One of my customers is working on a product which can virtualize old solaris environments and run them on current, supported solaris platforms. It can provide easier installation minor setup on central server, then one command on an installation client system to start it installing. The initial installation was s10u5 which is deployed from a miniroot that has no knowledge of a boot archive my theory anyway. First mount the solaris 10 image and then copy the solaris 10. 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. Download or copy the solaris 8 recommended patch cluster into the. With oracle, you need a roadmap on how to find the latest cpu or recommended patch cluster from oracle. Applets dying after installing patch cluster for solaris 10. Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference and i hope it is useful. Veritas cluster server training by symantec certified trainer at rps consulting. Customized solaris installation and patching experience.
This last weekend saw the switch off of sunsolve and the migration of the old sun support system across to oracles my oracle support. Solaris 10 patch cluster improvements lildude solaris10patchclusterimprovements 20090826t09. Is it possible to identify a solaris 10 patch cluster from. The new installcluster script will exit as soon as it encounters an unexpected failure. 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. Dear all, has oracle stopped updating solaris 10 recommended patch cluster. Jun 09, 2009 im trying to jumpstart and deploy the patch using the profile fileclassfile. I does work well on the sparc however i seem to have an issue with x86. Upgrade i patchowanie systemu solaris 10 i solaris cluster 3. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. 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.
Aug 10, 2009 sun have made quite a significant revamp to the solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch clusters. Theres only four such patchsets a year and this is quite handy for rolling baselines when you plan to patch all of your solaris 10 servers in a particular quarter. 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. Heads up on kernel patch installation issues with jumpstart or zfs root. Where can i find solaris patch clusters for solaris 2. Instead, the jumpstart process just installs patches based on the timestamp on the patch subdirectory in the patchesdirectory i. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. How to configure a solaris 10 jumpstart server and client sparc. There is nothing in solaris 10 and earlier patches to identify the date, and this is on purpose.
The setup details for this post are as shown in the diagram. By following the recommended approach, youll be guided through the process, including downloading additional security software, with detailed instructions, helpful examples, and useful recommendations. Solaris 10 packages management commands pkginfo, pkgadd, pkgrm, pkgchk, pkgtrans. Before installing any patches, you need to verify if the var filesystem has sufficient space. The check script validates the syntax of the rules file and the profile files. This operation is much easier than solaris 10 os patch bundle installation. Hello, does anyone what the correct method is to apply the patch cluster to the solaris 8 jumpstart image so you do not have to load patches via a finish script.
Article on how to boot off cdrom to do jumpstart installations. How can you determine if this is a clean install or an upgraded solaris system. The jumpstart enterprise toolkit is the name given to the jumpstart framework, which provides a set of helper scripts to simplify the use of jumpstart for the installation of solaris 10 and below on both sparc and x86 servers. My oracle support solaris recommended patch cluster. Basic installations z solaris 10 installation guide. Jumpstart makes the life of a system admin easy by automating the installation of solaris operating system. Its with great delight i read that the solaris 10 recommended and sunalert patch clusters have been improved. Regarding to oracle security alert cve list, we need to apply solaris recommended bundle patch instead of apply one by one patch. The jumpstart enterprise toolkit is the name given to the jumpstart framework, which provides a set of helper scripts to simplify the use of jumpstart for the installation of solaris 10. Configuring solaris 10 jumpstart server and client. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to locate and download patch clusters. Jumpstart enterprise toolkit aka jet relevant docs. Of course to do this, we need to run an assortment of old solaris platforms, and by old i mean solaris 2. Does anyone know about any official announcement from oracle on this.
We have the oss and can install them, thats no problem. Jumpstart and jet jumpstart enterprise toolkit are used to provision solaris systems locally and across a network. If you are able to regularly patch your systems, then apply the recommended patch cluster, which one can download if one has an oracle technology network login gratis which is tied to a. Install recommended solaris oe patches on each cluster node. Dla architektury x86 ten patch posiada numer zwiekszony o 1. Oracle recommends that some patches, by default, the bigfix solaris patch solution applies solaris. Install the solaris live upgrade packages by using the pkgadd command. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. The recommended os patchset solaris 10 sparc provides the minimum set of. With the release of the october 2018 solaris 10 extended support recommended patch set, you can now run solaris 10 in oracle. The jumpstart is pretty neat nfsbased installation process for solaris available for both ultrasparc and x86.
