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. The file system type is determined by the contents of the file etc defaultfs. Sunwcsr description the prtconf command prints the system configuration informa tion. 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. Options p include information about pseudo devices. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10 10. 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.
Regarding patches installation on solaris 10 update 10 09 ra326096ul jan 8, 2015 4. However, it is a good idea to bring it to single user mode before applying the patch cluster. Chapter 2 installing the solaris 10 operating environment. It displays the driver details on screen like above. Each local zone is represented by a physical solaris ci record and a virtual machine instance record. It is recommended to install patches before database installation. If you are running the solaris 9 release, you can verify that the machine is an. This is a short overview of solaris 10 kernel patches. This document does not cover installation of solaris 10 environment patches, the cisco. What is the command, if any, that is similar to prtdiag and prtconf. Aset performs seven tasks, making specific checks and adjustments to system files and permissions to ensure system security. This post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of patching for whatever reason they want to. Consequently, the patchadd command includes the new g option, which adds a patch only to the global zone.
Apr 20, 2018 moving forward with solaris 10 extended support, the decision has been made to continue to update the recommended patchsets thru the solaris 10 extended support period. Displaying the operating system version and maintenance level. Mar 15, 2011 this entry was posted in oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, oracle solaris 10, patch installation and tagged oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, solaris 10, solaris patch installation. The solaris 10 system software includes aset, which helps you monitor and control system security by automatically performing tasks you would otherwise do manually. Patch management for solaris 10 server oracle community. In red hat what is the solaris equivlant of prtconf, i want to find out hte proc speed the number of procs and the amount of memory from the command line. 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 mkfs command creates a new file system on the raw disk device specified on the command line. The total system memory is prominently displayed and the devices and peripherals attached to the system are displayed in a tree format. Displaying the operating system version and maintenance level ibm.
The prtdiag command displays system diagnostic information. In the same time period of the launch, oracle is also launching new support experience through my oracle support. By default, information regarding pseudo devices is omitted. Use the oslevel command to display the aix version, release, technology level tl, service.
So if one of these contains 15040015, use can use that. Some basic commands and tips for solaris 10 11 servers. If you are installing the solaris patch on a solaris 10 global zone, invoke the patchadd command with the g argument. For solaris 10 patches, use the unzip command to extract the patch files, as follows. Oracle patches solaris 10 hole exploited by nsa spyware.
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. Additional information about the system hardware and configuration is available from the prtconf command. Through ftp copy the copied files nad use dd command to compare both the host patches. If a device path is specified on the command line for those. The mechanism is simple and tools are available to automate the whole thing for you.
Install the kernel patch of a solaris 10 update release is not the same as do an upgrade to the solaris 10 update release. Use the patchadd command to install a patch on a standalone system. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun java. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in one of the following ways. The prtconf command prints the system configuration information. Other times, a patch may come in as a jar file indicated by a. You can also go through the below interface questions on specific category.
If there is no frame buffer, prtconf returns a nonzero exit code. Chapter 5 displaying and changing system information tasks. Im trying to find out a way to display the latest patches installed in a solaris box. Moving forward with solaris 10 extended support, the decision has been made to continue to update the recommended patchsets thru the solaris 10 extended support period.
Has anyone had this output instead of the memory display. Name prtconf print system configuration sparc synopsis etcprtconf f p p v x86. However, during the past days, i was messing around solaris machines. How to upgrade and patch with oracle solaris live upgrade. Regarding patches installation on solaris 10 update 1009 ra326096ul jan 8, 2015 4. The solaris 10 operating system introduced the new concept of zones. Use the patchadd p command or the showrev p command to show all patches that have been applied to a system. 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 patches come in zip format, such as 10494502. In the same time period of the launch, oracle is also launching. Oracle solaris 10 1 is the latest update to oracle solaris 10.
Solaris 10 kernel patches looks hard, but it isnt oracle. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the command line cli march 11, 2008 by kevin all the mainstream sun documentation on the sun connection or update manager expects the server to have a gui, which i completely dont understand. I have used showrev p command which will only give the installed revisions of the patches, but not the date of its installation. The output of the prtconfu command displays the default and customized properties for all of the drivers that are on the system. 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. Solaris is the computer operating system that sun microsystems provides for its family of scalable processor architecturebased processors as well as for intelbased processors. I can plumb and configure eg0 and eg3 using ifconfig, but i cant seem to make use of eg1 or eg2 when i try ifconfig eg1 plumb, i get ifconfig. They are only valid on sparc hardware that uses the openboot rmware. Patch installation instructions for solaris systems sun. Short guide to install oracle 10 on sun solaris 10.
