Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. Latest solaris 10 patch bundles i dont know if its just my own ignorance or oracle purposely obfuscating the latest patch bundles for solaris but i recently had a hell of a time finding the january 2017 patch bundle for solaris 10. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. The following table describes how to specify tape device names with a rewind or a norewind option. 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. Gerry haskins director security and release management. The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria that is, patches which address security or other critical issues. Use device as the file name of the tape drive to operate on. Rewinds tapes for backup and restore operations to streaming tape devices. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 patch bundle for sparc systems. The solaris 10 1008 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 1008 release. Apr 19, 2017 oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by iain thomson in san francisco 19 apr 2017 at 00. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10.
I have an hp proliant dl380 with intel processors that i recently loaded solaris 10 with latest patches on it. This procedure applies only to solaris 10 servers that have no zones or boot environments configured. When specifying a tape device, it is preferable that the nonrewind variant of the. The patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching the solaris zones technology provides a way to efficiently manage and use resources by allowing you to have isolated software applications and services. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows. 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 patches for solaris site contains the fixlet content that allows for global and nonglobal whole root zones patching.
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. Load a tape into the drive you want information about. Shows all patches that have been applied to the system. This will rewind the tape and then go forward by tape archives.
The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one. Sparc enterprise oracle vm server for sparc guide fujitsu. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. Configuring solaris 10 x86 for multiple drive paths. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. 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. The mt command reports information about any tape drives that are described in the kerneldrvnf file how to display tape drive status. Solaris 10 patches now on monthly release cadence oracle. Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. Weve recently moved to a monthly release cadence for solaris 10 os patches. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server.
Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a. Installation instructions for the sas system under. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. Solaris 10 media server cannot longer see the tape. Copy the information in the cdr, dvdr, tapes or file servers to be prepared in case they are lost. Dl380 with intel processors that i recently loaded solaris 10 with latest patches on it. Applying patches to the new boot environment or upgrading the os version in new be. Show operating system patch level how to install a sun solaris jumbo patch. And since youre using a sparc system, are you sure you dont have a valid support contract. Installation instructions for the sas system under unix environments. 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. This part provides instructions for backing up and restoring data in the solaris environment. This subdirectory includes the set of tape device files that support different output densities for each tape. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware.
You can use the status option with the mt command to get status information about tape drives. Jul 07, 2008 patch 12001114, which obsoletes patch 125100 10, is already installed on your system. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to. Because unix treats everything as a file, accessing the tape drive to perform a backup means. Solaris 10 patch release is monthly, by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. Using the solaris desktops local system administration with solaris management console smc. Using the solaris desktops local system administration with solaris management console smc configuring the openboot firmware managing boot procedures with grub startup and shutdown procedures. The b in the solaris sun archive specification devrmt0mbn is what is. This book is compiled for both oracle solaris 10 and oracle solaris 11. It determines the solaris version number of the managing host and the target host. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g.
Recommended patchset for solaris 10 january 2016 solaris blog. The mt command reports information about any tape drives that are described in the kerneldrvnf file. To use a tape drive on another machine, use a file name that starts with hostname. Find answers to read tape contents, format, rewing aix tape device from the expert community at experts exchange. If errors occur when a tape is being read, you can retension the tape, clean the tape drive, and then try again. Oracle solaris 10 1 update 11 patch bundle for x86 systems. In a dual installation, the solaris 2 sas binary is not patched with this. Support for solaris 6 gb serialattached scsi sas hbas for tape devices requires a specific solaris patch level. Please list command and specific directory that patches should the unix and linux forums. This article describes the process of applying a solaris recommended patch cluster, or patchset as it is now called. Ive been trying to find from where i can download patchesupdates. As a first step, download the recommended patch cluster from the my oracle support mos site. Find answers to read tape contents, format, rewing aix tape device.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here. This server is running solaris 10 btw all master and media servers running nbu 7. May 19, 2009 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. The following link solaris patch overview is intended as an overview of patch types and patch delivery mechanisms for the solaris operating environment. But, if the answers to the questions are yes, the tape is probably bad.
If your software requires exactly patch 125100 10 and is not compatible with its successor, then you can try remove patch 12001114. Article installing the solaris os from the flash archive on a tape. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. How to read and write data from and to tapes in solaris. Also, a scsi controller can have a maximum of seven scsi tape drives.
I would like to patch the server by installing the recommended patch cluster from oracle solaris 10. Alternatively,relevant experience of unix or linux servers is required,preferably within an. Hi, i have solaris 10 sparc server with two nonglobal zoneone is whole zone and the other is sparse zone. The eeprom command can be used from the os to view or set openboot rmware variables. Table 3310 contents of tapes for daily cumulative weekly incremental backup schedule. As no ls command is possible to have a quick look whats on your tape, one may write the list of all archived files into some. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. This solaris 10 system administration part i course assumes good knowledge of a unix operating system in an enterprise environment to the level covered in the solaris introduction course. This document is based upon sparc solaris 10 obp all the following commands are to be run from the obp and not the os. Solaris 10 system administration part i course overview length. Mar 28, 2016 tape devices should be used on a regular basis only for archiving files or for transferring data from one server to another. How to read and write data from and to tapes in solaris unix linux. Kernel patch 12712711 must be applied to the control domain. Correct, its not possible to get solaris 10 patches with out a valid support contract.
