This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. Ive been trying to find from where i can download patches updates. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. Kindly let me know the best practices for managing the solaris server for patching. Modify the hostid in a solaris 11 global zone running on vmware.
For recommended patch clusters and critical patch updates, use the solaris 10. All my solaris boxes have the same hostid since cloning them, and it seems you need to reinstall the os to get it to generate a new one. Per default, a non global zone in solaris gets the same hostid as global zone. Jul 30, 20 3 steps to replace default java in solaris 10 sparc 300720 ansari leave a comment go to comments in some cases we need to change default java version in solaris 10. Download the patches anytime before your change windows outage window. Patch management for solaris 10 server oracle community. Operating system patches for oracle solaris 10 are provided for the oracle solaris studio 12. Before applying patches, you might want to know more about patches that have been previously applied. Oct 19, 2009 this is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. 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. Patches are not necessarily applied in chronological order. Shows all patches that have been applied to the system. As of 2009, the following vendors support solaris for their x86 server systems.
How to change a servers host id from the expert community at experts exchange. One step to temporarily change hostname in solaris10. For example rejuvenated kernel patches associated with solaris 10 update releases such as 11883336 sparc 11885536 x86, 12001114 sparc 12001214 x86, etc. Use the patchadd command to add patches to servers or standalone systems. How to change hostname in solaris 8, 9 and 10 the geek diary. 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. 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. Sun servers that host all solaris patches dont know about oracle csi customer support id and oracle support system knows nothing about sun contract number which is required for getting any solaris patch other than public security patch. Setting up a unix host to use fibre channel fc storage. The ip address of the system is placed under etchosts.
You must update the obp, th o solve this problem, but if you want to change the host id number you mu st contact sun, because host id is a way made by sun, to protect the prop riety os softwres as veritas volume manager for example. I did following experiment to change the hostid in a solaris 10 machine temperately. There are basically 2 ways to change the hostname in solaris 10 and below. Solaris considers any path that appears to the os as anything but failed to be operational. How to display information about solaris patches system. This is especially useful when you need to patch solaris 10 so p2v migrations can be performed when moving to new servers like the m122. Hi, i have solaris 10 sparc server with two nonglobal zoneone is whole zone and the other is sparse zone. Solaris 10 106, so you must get the oracle solaris live upgrade packages from the oracle solaris 10. I wonder if i could make patching without live upgrade in a following way. Changing a host name or ip address on the solaris os. After this promotion ends, solaris 10 security fixes will remain available to everyone. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on.
Jonathan, keep in mind that the hints given in that squirrel. How to configure passwordless ssh in solaris 10 tecdistro. As usual, weve released a patchset of all the patches contained in solaris 10 1 update 11. Perform instalation of the patch cluster on disk1 in case of success. It is possible to change the ip address of a solaris 10 host by modifying couple of files. Solaris 10 operating system opensolaris date of workaround release 10 dec2008 part ii multiple printing regressions in solaris 10 kernel patches 12712711 and 12712811 1. How to change hostname in solaris 11 the geek diary. Solaris 10 includes suns java desktop system jds, which is based on. Solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs and nonglobalzones fail the goal was to consolidate 40 or so physical servers onto a m4000. Jun 06, 2018 the official changes can be found in doc id 1272947. Changes to etchosts in solaris 11, the loopback interface entry acts as the servers own entry in solaris 10 it was the primary interface ip and thus there is no need to add the hostname entry to the etchosts file. This is a number similar to 3434354 that defines for oracle the products you have licensed for support. When the time comes that you migrate to the next, newer system, itll likely have an obp design of 4. Can host id be changed on solaris 10 oracle community.
Solaris 10 ldom kernel patching using live upgrade. Check the the current kernel version and confirm whether upgrade is required or not. Jan 26, 2016 if there is insufficient space in var of an existing system, the recommended solution is to extend the size of the var partition. This tech tip shows how to change the host name or ip address of a system running the solaris os. Posted october 2, 2003 by quinn mchenry in solaris system administration. Hello, i d like to install the latest patch cluster on my solaris 10 sparc server. How do i permanently change the hostname on solaris 10.
If you want to restore the original hostid, you just need to remove these lines and reboot the machine. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one. Based on you running solaris express on sparc, it appears youd need to flip to solaris 10, or more likely solaris 11 which would be closer to solaris express opensolaris that youre using. I am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. These patches are the sun recommended patches for solaris 10 frozen from may 14th, 2010. This file actually is symbolically linked to etcinethosts in solaris 10. Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. On an hpux host, the iscsi initiator will not discover the fc storage if it does not detect a lun from the storage system assigned to host lun id 0. If it can, then we would continue pursuing the proof of concept effort as well as make sure all is legal. Trying to get to the os patches via sunsolve finally showed the following picture. Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release.
Here is the steps to change default version of java in solaris 10 sparc. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support tales. Discovery maps the relationships between global and local solaris zones upon detection. Solaris 10 change ip address without reboot sun solaris. You can use the update management solution to manage updates and patches for your virtual machines. Manage updates and patches for your azure vms microsoft docs. And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Trying to set or modify the randomly set hostid of a solaris 10 virtualguest machine that i installed on a windowsxp host machine using virtual box 4. Adding or editing the ip address on a solaris 10 server is different from the previous versions of the os solaris 9, solaris 8 etc. How to get to solaris 10 patches post premier support. Solaris 10 live upgrade with zfs and nonglobalzones fail.
Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 patch bundle for sparc systems. Your support id is included in the welcome letter sent from oracle. Feb, 2011 one step to temporarily change hostname in solaris10. Jul 21, 2018 here is the procedure to upgrade the kernel patches in solaris 10 with zfs filesystem using live upgrade method 1. Twice lately when applying solaris 10 kernel patches to our sparc tech test server, the server would not boot. Here is the procedure to upgrade the kernel patches in solaris 10 with zfs filesystem using live upgrade method 1. To login via ssh without password we have to use sshkeygen, sshkeygen creates the public and private keys.
