Unless you transition to oracle solaris 10 extended support, you will not be able to. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Solaris patchadd return codes i have collected some information over the years that i find pretty handy, so i thought it would be good to share it with you. First thing that i did was check to ensure that there were not any performance issues on any disks that might have been causing this users issues a quick iostat verified that everything was looking fine iostat continue reading verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure. But it looks like its not running as it expected i beleive. 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. Take a look at it here, and dont forget to check out the entire library with all sorts of information in it here. The newlinkname refers to any name that you want to assign to the datalink. Managing solaris patches by using the patchadd command task. Live upgrade with solaris 10 issues solutions experts. Starting with version 10 of the solaris operating system, patchadd performs validity and dependency checking among a. For example, if you were to patch a solaris 10 305 system with the latest recommended patch cluster, many of the patches relate to functionality introduced after solaris 10 305, and therefore, patches with the new functionality would fail to install.
Remember that in solaris 11 you are no longer supposed to allowed to edit files such files as etcnf directly. Solaris 10 does not mount cddvd rom reply to thread. But there are few difference while administrating idrs with patchaddpatchrm. The default user for pkgadd in solaris 10 isnoaccess. Make patchadd modify packages in the current zone only. Oracle solaris 10 system administrator certified professional upgrade exam version. Of course i make sure the dependencies are followed. This means that customers on early releases of solaris 10, such as solaris 10 0305 can install a set of patches to get the zfs feature. The oldlinkname refers to the current name of the datalink. Check solaris patch levels i had to upgrade a workstation today and needed to check the patch levels. If you are running the solaris 10 initial 305 release, you can install the following patch to enable the use of commands that accept the r option for creation of an alternate root path.
For example when i run a command say metastat and hit enter, the system hangs. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. As of the solaris 10 1008 release for sparc platforms, or if kernel update patch 7709 is applied, a new bootblk is installed. Upgrade any systems that are not running at least the solaris 10 106 os to the solaris 10 106 release. Please let me know how to trouble shoot this and which logs i can check with examples. Managing solaris patches by using the patchadd command. The only reliable exit codes are 0 and 0 see the patchadd1m man page and youll find the exit codes very rarely actually match this list unless you use the. Obviously, its also contained in all subsequent solaris 10 update releases, as update releases are cumulative. May 18, 2011 this article will help to investigate and confirm a disk failure in a solaris machine. You can also go through the below interface questions on specific category. A method of checking a system to determine which patches are appropriate.
Update 11 for solaris 10 is probably last release of solaris 10 and has some new features, which are not available if you only patching a system with recommended patches. We just installed solaris 10 at our sun t5220 server and tried to boot it up but to no avail. To avoid this issue, library name comparison is now done with valid libodm pattern instead of hardcoded library name. For example, activate and boot into the solaris 10 boot environment, and either patch the live boot environment or create another inactive boot environment, and then. Find answers to solaris 10 luupgrade patchadd fails with checkinstall. Mar 14, 2007 i had to upgrade a workstation today and needed to check the patch levels. The solaris 10 system software includes aset, which helps you monitor and control system security by automatically performing tasks you would otherwise do manually.
Most of the io errors for failing drives on the sun fire servers are related to a disk problem and not to disk backplane or cables. Oracle 10 on solaris 10 installation unix and linux forums. Some of the new oracle versions might have conflicting hardcoded names with its predecessor, such as 12c. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. May 10, 20 solaris 10 interview questions may 10, 20 by lingeswaran r 8 comments here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. The software is available in solaris 10, but for earlier releases youll need to download and install the san foundation kit and associated patches. By default, the link name is hardwarebased, such as bge0. 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.