However, im often asked how to rewind and then eject a 4mm tape. Before backing up data on a device, you must understand the tape devicenaming schema. For all subsequent archives a nonrewinding device should be used. I know it could be done using mt to seek the end of tape after the write, but it is not efficient because the tape rewinds and fast forwards to seek exactly the same position as before. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10 kernel patchids. Solaris zone patching patch management for solaris supports zone patching on solaris 10 endpoints. 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. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on. Tape rewind sound effects tape rewind sounds pond5. It updates the patch packages pkginfo file with information about patches made obsolete by the patch being installed, other patches required by this patch, and about patches incompatible with this patch. This is done by using the no rewind option in the ufsdump command. When i did the the cfgadmal grep tape, it can see all the tape drives.
The unix os supports tasks such as running hardware, device drivers, peripherals and third party applications. Patches released after the solaris 10 10 08 release can be found on the my oracle support. How is it possible to write a block to a magnetic tape forcing the device driver not to rewind after having completed the write. Installing the solaris operating system software package administration maintenance of patches disk management and partitioning. Tape device names and control the tape drive nixcraft. It is hard to keep the site running and producing new content when continue reading solaris. How to display information about solaris patches system. Usually, tape devices are all hooked up to unix boxes, and controlled with mt or mtx. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. Please list command and specific directory that patches should. I am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. The solaris 10 10 08 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 10 08 release. How to download solaris 10 807 april 4th, 2008 leave a comment go to comments i suppose this could be tagged obvious but i thought id warm up a bit with a simple post about where to find solaris 10 for download.
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. Before applying patches, you might want to know more about patches that have been previously applied. Displaying tape drive status oracle solaris administration. This guide uses the term nonglobal zone to refer to a local zone. Normally, you specify a tape drive by its logical unit number, which can run from 0 to n. A simple solaris live upgrade procedure involves below 4 steps.
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. I suppose this could be tagged obvious but i thought id warm up a bit with a simple post about where to find solaris 10 for download. Instructions for rewinding tape media are provided under, for local tape. 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. As usual, weve released a patchset of all the patches contained in solaris 10 1 update 11. Patch install problem in solaris 10 oracle community. Recently hp update the tl with the new firmware, somehow one media server cannot recognized the tapedrive anymore. Retension a magnetic tape cartridge with the mt command.
It moves outdated files and directories to the var directory. I have set up rsh to allow for passwordless connection between the servers, but im not able to write to the tape with the command. Sep 12, 20 weve recently moved to a monthly release cadence for solaris 10 os patches. Download and buy high quality tape rewind sound effects. Mar 22, 2005 before backing up data on a device, you must understand the tape devicenaming schema. Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs mega load of updates lands for tons of big red gear by. Please keep in mind that just because the mechanics of the tape appear good, the magnetic tape itself can be flawed. Tape devices should be used on a regular basis only for archiving files or for transferring data from one server to another. To rewind a magnetic tape cartridge, use the mt command. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. 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. Solaris 10 patches come in zip format, such as 10494502.
Solaris 10 system administration part i course overview. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. This command is only supported on windows operating systems. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches.
Handling magnetic tape cartridges oracle solaris administration. For a limited time sunsolve will provide access to all solaris 10 patches. Octal or binary java ftp client application download sun cluster patches. Hello all, im trying to backup some files on a solaris 10 machine to the remote tape drive connected to another solaris 10 machine. Tape device names basic commands to manage tape drive basic backup and restore commands. Part ix backing up and restoring data oracle help center. This blog covers unix system administration howto tips for using inline for loops, find command, unix scripting, configuration, sql, various unixbased tools, and command line interface syntax. The following commands provide useful information about patches that are already applied to a system. 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. Download the latest solaris 10 patches using patchfinder and find updated support content using the sunsolve knowledgebase. Beginners guide to oracle solaris live upgrade the geek diary. New solaris 10 os patches are now available from mos by the tuesday closest to 17th of each month. Solaris zone patching bigfix ibm endpoint manager forum.
The updated solaris 10 os recommended patchset will be available by the next day, wednesday, assuming there are new patches released which meet its inclusion criteria. 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. Hello everyone, we are working on ecc 6, oracle 10. Hello guysnewbie to solaris here i need to get this patch on my solaris 10 sparc machine. Solaris live upgrade enables system administrators to create and upgrade a boot environment that is initially inactive, without affecting the running system. Patching solaris 10 on servers with nonglobal zones. Posting updated june 6, 20, with new solaris 10 kernel patchids 150400xx sparc and 150401xx x86. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. They are only valid on sparc hardware that uses the openboot rmware.
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