In the bmc server automation console, browse to depot solaris patch analysis. A subfolder named solaris11 patching solution is created in the depot folder. Ask bigadmin xpert jeff victor your questions on running solaris 8 and 9 applications on solaris 10 with solaris containers. Ensure that the repository contains the required sru to patch the endpoints. Once necessary zip file is downloaded copy it to primary server and install repository. But most of the production system may not have direct internet access or it may be blocked in firewall. Determining oracle solaris 11 os package update version.
Heres a bigadmin article on patching solaris using sun xvm ops center. This utility is intended to be used by system administrators who want to manage multiple oracle solaris. Installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris. Solaris patches installation error codes solaris blog. Solaris live upgrade software enables the operating system to continue to run while upgrades, patch installations, or routine maintenance operations are performed. Can i apply patches distributed after the solaris 10 1106 release on a system running an earlier solaris 10 release. May 01, 2009 apache2 australia bfu blogs competition dhcp dtrace dtrace php grub hostname inetadm ipsec jumpstart ldd nis nodename opencsw opensolaris oracle pam patches php pid provider pkgget pxe raidz s8ma smf solaris solaris 8 solaris 10 solaris books solaris express solaris install solaris os solaris zones ssh sun cluster sun microsystems truss uname. Enda is a senior engineer in patch system test and he is far more technical than i am.
Solaris 10 patching issue i have a t5220 server and the patch level is. Any one of the cli tools mentioned for solaris will provide an easy process to automate patch management. With solaris live upgrade, you create an identical copy of the running operating system os. Solaris 11 site enabled also rhsm plugin enabled cache size for the server increased i have tried with different. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Patching best practices for the solaris 10 os with sam the sysadmin. In this example, there have been no updates to the initial release. If its blocked,then check with network team to open a port for s.
Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching. If a package is constrained, an appropriate message indicating why it has been constrained is provided. Since the solaris 10 508 operating system, system administrators have had the ability to detach and attach zones, that is, detach a zone from one system and attach it to another. For example, the solaris 10 11 06 kernel patch, 11883336, is approximately 6 mbytes. Ibm endpoint manager is pleased to announce support for solaris 11. Jul 09, 2011 zones siwiki there are two general zone types to pick from during zone creation. Oracle support repository will use s connection and oracle release repository will use. Solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone i am planning to do solaris 11 global zone patching having solaris 10 branded zone. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to.
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. Then rightclick the solaris 11 patching script, and select nsh script job 2. Kernel patch 127127811 from solaris 10 508 update 5. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching glynn fosteroracle mar 3, 2016 12. To create an nsh script job for updating the solaris 11 patch repository. Free solaris 10 patching best practices training cols tech. We are getting multiple requests for solaris kernel patching procedure from many of your gurkul followers. Updating the software on your oracle solaris 11 system. Performing solaris 11 patch analysis documentation. Ensure that you have installed the scripts for the solaris 11 patching solution, as described in installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11 to perform patch analysis, the role running the job must be mapped to root on the. For downloading the critical patch update use below mentioned link.
Solaris 10 u6 sparc dhcp jumpstart issues oracle community. To update the solaris 11, you need an internet connection. This is command used for installing recommended cluster, the most. Solaris 8 with timezone patch 10981005 or later and libc patch 10899452 or later. Because it would be a great exercise to patch my installation of solaris. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. For example, consider that the lastactive be contains solaris 9 and you want to activate a be that contains solaris 2. Soalris plugin credentials configured in plugin dashboard. The goal of this topic is to demonstrate how to perform patch analysis and remediation for oracle solaris 11 systems using bmc server.
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. The example system we will be using has svm based mirrored root. Oracle solaris 11 packaging from the architect, stephen hahn, a summary of how indianas image packaging system ips changes patching. Server automation provides valuable supplementary data about solaris patches. The information on the bigadmin patching hub will be added to over time, so it should provide a useful resource to anyone involved in patching sun software. Current recommended patch clusters can be very large and certain patches, such as the kernel patch, have a tendency to grow. Thank you all for your comments on patch automation tools. Patch management for solaris now supports solaris 11. If you think solaris patching is a complete nightmare, have a bit of spare time on your hands dont worry, you can still check emails etc and really want to get up speed on suns best practices for patching on solaris 10, then check out the free solaris 10 patching best practices ws2700s10 training course. If the local repository does not contain the latest sru or the sru needed for the endpoint, run the tasks to update the repository i. Solaris 10 with timezone patch 12203203 or later and libc patch 11968907 or later. Solaris information center patching support patch check advanced 2. 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. Show all versions show obsolete packages show renamed packages.
With solaris live upgrade, you create an identical copy of. It is normally not possible to manually install a package from a newer release of solaris 11. Solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. This patch installation utility cannot be used to apply solaris 1 patches. Sep 16, 2011 general procedure for kernel patching in solaris. Please see the patch management best practices guide which my colleague, enda oconnor, has published on the bigadmin patching hub. 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. 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. To perform patch analysis for solaris 11 servers, you create and run an nsh script job from the provided solaris 11 patching script before you begin.
So can i download free patches from the sun page, i mean with out paying a license. This task enables you to deploy individual packages or all the packages for an sru. 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. 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. Srus are part of a new os provisioning scheme called the image packaging system ips. Solaris 11 is also known as solaris nevada or opensolaris, with a 5. 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. For example, if this system is running oracle solaris 11. The term solaris patch is frequently used in documentation. This is due to the primary interface wont be plumbed as dhcp interface, and thus sbindhcpinfo sjumpscf failure during jumpstart and thus reports sbindhcpinfo. That being said, solaris packages are usually locked into a particular set of revisions via a meta package called entire. Microfocus periodically updates this supplementary content, adding metadata for patches and clusters that are not listed in oracless patchdiag. 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.
