This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. If you are a solaris administrator looking for a stepbystep guide to. Where you have many servers it does make sense to have your own local. In other words, oracle patched the remote root hole now dubbed cve20173623 back in january 2012 for solaris 10, and solaris 11 is not affected. Singleuser mode patch application you must bring computers into singleuser mode to prepare them for kernellevel or clusterlevel patching. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching glynn fosteroracle mar 3, 2016 12. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. For a customer on an early version of solaris 10, such as solaris 10 0305, solaris 10 106 update 1, or solaris 10 606 update 2, there is a very significant amount of code change delivered, for example, in the current kernel patch compared with the original kernels delivered in these releases. Some applications require a specific set of patches in order to function properly.
To list the applied patches or to dertermine the presence of a specific patch, use the showrev command. Download pca for system registered with oracle csi. People are finding when trying to boot or install solaris 11 on relatively old hardware, they are getting output similar. Performing solaris 11 patch analysis documentation. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. This video demonstrates steps to update patch repository for solaris 11 patches.
For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root. Hi i have a sun m4000 with 1 global and 4 nonglobal zones running solaris. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgrading patching solaris. Oracle solaris 11 uses a completely new approach for package management. The image packaging system, pkg 5, is a framework that provides for software lifecycle management such as installation, upgrade, and removal of packages.
Ips is an integrated solution that helps automate and ease the complexity of managing system software on oracle solaris 11 by integrating patching with package updates. Ibm bigfix provides a method for using local repositories to store patch updates for solaris 11. Ibm bigfix patch for solaris provides unified, realtime visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all solaris endpoints from a single console. Installation is easy and fast, and can be customized with additional software using the oracle solaris. System patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator.
If this system does not have the solaris 11 cpu package installed, identify the solaris 11 cpu package for the sru that is installed, and query that package remotely. Ensure that you have installed the scripts for the solaris 11 patching solution, as described in installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11. This document contains an index of all oracle solaris 11. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. In this example, the second patch bundle called sru2 has been installed on oracle solaris 11, update 0. Parted magic, gparted live cdrom, acronis etc ive also tried writing out the partiton table with. I was trying to upgrade to the latest patch level, but in single user mode while updating patch cluster i get. Now with image packaging system ips a system administrator can install, update and search packages from local or remote repository. 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. Unzip the solaris recommended patch cluster file in vartmp. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. End of support for legacy hardware lildude solaris11endofsupportforlegacyhardware 20111111t09. 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 necessary procedure for system administrators is when and how to update the production environment in use at a company.
How to patch a live system mirrored with svm blogo thnet. But eventually all good things must continue reading how to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. Ibm endpoint manager is pleased to announce support for solaris 11. The documentation from oracle is your best friend when it comes to solaris questions the short answer is that pkg update or pkg update accept will update solaris to the most recent packages available from the ips repositories you have enabled on your system the long answer. Hi gurus i am not able to find the patching procedure for solaris 10 sol10 u11 to latest patchset with sun cluster having failover zones so that same i should follow. The installation of solaris will normally provide you with the internet based repositories based in oracle. I have had no problems with this version until now when i upgrade our oracle database 12c to 12. Updated solaris 11 support statement to include v10. What is the best method to run patch for live systesms. The steps for updating an oracle solaris 11 system with software. Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference. Sep 10, 2015 system patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator.
Solaris recommended patch clusters do not upgrade solaris to the next minor revision, for example from 0404 to 0408, you stay on the same revision as you was. Updating the software on your oracle solaris 11 system. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Patch check advanced pca generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads patches. If a package is constrained, an appropriate message indicating why it has been constrained is provided. Regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch. With ips, you can update all of the packages on your system that have available updates, or you can update individual packages that are not constrained by the system. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. How to update oracle solaris 11 systems from oracle support repositories. Oracle solaris 11 can be installed in a number of different ways from a hands free server based automated installation to a text or graphical installation live media. For more information on this topic refer bmc online. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. For example, if this system is running oracle solaris 11.
