Solaris 11 patching strategy map

Sep 20, 2010 oracle outlines road map for solaris 2011, promises express release. The following flow chart illustrates the kinds of decisions you make as you develop and execute the patch management strategy discussed in this article. May 19, 2009 in fact this is indeed the case with solaris 10s new patching mechanism that was introduced when zones were introduced. Any one of the cli tools mentioned for solaris will provide an easy process to automate patch management. Oracle solaris 11 packaging from the architect, stephen hahn, a summary of how indianas image packaging system ips changes patching. Before running solaris 11 patch analysis jobs, map the publishers which you will later specify through a parameter in the patch analysis job with the solaris 11 patch. 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. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Jan 10, 2008 upgrade strategy is the customer still on older versions such as solaris 8 or solaris 9 or is there a desire to leverage some of the cool new software features e.

Oracle plans solaris 11 release for 2011 unixlinux. This walkthrough shows how to use the solaris 11 patching solution to update. Image packaging system is a new package management system in oracle solaris 11 that provides a muchimproved and automated way of maintaining system software across the data center. The solaris patch manager tool provides all the necessary features in one application. Markus flierl, vice president, oracle solaris engineering, delivered the keynote the first 1 hour session of 4 sessions on oracle solaris 11. Each oracle solaris 10 update release since oracle.

When you configure a system as dns client, you will be performing the following two configurations. Oracle is speeding up development of the next release of the sun microsystemsdeveloped enterprise operating system solaris, planning to release oracle solaris 11 in 2011, oracle executive vice president for systems. Before running patch analysis jobs, you must map the publishers which. This guide covers quick how to configure dns client on solaris 11. Now with image packaging system ips a system administrator can install, update and search packages from local or remote repository. We have a large new version of solaris coming out in 2011 called solaris 11, john fowler, oracles executive vice president of systems, told. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. For information about fields in the fmri, see fault management resource identifiers. There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris 11 operating system. I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm.

Solaris 10 will virtually eliminate patching and update errors with. System patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator. The solaris zones technology provides a way to efficiently manage and utilize resources by allowing you to have isolated software applications and services. Updating the software on your oracle solaris 11 system. Solaris 11 ips handon lab creating ips repository the.

Vxfs kernel needs to clone map by issuing io to vxio kernel to complete this ioctl. Compares patch and package level between gz and ngz. Its similar to the solaris 89 patchset installation codes, but there are more codes added to the list. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching. Sep 10, 2015 system patching one of the important job responsibility for solaris administrator.

We will walk through system configuration including adding users and assigning roles, configuring automatic and manual networking, managing storage with the zfs file system, creating virtualized application isolation with oracle solaris zones. This completes the ips package database setup steps. Solaris 10 patching issue i have a t5220 server and the patch level is. Solaris live upgrade is designed and compiled to work on the solaris 8, 9, and 10 os releases. In case if the layout of original volume is raid, it will set raid read policy. Performing a solaris 11 patch analysis documentation for bmc. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. An alternative method of patching solaris 11 endpoints is to use the install packages by using pkg task. Show all versions show obsolete packages show renamed packages. 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. 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. Oracle enterprise manager ops center 11g them to patch. Solaris 10 recommended patching strategy oracle solaris blog. Sparc and solaris will live until at least 2019 the register.

This is command used for installing recommended cluster, the most. The version to build professional, long lasting software against. 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 determine how long a solaris 10 system has been without patching, i remotely check the following from a linux system, because gnu date is handy 1 remotely grab the datetime from the most recent thing in the patch directory. This operation is much easier than solaris 10 os patch bundle installation. This video demonstrates installing script based patching solution for solaris 11. Integrated qos, bandwidth limits, mapping to cpus or cpu pools for isolation. Wikis apply the wisdom of crowds to generating information for users interested in a particular subject. For more information on this topic refer bmc online documentation.

Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. For those of you managing solaris 11 servers with bsa how do you patch as bsa does not have the capability to patch solaris 11 and it does not appear to be on the roadmap for future releases. Sun first released solaris 10 in 2004 and last updated it prior to the oracle acquisition. From the entire first session, several major enhancements were noted in solaris 11. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. 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. Performing solaris 11 patch analysis documentation. Browsing the oracle solaris 11 supported repository in firefox. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris. Whats new since the launch april 2012 session i keynote. If a package is constrained, an appropriate message indicating why it has been constrained is provided.

There are two type of repositories are available in oracle to update solaris 11. Solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs. John fowler, oracles executive vice president, systems, outlines the comanys product road map through 2015 in palo alto, calif. Find out if a vulnerabilitycve is fixed in solaris cols tech. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching glynn fosteroracle mar 3, 2016 12. Before running solaris 11 patch analysis jobs, map the publishers which you will later specify through a parameter in the patch analysis job with the solaris 11 patch repositories that they represent. If it is just kernel patching can i go straight from update 2 to 7 or do i have to apply each revision level patch i. A necessary procedure for system administrators is when and how to update the production environment in use at a company. Apr 29, 2014 oracle wants to make solaris more of a platform instead of an operating system. Heres a document and a corresponding presentation ive written describing the oracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy. Patch management flow chart a patch management strategy. They contain a number of links to resources which i hope you will find useful. The following command shows that oracle solaris 11.

