaris 10 includes suns java desktop system jds, which is based on. On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has been. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. For more information, see creating and modifying snapshot jobs. Veritas recommends that you download the patch set dated june 2011 or newer from the oracle support website. Configuring solaris 10 host with san storage configuring san storage is usual task of system administration in enterprise network environment. How you configure lun security and fabric zoning depends on the operating system mix and the san configuration. Feb 27, 2017 this article applies to oracle solaris releases 10 305 through 01. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. But, if this is your first time connecting remote storage to solaris, there are a number of configuration tasks that will be new to you if you have only worked with directly attached scsi arrays or suns legacy fibre channel arrays such as. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris. For non sun san storage, it is required to register the provider scsi. Contractor, solaris and redhat systems administrator resume.
This procedure provides commands for the solaris 10 807 release. Patch management overview and workflow documentation for. Solaris tm 10 sparc not x86 oracle fibre channel fc hba driver and firmware san patch matrix doc id 11825. For the release you are using, see the solaris live upgrade documentation on docs. If you are using the solaris 9 or solaris 8 401 min releases, you can download and install the latest sfs package san 4. Nexentastor optimized for storage workloads, based on nexenta os. By default, if run without any option or operand, pca shows a list of all patches which are not installed in their most recent revision. Patch management for solaris 10 server oracle community. Patch management for solaris 10 server pascal kreyeroracle may 12, 2014 11. Contractor, solaris and redhat systems administrator. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. Veritas storage foundation also supports alua starting with version 5.
Using the solaris desktops local system administration with solaris management console smc configuring the openboot firmware managing boot procedures with grub. Supported solaris and data ontap features netapp support. Operating systems solaris solaris 10, adding new lun from san. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. As per part of take over i need to apply latest security patch in solaris 10 zone1,zone2 and zone3, but global is solaris 11. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. This article applies to oracle solaris releases 10 305 through 01. Snapshot jobs snapshots can record the configuration of patches on a target server at a specific point in time. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun java. Chapter 5, configuring san devices, provides high level overviews of the.
Click on that highlighted link to get the below screen where you. If you intend to use solaris 8 or solaris 9, follow the oracle storedge san. Please note that other configurations have been seen to cause io errors. Presumably, it is not yet integrated into the oracle support portal and solaris system utilities. The fix was introduced with patch 14744019 in solaris 10 and with sru 10. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Sparc patch list solaris 10 1009 patch list oracle docs. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. Solaris 10 operating system solaris 10 106 solaris 10 1.
Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000. Change the svc or storwize v7000 host configuration so that the host type is tpgs. Oracle has added loads of new features to the networking stack of solaris 11. San media servers cannot back up data that resides on other clients. The host utilities support san booting with both the veritas dmp and mpxio. If you are using solaris live upgrade from another release, you might need slightly different procedures. I upgraded some solaris 10 u8 boxes this weekend, and in the last few days weve noticed that io to the san drives, not the local ones, takes on order of 210x as long as it should. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. A design flaw in the ssh specification could allow a maninthemiddle attacker to recover up to 32 bits of plaintext from an sshprotected connection in the standard configuration. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by iain thomson in san francisco 19 apr 2017 at 00.
Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line cli march 11, 2008 by kevin all the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont understand. The information in this document applies to any platform. There are lot of opportunities from many reputed companies in the world. Run luxadm display devrdskcxtydzs2 where cxtydzs2 is a svc or storwize v7000 device. After quite successful evaluation of running mysql on solaris 10 we decided to move all our. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. This os includes sun storagetek san foundation software with the sun 2gbit and 4gbit fibre channel fc hba drivers, and the sun storagetek traffic manager software. The solaris sfs fca emlxs driver is distributed by sun as part of the solaris 10 operating environment, with driver updates distributed as part of solaris updates and patches.
The version of sunssh running on the remote host has an information disclosure vulnerability. Patch management refers to the acquisition, testing, and installation of patches. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. If the solaris sfs fca emlxs driver is not already installed, obtain and install the solaris 10 or opensolaris packages. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. The best sun solaris administration interview questions. Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10.
San media servers are netbackup media servers that back up their own data. Solaris san configuration and multipathing guide oracle docs. How to apply a patch when using solaris live upgrade. If youre looking for sun solaris administration interview questions for experienced or freshers, you are at right place. With solaris 10, patching the global zone will install the patches on all zones by default, unless the affected package isnt installed on the target zone or you explicitly ask to install the patch on the global zone only g. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Emulex fc hba version not applicable to not applicable release na qlogic fc hba version not applicable to not applicable release na. Url of your solaris 10 patch server, usually installed on the vdcf. For example, a san media server is useful if the data volume consumes so much network bandwidth that it affects your network negatively. Solaris 10 sparc 64bit server and client update 4 0807 and newer. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. For solaris 89, install the latest oracle storedge san software available from oracle website with associated patches.
Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbupes 7. Fabric zoning and lun security for multiple operating systems. Well be discussing the new features in solaris 11 network stack and also compare it with solaris 10 where ever applicable. Thanked 0 times in 0 posts solaris 10, adding new lun from san storage. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 10 host. Solaristm 10 sparc not x86 oracle fibre channel fc. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. However it appears you dont need solaris 10 patches since youre running solaris express. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. San media servers are useful for certain situations.
Solaris 10 system administration part i course overview. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. Within the storage area network san, the clusters may be homogeneous all the same operating system or they may be heterogeneous mixed operating systems. The server is supported on update 4 0807 and newer. One of the best things i like about solaris 11 over solaris 10 is the huge change in the network stack in solaris 11. Solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs. Configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. By jason mccullough, july 11, 2003 storage area networks have moved from the cutting edge to almost commonplace. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways.
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