The goal of this topic is to demonstrate how to perform patch analysis and remediation for oracle solaris 11 systems using bmc server. System administrators can patch a system image rapidly without impacting the boot. It can be the only tool you ever need for patch management, be it on a single machine or a complete network. Solaris 10 patching issue i have a t5220 server and the patch level is. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Wikis apply the wisdom of crowds to generating information for users interested in a particular subject. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Patch management for solaris now supports solaris 11. The solaris patch manager tool provides all the necessary features in one application. That being said, solaris packages are usually locked into a particular set of revisions via a meta package called entire.
Show applied patches or check for a specific patch in solaris. For the list of service alerts affecting each oracle solaris 11. This provides a simple way to install, update and manage software across your solaris 11 platforms. Solaris 11 patching updating patch repository part2. I need some one to explain this steps as i am new to this. So, i just installed the missing packages from the install media. It is normally not possible to manually install a package from a newer release of solaris 11. It is also important to know whether the solaris kernel you are patching is 32 or 64bit. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. This is command used for installing recommended cluster, the most. Customized solaris installation and patching experience. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10.
Determining oracle solaris 11 os package update version. Read how to determine if the solaris kernel is 32 or 64bit for more information. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. Jun 10, 2012 zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. Most of the solaris administrators will search for solaris 11 os patch bundle like how we use to get for solaris 10 but you wont get it. Do you want to see how future patch architecture is changing. In this example, there have been no updates to the initial release. Installing solaris 11 x86 step by step tech support. Any one of the cli tools mentioned for solaris will provide an easy process to automate patch management. After quite successful evaluation of running mysql on solaris 10 we decided to move all. Solaris 11 introduces the ips or image packaging system. If this system does not have the solaris11cpu package installed, identify the solaris11cpu package for the sru that is installed, and query that package remotely. To see the available versions, use the following command. And when we are doing it online, it involves much more than just running patchadd commands.
Jun 06, 2018 solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. It resolves dependencies between patches and installs them in correct order. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris. Howto update your oracle solaris 11 systems using support. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle.
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. It keeps your solaris clients current with the latest oracle updates. Creating a baseline for singleuser mode create a baseline to modify a solaris patch fixlet for singleuser. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. Solaris 11 ips software repositories the urban penguin. To perform patch analysis for solaris 11 servers, you create and run an nsh script job from the provided solaris 11 patching script. May 19, 2009 solaris 10 patch return codes may 19, 2009 by gleb reys 4 comments 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. Performing a solaris 11 patch analysis documentation for. Take an instance, there are sol1 and sol2 nodes and having two failover zones like sozone1rg and sozone2rg and currently. Apr 19, 2017 in other words, oracle patched the remote root hole now dubbed cve20173623 back in january 2012 for solaris 10, and solaris 11 is not affected. New solaris 11 patch and package installation methods. Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. Sep 17, 2015 regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch.
Oracle disk manager on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. But we have to make sure backup everything include create zfs snapshot and splitting zfs mirror for rollback plan. Hi all, beginner in solaris 10 administration, i need to upgrade a solaris 10 os sparc to update 6. You can search all wikis, start a wiki, and view the wikis you own, the wikis you interact with as an editor or reader, and the wikis you follow. Published on the otn garage the official blog of the system admin and developer community of otn with links to tales from the datacenter by erik benner, enterprise architect, mythics inc. I want to use patching to inactive boot environment method and need urgent assistance. If i have a number of sol 10 sparc nodes and i want to apply a patch cluster cpu to the os, how does puppet os or pe help me. Solaris 10 was originally launched in january 2005, and over its lifespan has introduced a ton of ground breaking features, like the zfs volume managerfilesystem, dtrace, zones, service management facility, trusted extensions and more. To list all patches applied to the system, run the following. So a decision was made to allow new driver support to ship in solaris update releases but for solaris to compete successfully against other operating systems, a gap of ca.
Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. In 2011, the solaris 11 kernel source code leaked to bittorrent. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support tales. Solaris 11 ips handon lab creating ips repository the. 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. Solaris 11 patching updating patch repository part2 duration. So, solaris 11 which is radically different from the solaris 10, but talk about it separately it deserves another blog post for another time in terms of patching strategy is double. Disk is currently 16gb, need to extend to 40gb, its a virtual machine hosted under vsphere 5.
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