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. In solaris 11, if you do major patching the pkg will patch the inactive boot environment then it will be active after next reboot utilizing zfs clone ability on root zpool. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. In the following example, a solaris global zone contains two local zones. Introduction to linux a hands on guide this guide was created as an overview of the linux operating system, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter. Extensive experience in managing erp environments and large databases including space management, backup and recover, performance tuning, routine tasks automation and databaseapplications health checks.

Go to the map of public vulnerability to advisoryalert page. If you have any queries about patching, why not post them on the oracle solaris install, booting, and patching community forum. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. But their march 2018 road map update now indicates a solaris11. The book covers a broad range of solaris system administration topics such as managing user accounts, diskless clients, booting a system, using the service management facility smf, and managing software and patches. Patching and upgrading your cluster managing your oracle. This is solaris 11, or may be solaris 11 express, or may be open. 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. Well for patching, first thing you learn is backup then you learn repositories ips. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. 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. 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.

Nfs is well established and standards based, easy to set up and manage, and provides excellent performance. I was trying to upgrade to the latest patch level, but in single user mode while updating patch cluster i get. Oracle solaris 10 containers provides the framework to create zones within the overall oracle solaris 11 environment where such applications can run. Nfs is relatively inexpensive to implement as it uses existing network infrastructure. Patch management flow chart a patch management strategy for. Oracle critical update fixes 254 flaws so get patching now. How can i determine the last time a solaris machine was. Desire to keep a relatively homogeneous operating environment across similar servers.

Under the depot folder, navigate to solaris11 patching solution script. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. Erik walks us through a few simple uses of the beadm and pkg update commands. 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. Youve probably heard by now that the new patching system in oracle solaris 11 lets you patch or revert back with a simple reboot. The new solaris 11 release will be the first major release under oracles ownership.

In the new nsh script job wizard, on the general panel, define a name for the job and specify a location in the jobs folder in which to save the job. 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. Oracle solaris storage software oracle solaris 11 express. If the server owner or applicationdb teams is requesting you to patch the solaris 11, you have to update the system using pkg commands. The system with the solaris 11 ips repository on it must have outbound internet access either direct or through a proxy. Hello, id like to install the latest patch cluster on my solaris 10 sparc server. Discovery maps the relationships between global and local solaris zones upon detection. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. For more information, see installing packages on solaris 11. Oracle solaris storage software oracle solaris 11 express oracle solaris, the network file system layer is tightly integrated with zfs. The most reliable method for determining the release of the solaris os installed is through the contents of the etcrelease file. Oracle outlines road map for solaris 2011, promises express.

For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. I wonder if i could make patching without live upgrade in a following way. When the patch has been verified and internal sun patch testing has been. Jun 19, 2009 the zones parallel patching feature was officially released on tuesday and is contained in the latest solaris 10 patch utilities patch, 11925466 sparc and 11925566 x86. Other highlights of oracle solaris 11 express include new patching, upgrade and installation capabilities designed to reduce risk and greatly simplify the most common system administrator tasks. It means it got released in november 2011 by oracle. For more information, refer to oracle solaris 10 811 installation guide.

A patch management strategy for the solaris operating environment. Before running solaris 11 patch analysis jobs, map the publishers. Dns client configuration in solaris 11 is based on smf service rather than file based. Oracle wants to make solaris more of a platform instead of an operating system. 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. Then rightclick the solaris 11 update repository script, and select nsh script job 2. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. In 2011, the solaris 11 kernel source code leaked to bittorrent.

Sru is an abbreviation for support repository update, installing new package versions from the support repo for that os, much like installing a patch cluster for older solaris releases the various fields in the version is explained in oracle solaris package versioning oracle only makes srus available to customers with support contracts if you have a support contract you can read more. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. 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. This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone.

Though i have enough space in root filesystem of both zones, everytime i run installcluster, it fails with complaining less space but in alternate be. The packaging design im working on has support for management of images, which are a combination of the basic idea of a boot environment with some amount of linkage or sharing, as in zones. This book is for anyone who is responsible for administering one or more systems that run the oracle solaris operating system os. The various tables shown below can be used to map the contents of this file to the release of the solaris os installed. 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. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. I need to get from solaris 10 update 2 to update 7, whats the quickest way just apply kernel patch or live upgrade. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Howto update your oracle solaris 11 systems using support. Users should upgrade to the latest version of the solaris live upgrade software prior to patching the system, regardless of the version of the solaris os running on the system. Figure 10 patch management flow chart 1 of 5 figure 11 patch management flow chart 2 of 5 figure 12 patch management flow chart 3 of 5 figure patch management flow chart 4 of 5. The oracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy white paper. Some data centers apply only the bare minimum of changes, such as critical security patches, operating on the principle of if it aint broke, dont fix it. How to check solaris release and default kernel version.

Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Whether solaris succeeds may depend on traction in engineered systems as well as openstack integration. Upgrade strategy is the customer still on older versions such as solaris 8 or solaris 9 or is there a desire to leverage some of the cool new software features e. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the patches for solaris site. Sun patch check and patchdiag can be used to find patches to. Jan 06, 2011 heres a document and a corresponding presentation ive written describing the oracle solaris 10 recommended patching strategy. A new type of zone container called kernel zones that behaves like a solaris optimized hypervisor. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. Figure 10 patch management flow chart 1 of 5 figure 11 patch management flow chart 2 of 5 figure 12 patch. Mar 26, 2015 this article will talk about the oracle solaris 11. This task enables you to deploy individual packages or all the packages for an sru. Oracles ultimate goal is to make the solaris patching like redhat linux satellite server patching model.