Currently we cannot boot or backout the patch by booting to cd. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. Is there a way to change the hostid on a solaris 10 guest. These patches are required for the proper operation of the compilers and tools in this release. Hello, is there a way to change the hostid on a solaris 10 guest. To determine the hostid of a solaris box, there are a couple of options to follow. 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. Discovery maps the relationships between global and local solaris zones upon detection in the following example, a solaris global zone contains two local zones. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase.
For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Replace with the name which you like to give your server this command will change your servers hostname temporarily.
The post describes both these methods and also how to change hostname or ip address in nonglobal zones. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. The book covers the topics resource management, oracle solaris zones, and oracle solaris 10 zones solaris10 branded zones. Patch identification numbers and descriptions for oracle solaris 10 platforms. When applications are migrated from a standalone oracle solaris system into a zone on a new system, the hostid changes to be the hostid of the new machine. This can be accomplished by backing up var, creating a bigger var partition on another disk, restoring the var backup onto that partition and then updating the var entry in the etcvfstab file. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena.
There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. If you require a specific patch such as 196409, it is advisable to search for the base id 1964. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. Show applied patches or check for a specific patch in solaris. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. For more information about download plugins, see download plugins. On solaris 10, the solaris patch 12022206 is a minimum version that has been. Patch identification numbers and descriptions for oracle. Starting from solaris 10 update 9, it is allowed to set unique hostid for a. Feb 27, 2017 this article applies to oracle solaris releases 10 305 through 01. How to determine the release and default kernel version in the solaris operating system doc id 1002239. July 8, 20 may 4, 2018 init linux leave a comment on solaris 10 server patching.
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 idea of upgrading and patching has prompted me to make sure i can do this on a live system. How to provide unique hostid for a non global zone the geek diary. How to change the hostid in solaris teguh triharto learning center. The information in this document applies to any platform. Each local zone is represented by a physical solaris ci record and a virtual machine instance record. I am new to solaris and i need some assistance on applying patches for solaris server in our environment. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems.
The first lun that you assign to a host is automatically assigned host lun id 0. Solaris operating system version 10 305 to 10 1 u11 release 10. This is a number similar to 3434354 that defines for oracle the products you have licensed for. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. 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. As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. I was able to setmodify the hostname of the unix and linux forums. I would like to patch the server by installing the recommended patch cluster from oracle solaris 10. This is all good, but there is still a need for oracle customers to access patches that were available before solaris 10 went into extended support.
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. In the case of activecluster configurations, a path will be in a standby state during a resync operation, but is not available to perfom io, and should not be considered as operational. Oracle does provide a procedure called transitioning an oracle solaris 10 instance to an oracle solaris 11 system, enabling you to port your solaris 10 global or nonglobal zone to solaris 11. Adding a solaris patch system administration guide. How to provide unique hostid for a non global zone the geek. If the prob lem is in the nvram hardware, you cant do nothing. Changing the ip address of a solaris 10 host without a reboot. In the following example, a solaris global zone contains two local zones. This information is sourced in part from sun infodoc 21252, how to change the hostname andor ip address without running the sysunconfig command. Solaris 10 server patching linux administration blog. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Patches are packages, packages live in in a directory tree for each package which is here.
Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10. Product sun update connection system solaris 10 operating system bug id 6304563 date of resolved release 07dec2005 impact. Replace with the name which you like to give your server this command will change your server s hostname temporarily. Starting from solaris 10 update 9, it is allowed to set unique hostid for a nonglobal zone using zonecfg command. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. If you need to add a patch to a diskless client system, see patching diskless client os services when you add a patch, the patchadd command calls the pkgadd command to install the patch packages from the patch directory to a local systems disk. Passwordless ssh authentication is used when we need to configure cluster on remote server or for database configuration. I want to permanently change the hostname on a solaris box. The official changes can be found in doc id 1272947.
Solaris 10 sun update connection web proxy password. Change hostid of solaris 10 virtualguest machine installed by virtual box 4. Solaris view topic how to change hostid on solaris ultra 10. Mar 30, 2006 recently upgraded an ultra 10 from solaris 2. I have spacewalk implemented in my environment to manage patches for all linux servers. Part ii multiple printing regressions in solaris 10.
Changing the ip address of a solaris 10 host without a. On september 4, 1991, sun announced that it would replace its existing. Impact solaris 10 kernel patches 12712711 sparc platform or 12712811 x86 platform introduce multiple printing regressions as listed below. How to have a backup boot when applying patches to solaris 10.
For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Next, if you are running on x86 hardware, you must reboot the system. We recommend that you create a unique target, create a lun on this interface, and give it access to the hpux host. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. Solaris 10 with sun update connection services, a web proxy password may be visible to unauthorized local users on the affected system and also in the web proxy log files at the web proxy server. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. Posting updated june 6, 20, with new solaris 10 kernel patchids 150400xx sparc and 150401xx x86. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. What you dont want to do it change the hostid and use the same licenses on both.
The order in which the patches should be applied is specified in technical instruction 206844. Nis makefile changed pwdir varyp to pwdir etc passwd r nis passwd r nis permission denied root passwd change permission denied passwd permission denied after patch solaris solaris 10 passwd permission denied nis svcadm restart nis server yppasswdd 467562 yppasswdd1221. Oct 26, 2011 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. Getting solaris 10 patches with smpatch, pca and oracle. Part ii multiple printing regressions in solaris 10 kernel. The following commands provide useful information about patches that are already applied to a system.
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