Fcinfo equivalent solaris 9 patches

The solaris 10 0508 patch bundle contains the equivalent set of patches to the solaris 10 0508 update 5 release. Now i need to know how to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. The 4 most commonly used commands are fcinfo hbaport, prtpicl, luxadm e port and prtdiag. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. To find the wwn numbers of your hba card in sun solaris, you can use one the following procedures. Solaris 10 zones are part of the base offering and fully supported as a part of oracles premier support for operating systems. Are updates free and can be downloaded for solaris 10. World wide name wwn are unique 8 byte 64bit identifiers in scsi or fibre channel similar to that of mac addresses on a network interface card nic. In solaris 11, oracle removed the word called patches from their dictionary. By keeping both the solaris 10 global zone and solaris 9 branded zone patched, youre covered. A command like pca p mail shows any missing patch containing the mail keyword in its description. Patches provide a means to update software without having to upgrade to a new operating system or application version. Solaris fibre channel and storage multipathing software enables fc connectivity for the solaris hosts. Now i want to know the command through which i can get information about all above ports.

All patches include instructions on how to install them, as part of the patch packaqe you download from sun. Please note that we may not respond to general questions andor information requests submitted through this form. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool and 298 other security bugs. Using fcinfo solaris 10 only this is probably the easiest way to find the wwn numbers on your hba card. Anyway, on with the plot, this blog details my recent adventures compiling apache 2. Applying solaris 9 patches in the container system. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware. The process may take up to several hours depending on the system. Aug 21, 20 i am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. It also collects data on any fibre channel targets that may be connected to those ports in a storage area network san. Solaris 9 exiting extended support period oracle solaris. A fiveday live, instructor led unix system administration training course that focuses on providing the skills to perform system administration tasks. Ok, so you have a solaris 10 host with san connected storage how do you make sense of the luns you can see. A necessary procedure for system administrators is when and how to update the production environment in use at a company.

Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware tool. Then yes, youre running an old solaris express development release. Feb 27, 2012 anyway, on with the plot, this blog details my recent adventures compiling apache 2. Removing patches is also called backing out patches. But i felt this post will be helpful for solaris administrators to find the latest os patch bundles from oracle. For more detailed info on the hba cards run as follows. I am not happy to post nontechnical posts on unixarena. How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris sun. By default any nonglobal zone shares the global zone kernel and has same characteristics as the global zone kernel. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. As far as i know patches were never made available for that. There are some basic commands to take the health checkup of the server. Mar 22, 2007 one the most useful new command i found in solaris 10 is fcinfo, a command line interface that will display information on hba ports on a host, but also many useful bits of information on connected storage remote port wwn, raid type, link status,etc.

Add and configure luns in solaris posted by elumalai m ensure the following os packages patches are installed this one should be on the first solaris install dvd. In this case, the equivalent solaris 10 patch should be applied in the global zone if needed. Weve flushed the queues of any fixes which were still inflight from that time and released the final set of solaris 8 and 9 patches have been released to mos. Chapter 21 managing solaris patches by using the patchadd. One of my customers is working on a product which can virtualize old solaris environments and run them on current, supported solaris platforms. Even though solaris 9 patches delivering kernel updates have no effect within the zone, they are still required to satisfy patch dependencies. Supports solaris 8 branded zones and solaris 9 branded zones but does require purchasing an additional license. I installed solaris9 and now trying to look at fc devices bash2. As unix admin, we have to provide those patch bundles information to.