For more information, see installing packages on solaris 11. Ibm bigfix patch releases new content for solaris 10 and 11. This blog concentrates on standard patches for the solaris platform. Solaris patching documentation center oracle technology. This video demonstrates installing script based patching solution for solaris 11. Performing a solaris 11 patch analysis documentation for. It is recommended to download the correct version if installrepo. Firmware issues are notoriously difficult to diagnose, so keeping up to date with firmware patches is a good preventative measure.
Apr 29, 2008 please see the patch management best practices guide which my colleague, enda oconnor, has published on the bigadmin patching hub. For information about fields in the fmri, see fault management resource identifiers. The zones update on attach feature and patching in the solaris 10 os. Patch management for solaris 10 server oracle community. Solaris patching for server automation itom marketplace. The beadm command is the user interface for managing zfs boot environments bes. The problems of patching a live solaris 10 boot environment became most acute with the kernel patch associated with the solaris 10 11 06 update 3 release the problem when patching a live boot environment, is that some of the changes delivered in a patch, such. Installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11.
Solaris 11 patching updating patch repository part2 duration. Patching a miniroot image on the solaris 10 os for x86 or sparc platforms. Solaris 11 nonglobal zone patching oracle community. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. In addition, an extended object named solaris 11 analysis results, which you can later use to view patching analysis results through live browse, is imported into the.
I am trying to present the simple patching procedure when our disks are under solaris volume manager control, svm. I am learning solaris, with solaris 10 x86, and one of the chapters in the manual is about patching. I was trying to upgrade to the latest patch level, but in single user mode while updating patch cluster i get. Updating the solaris 11 patch repository documentation for. Mar 21, 2014 many customer want to get solaris 11 and aix multibos patching in bsa out of box which is not available for the time being in the current release of bsa 8. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris. I have a doubts on step 8 specially can someone clear my step 8 doubts or if anything wrong between step 1 to step 9 please correct that also as i have pretty good idea about step 10 mean patching in. The generic issue to be solved is the need to be able to patch safely across arbitrary change and is logged as cr 6486471. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11 use the following steps to install the scriptbased solution for the management of solaris 11 patches.
Solaris 8 with timezone patch 10980905 or later and libc patch 10899352 or later. One or more solaris patch fixlets available in the patches for solaris site. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Solaris hardware compatibility list sunoracle solaris 10 and solaris 11 compatibility list community. In 2011, the solaris 11 kernel source code leaked to bittorrent. It exists several products in internet that are able to managed solaris server but we support only the patching methods listed at. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Applying critical patch update of april 2017 on solaris 11. In synclist in the solaris 9 be, you have added files that are present in solaris 9 that are not present in solaris 2. Ensure that you have installed the scripts for the solaris 11 patching solution, as described in installing the scriptbased patching solution for solaris 11. Solaris live upgrade avoids having to reboot or take the system down to singleuser mode. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Ibm is pleased to announce that patch management for solaris is releasing several features to help you keep your endpoints secure and uptodate.
Then rightclick the solaris 11 update repository script, and select nsh script job 2. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps. The following command shows that oracle solaris 11. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. Solaris live upgrade reduces the amount of downtime involved in patching and reduces risk by providing fallback capability if necessary. Patch management best practices oracle solaris blog. An alternative method of patching solaris 11 endpoints is to use the install packages by using pkg task. Nov 25, 2009 free solaris 10 patching best practices training.
Bigadmin is suns system administration support and education website. It keeps your solaris clients current with the latest oracle updates. The solaris 10 807 kernel patch, 12001110, is approximately 166 mbytes. Updates to oracle solaris 11 are provisioned using package updates called support repository updates srus instead of patches. In this example, the second patch bundle called sru2 has been installed on oracle solaris 11.
The solaris patch manager tool provides all the necessary features in one application. Under the depot folder, navigate to solaris11 patching solution script. How to create and update a solaris 11 local repository server. Earlier it has global is solaris 10, container is 10. This folder contains a script subfolder with two nsh scripts the solaris 11 update repository script and the solaris 11 patching script. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Basic administration you can also use these components or products. 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. Due to unavailability features of multibos and solaris 11 patching, we have to create lot many custom scripts to achieve some level of automation and facing challenges to implement end to. Looks like i will need to patch the mini root, which i will be doing shortly. Ibm bigfix patch for solaris provides unified, realtime visibility and enforcement to deploy and manage patches to all solaris endpoints from a single console. To see the available versions, use the following command. The monthly patch baselines referred to are the patch sets in the monthly eis dvd release see below.
Jun 10, 2012 zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgrading patching solaris. 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. Solaris live upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot environment that is initially inactive, without affecting the running system. 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. Zfs patching with zones using lu liveupgrade in solaris. Enda has more practical experience of patching solaris 10 zones environments than anyone else in sun. For more information on this topic refer bmc online documentation. Solaris 9 with timezone patch 122507 or later and libc patch 11287433 or later. Also, firmware patches also occasionally deliver support for new features, such as ldoms on appropriate hardware. During the installation, scripts are stored in the depot and an extended object is imported into the configuration object dictionary. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. Oracle solaris patch update oracle content marketing.
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