Those of you still on solaris 10 may want to download the latest recommended patchset for solaris 10 which was published just last week, on 28th of january 2016. A patch is identified by its unique patch id, which is an alphanumeric string that consists of a patch base code and a number that represents the patch revision number. Improvements to solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch clusters released. Welcome to the jumpstart enterprise toolkit otn space what is the jumpstart enterprise toolkit. How to configure a solaris 10 jumpstart server and client. Use this option if you want to download patches from the solaris maintenance site rather than the patches for solaris site. Download solaris patch clusters from my oracle support. We highly recommend that you follow the instructions and process provided in this section to install, configure, and execute the software. With jumpstart you can do an unattended solaris installation with unbundled softwares. Im trying to jumpstart and deploy the patch using the profile fileclassfile. Patch management solaris, aix, linux software assistant, which generates reports what to patch, connecting to hp site and your hp machines. Here a notes for solaris 10 patching update that can be used as reference.
But we have to make sure backup everything include create zfs snapshot and splitting zfs mirror for rollback plan. For local manual installations, you must ensure that the latest solaris oe patches are installed on each cluster node, per the following recommendations. Quick download links to solaris 10 recommended patchsets leave a comment posted by jflaster on november 1, 2011 here are the quick links on. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Solaris live upgrade and upgrade planning z solaris 10 installation guide. The solaris maintenance site contains content for nonsecurity patches. Last few days im working on debugging the solaris 10 jumpstart install for. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary.
Theres only four such patchsets a year and this is quite handy for rolling baselines when you plan to patch all of your solaris 10 servers in a particular. The solaris 10 release notes documents important installation and runtime issues and bugs. Heads up on kernel patch installation issues with jumpstart or zfs. Instalacja solarisa 10 przez custom jumpstart010609podobny wpis. Custom jumpstart and advanced installations z solaris 10 installation guide. Unfortunately, one of the things lost was the incredible ease to. Solaris 10 x86 jumpstart patch problem oracle community. Heres how to use jet and jumpstart to build either sparc or x86 hardware. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Suns primary reference for jumpstart configuration is the solaris advanced.
Before a jumpstart client can use a configuration provided by a jumpstart server, you must run the check script to produce a file called rules. Jumpstart server configuration solaris 10 the moron. Filtering out false negatives from the patch utility return codes. Aug 14, 2009 my colleague, ed clark, has made significant improvements to the solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch clusters. Sun have made quite a significant revamp to the solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch clusters. Jumpstart is used to manage operating system installation in many information technology environments corporate and otherwise where solaris operating system computers are widely used. These release notes also include endofsoftware support statements, documentation issues, and a list of integrated patches. Apply a determined recommended patch cluster to the abe.
In this example my jumpstart server is actually a solaris 10 x86 vm on an esx cluster. Patches can also be applied using finish scripts, as shown in example 44 in creating finish scripts. Solaris 10 has a new feature boot m verbose which allows you to customize boot console output. The availability of free space can be checked by executing df k var. With the release of the october 2018 solaris 10 extended support recommended patch set, you can now run solaris 10 in. To run the solaris live upgrade installer and install the packages, you must have the java 2 runtime environment recommended patch cluster. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. I would like to patch the server by installing the recommended patch cluster from oracle solaris 10. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena.
Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. Taking the recommended track installing and running. There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris 11 operating system. Upgrading from solaris 9 releases with recommended. Heads up on kernel patch installation issues with jumpstart. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. Improvements to solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch. If you ve ever installed the sun recommended patch cluster on a machine, you. The new installcluster script includes context intelligence for patching operations. It provides flexible unattended installation allowing system administrators to categorize machines on their network and install different system components or even versions of os based on the category to which a system belongs. Oracle stopped updating solaris 10 recommended patch cluster. I have solaris 10 sparc server with two nonglobal zoneone is whole zone and the other is sparse zone. My question is, 1should i halt all nonglobal zone before beginning the installation or i should leave them running and perform the install. Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog.
You can use either architecture to build any other architecture. Downloading recommended patch cluster software on page 45. I am running this cluster in single user mode after that i have did reconfiguration boot as per cluster installation instruction i have tested 3 times. If you are able to regularly patch your systems, then apply the recommended patch cluster, which one can download if one has an oracle technology network login gratis which is tied to a valid support contract non gratis. 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. Aug 26, 2009 solaris 10 patch cluster improvements. My colleague, ed clark, has made significant improvements to the solaris 10 recommended and sun alert patch clusters. It is a logical collection of packages software modules that are related to each other by their functionality.
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