Solaris 9 patch report update as of nov162006 sun services, a sun. For example, if you were to patch a solaris 10 305 system with the latest recommended patch cluster, many of the patches relate to functionality introduced after solaris 10 305, and therefore, patches with the new functionality would fail to install. Just to addon, i would like to know how to determine hba card speed on a solaris 9 machine. Similar to fcinfo but also provides model name and serial number. Gnu wget a utility to retrieve files from the world wide web root components 1. This is a list of commands that will display many details of your fiber channel hba and fc configuration in solaris. Patches are added in solaris 9 through the patchadd command. 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. Chapter 21 managing solaris patches by using the patchadd command tasks patch management involves applying solaris patches and software updates to a system. Of course to do this, we need to run an assortment of old solaris platforms, and by old i mean solaris 2. Multiple patches can be added at once by separating the patch numbers with spaces. This article documents the process of downloading and installing the latest sun solaris 9 patch cluster. I am not sure about solaris 9 but in 10 if you do a fcinfo hbaport it. The patch bundle does not include the new packages contained in the solaris 10 0508 update 5 release.

Intro this is a series of articles that will detail the process i went through when designing the new factory patches, wavetables and samples for the waldorf. Voor versies tot 2005 solaris 9, werd solaris in licentie gegeven onder een. Or i must buy support to obtain updates, as in rhel. Use this form to send us your feedback or report problems you experienced with this knowledge article. Can you give me a procedural steps and commands in backupupgrading the patches. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. Primepower and sparc enterprisesolaris tm patches check this page for solaris tm operating system patches and addon products in order to ensure that the patch level of your installation is uptodate.

You can even run solaris 10 guest domains under a solaris 11 control domain and run solaris 8 and solaris 9 branded zones in your solaris 10 guest domains if. Installing and booting oracle solaris 11 from devices connected to a usb port. But as there is some useful command on aix that have not equivalent on solaris,i was just asking if there were other commands than cfgadm or luxadm to check that my hba are connected correctly and fibers also. This article is going to explain that how to update the solaris 11. Vendor hba vendor id device id subsys vendor id subsys id minimium solaris version or patch level use the prtpicl v command to find the following solaris 8 solaris 9 solaris 10 x86 solaris 10 sparc sun sgxpci1fcqlc 1077 6322 1077 2 not supported not supported sun x6799a 1077 2200a 1077 4082 san 4. The equivalent dates for solaris 11 sru support repository update support are nov 2021 and nov 2024 respectively. I have started aka in 2009 as my own personal reference blog, and later sometime i have realized that my leanings might be helpful for other unixadmins if i manage my knowledgebase in more user friendly format. Ensure the following os packages patches are installed this one should be on the first solaris install dvd. Here are some useful commands for the most popular linuxunix operating systems to find your hba wwn.

How difficult will it be to determine, get and apply latest. By default, the bigfix solaris patch solution applies solaris patches in the current run level of the computer. How to find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the geek. Sun solaris system admin sun solaris how tos, tips. Is there a difference between the equivalent automaton of a grammar and an automaton which accepts the language produced by the grammar. Last solaris 8 and 9 patches released oracle solaris blog.

Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. All 10 entries tagged solaris, paul eggletons weblog. One can do a fresh install of the solaris 10 0508 update 5 release, or upgrade to it from an earlier solaris release. Traditional operating system license 1982 to 2004 for versions up to 2005 solaris 9, solaris was licensed under a license that permitted a customer to buy licenses in bulk, and install the software on any machine up to a maximum number.

I installed patch manager but in its read me file i found out that its only for solaris 8 and there is some update manager for solaris 9. World wide node name wwnn, a wwn assigned to a nodedevice on a fibre. I understand that fcinfo hbaport should show informationwwn, hba vendor, etc. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Customers would like to install latest os patch bundles to keep their systems update to date. However when i run the lsnports command only two of the adapter ports show as capable. Qlogic corp is a old oracle fibre channel arbitrated loop fcal hba cards. After that, therell be no new solaris 8 or solaris 9 patches created. Patch management might also involve removing unwanted or faulty patches. With rapid7 live dashboards, i have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what i need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in realtime. Solaris 10, adding new lun from san storage the unix and. Oracle solaris 10 811 oracle solaris 11 oracle solaris 11 benefits. Oracle does not make solaris 8 patches available without paying for a support contract, and is scheduled to stop producing solaris 8 patches in october 2014 over 14 years from when the os was first released in february 2000, but will still charge for access to get existing patches after that date. Does solaris classify their patches and what is the schedule.