If you are using solaris live upgrade packages from a previous release, you do not need to remove this package. How to import a trusted certificate to your package keystore. If a network entry can not be found, the default for the the. You can import this certificate from the java keystore to the package keystore become superuser or assume an equivalent role. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. I have compiled a list of return codes from the patchadd command for both solaris 9 and solaris 10, and it has come in very handy over the ages. This update was migrated from sort for details readme, files, etc. Oracle solaris 10 system administrator certified professional upgrade exam. I was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk. Posted by itsiti january 31, 2011 in solaris leave a reply. If we install from scratch, it is called initial installation, or we can upgrade solaris 7. As of the solaris 10 10 08 release for sparc platforms, or if kernel update patch 7709 is applied, a new bootblk is installed.
May 19, 2009 in fact this is indeed the case with solaris 10s new patching mechanism that was introduced when zones were introduced. Can i solve this problem from os command line, i have no idea what is this all about. Solaris 10 failed to boot console login service cannot run showing 19 of 9 messages. The rest of the live upgrade parts are working fine lucreate, etc. To avoid this issue, library name comparison is now done with valid. Aug 08, 2009 19 10 30 4 usrbinloginfo entry in crontab will execute the program a every friday at 10. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Now that some of the systems i have to regularly patch are solaris 10. In fact this is indeed the case with solaris 10s new patching mechanism that was introduced when zones were introduced. I have to test a live uprade patch with solaris 10. Command output is the same for the patchadd p and showrev p commands. Say you know the name of the file you want to upgrade. Rbac rolebased access control has been around for a while in solaris, but now root is a role by default.
Solaris patchadd return codes solarum information for. And the conflicting names fail the check on the existence of libodm in vma. The solaris 10 patchadd command correctly orders patches for you. If using live upgrade to upgrade an inactive boot environment from solaris 8 or 9 to solaris 10, you must activate and boot into the solaris 10 boot environment before patching it. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. The patchadd command cannot apply a patch or software update under the. Note that each solaris release consists of a single source base. Solaris 10 failed to boot console login service cannot run. Note the sumwlucfg package is new starting with the solaris 10 807 release. I am trying to install the oracle 10 in solaris 10 and oracle requires following.
Dont display descriptive headers and other information, just one line per patch. Before starting with upgrade it is good to check and fix any issues with current system and environment. Here we have a list of return codes that you can expect to see when patching solaris servers. If we install from scratch, it is called initial installation, or we can upgrade solaris 7 or higher version tosolaris 10. This article will help to investigate and confirm a disk failure in a solaris machine. Zfs was first shipped as part of solaris 10 606 update 2. If you dont have a solaris setup to work,just install solaris as guest operating system on vmware workstations and get a hands on experience.
On solaris 10, how do you generally troubleshoot when a system hangs. Aset performs seven tasks, making specific checks and adjustments to system files and permissions to ensure system security. Cannot get any patches to install on solaris 10 sun blade 100 807567 mar 29, 2007 7. Here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. There can be different way in which we may need to install solaris 10. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones by ramdev published october 26, 2011 updated july 2, 2015 for servers with solaris 10 os at, or near, update 1 106 or update 2 606, if nonglobal zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. To apply signed patches to your system by using the patchadd command, you must add suns root ca certificate, at the very least, to verify the signature of your signed patch.
If a network entry can not be found, the default for the the class type a, b or c is used. Chapter 21 managing solaris patches by using the patchadd. This patch installation utility cannot be used to apply solaris 1 patches. As a result, the developers are working on a cumulative set of all previous changes. However, you will end up with a nonglobal zone, even if your original system only had a single zone and if you use solaris but dont know what.
The only reliable exit codes are 0 and 0 see the patchadd1m man page and youll find the exit codes very rarely actually match this list unless you use the t option to patchadd. By default the hostname is listed in that file and the name is looked up in etcinethosts. So the question is how to make sure the solaris name service knows that it has to lookup host names in both local files as well as in dns. Cannot patch solaris 10 from solaris 8 or 9 oracle solaris blog. For example, a patch directory named 10505001, indicates that 105050 is the patch number and 01 is the revision number. For more information, see chapter 8, datalink configuration and administration, in oracle solaris administration. An idr is named similar to a patch, but with the prefix string idr. The readme option can not be used to download patch readme from. Here are examples for administering packages and patches in solaris10 os, mostly.
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