Oracle recommends that some patches, including cluster and kernel patches, be applied with the computer in single user mode. Branded zones are solaris 8 or solaris 9 containers created in a solaris 10 global zone. Hello to all, actually, currently on my solaris box, ive a lun 5tb space from a emc storage which is working fine, and a partition with zfs filesystem is created for that lun. If its a kernel issue, then yes, solaris 10 security patches are likely protecting your solaris 9 bz. How to find fiber host bus adapter fiber hba wwn on solaris unix. The fcinfo command may not work in solaris 8 and 9. Solaris besturingssysteem solaris operating system qwe. Ive opened it up and it looks like the analog voltage soundset which ive. 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. Find answers to does solaris classify their patches and what is the schedule. Check the hba fcinfo command sparc t54 server product notes. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies.

Solaris 8 and 9 container software the required solaris 8 and 9. Here you can see the hba port wwn wwpn and the node wwn wwnn of the two ports on the installed qlogic hab card. Of course to do this, we need to run an assortment of. I also include steps for compiling openssl, rather than relying on the libraries shipped with solaris 10. Lpxxxxxxs are sun emulex hba cards ie has a s for sun at end. A patch management strategy for the solaris operating.

The specific command used in the solaris 8 environment is patchadd see man patchadd see man patchrm. Solaris 10 container deployed from solaris 10 global zone to solaris 11 global zone. Limitedtime offer applies to the first charge of a new subscription only. Useful stuff i hope, at least to me, because while we all love fiber storage, before. Note the oracle solaris 10 9 10 software contains scriptspecial patches which do not deliver bug fixes or new features, but deliver changes that are required as a result of issues with the creation of the update image. This feature was formerly known as sun storedge traffic manager stms or mpxio. Typically, solaris computers use run level 3 or multiuser mode. The update 9 release of solaris 10 im using include openssl version 0.

Solaris ondersteunt sparc en x8664 werkstations en servers van oracle en andere. I highly recommend upgrading to a current release, either solaris 10 update 9 or solaris 11 express. But there is no way for me to get the card speed or part number from the explorer. Where can i find solaris patch clusters for solaris 2. As we are a contract customer, we are running a local patch server, and use that as our primary source of patches. Reason being, there is a card faulting on a system and offlines one path. The solaris io multipathing feature is a multipathing solution for storage devices that is part of the solaris operating environment. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the. We have the oss and can install them, thats no problem.

Depending on whether you have qlogic qlc or emulex emlx cards, you will grep for that variable. One the most useful new command i found in solaris 10 is fcinfo, a command line interface that will display information on hba ports on a host, but also many useful bits of information on connected storage remote port wwn, raid type, link status,etc. Find answers to solaris 9 x86 solaris managment console from the expert community at experts exchange. Solaris 10 0508 update 5 patch bundle oracle solaris blog. Commands vary with solaris version and server model. I need to check latest kernel version in solaris 10 container. World wide port name wwpn, a wwn assigned to a port on a fabric which is what you would be looking for most of the time.

Identifying hba cards and wwn numbers in solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11. Don solaris soundset for waldorf blofeld just became worldwide bestseller just got some interesting snail mail from the waldorf company today. Solaris 10 update 9 with patch 14648905 is the miniimum version that has been. The oracle solaris 10 1 patch list contains a list of patches preapplied to the oracle solaris 10 1 release. A sysadmins unixersal translator rosetta stone or what do they call that in this world. For brevity sake i am dividing this into a number of posts. May 23, 2003 this article is intended for it managers, it architects, lead system administrators, and anyone interested in developing a patch management strategy. Installing and managing patches solaris 9 sun certified. Display fiber channel hba and fc configuration in solaris. For more information on patching solaris 9 systems, see chapter 24 managing solaris patches overview in.