Install and configure oracle 11gr2 with asm on solaris 10. Check the version and update level using the following command. To get the full command line and prevent this issue, run pargs a and parse the result. Use the svccfg command changes or modifications to the configuration of network services are done using the inetadm or svccfg commands the default etcnf file now contains only a few entries, unlike in previous versions of solaris where all of the network services were listed. Pca is a perl script which generates lists of installed and missing patches for oracle solaris systems and optionally downloads and installs patches. The prtconf command prints system configuration information. If a device path is specified on the command line for those command options that can take a device path, prtconf will only display information for that device node. Use the svccfg command changes or modifications to the configuration of network services are done using the inetadm or svccfg commands the default etcnf file now contains only a few entries, unlike in previous versions of solaris where all. This is to prepare the server for the installation of oracle 10g. For you information,from solaris 11 onward,zfs will be the default root filesystem. Solaris 10 1008 operating system patch list solaris 10. Oct 19, 20 the prtconf command prints the system configuration information.
Oracle solaris command casebook for linux users fujitsu. Solaris can be operated with the same command base as linux. Return the device pathname of the con sole frame buffer, if one exists. The command boot r will rebuild all devices files according to your attached hardware. Command to find out when the patches are installed in. Displaying system information system administration guide. They were mostly used on solaris 7, 8, 9 and 10 systems. Prints only the revision information about patches. There were a total of 24 solaris 10 patches, including kernel updates, and 4 patchsets released on mos. Some of the latest patches released for solaris 9 include the following.
Skip the script and try the apply command 1 solaris 2 solaris ods online disk suite 1 some tips and techniques for managing gpfs file systems 1. The b option to the prtconf command enables you to display a systems product name. Solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade unixarena. It delivers support for next generation enterprise systems, including oracle sparc servers as listed in the oracle sparc processor roadmap. Solaris 10 has int r oduced the solaris service management facility to start stop services. To extract the oracle patch files, enter the following command. Jul 03, 2012 solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. On solaris 10 for x86x64 systems, the command is only available with solaris 10 0106 or higher. Use the output of the prtconf command to identify which disk, tape, and cdrom devices. The following tables contrast the structure of these operating systems. This means customers that purchase solaris 10 extended support get the benefit of continued recommended patchset updates, as patches that meet the criteria for inclusion in the. Please list command and specific directory that patches should be added to. To display both the default and customized property values for devices, use the prtconf command with the u option.
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. Traditional method non live upgrade by admin this post is for the system admins who still wants to use the traditional method of. How to apply a solaris recommended patch cluster solaris. Fujitsu m10 is sold as sparc m10 systems by fujitsu in japan. Display the default and customized properties of a nf file. After you successfully install the solaris 10 image on the netra t2000 host machine, you can proceed to install the solaris 10 environment patches, the cisco bams 3. Patches released after the solaris 10 1008 release can be found on the my oracle support. Registering solaris 10 and updating patches from the. Table 151 commands for displaying system information. Solaris 10 extended support will run thru january 2021. This document does not cover installation of solaris 10 environment patches, the cisco bams 3.
It exists several products in internet that are able to managed solaris server but we support only the patching methods listed at. Installing solaris 10 version 0708v01 on sun netra t2000. The solaris 10 cpus critical patch updates on mos are archived copies of the solaris 10 recommended patchsets taken on the cpu date. Here is the basic solaris interview questions which are commonly asked in solaris l1 or l2 level 1 or l2 interviews. Solaris to aix use this reference to contrast the aix version 4. Solaris 10 1 patchset released and latest solaris 10. The prtconf command is a valuable tool for determining the devices attached to a solaris system. When it comes to solaris servers whether it is a solaris 10 or solaris 11 server, i should admit that i am not really exposed at. The output includes the total amount of memory, and the configuration of system peripherals formatted as a. The patches that are listed in this chapter have been applied to the solaris 10 operating system in. I am seeking help to add patches to solaris 10 on 64 bit sparc server. This entry was posted in oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, oracle solaris 10, patch installation and tagged oracle 11g release 2, oracle rac, solaris 10. Command to find out when the patches are installed in solaris.
With oracle solaris 10 807, and subsequent releases, patching oracle solaris containers. Without any options, it displays useful information about the system. The table show which kernel patch revision is included in the solaris 10 update releases and there patch dependencies. The solaris 10 1008 patch list provides a list of patches preapplied to the solaris 10 1008 release. But the recommendation is always to use the latest solaris 10 recommended patchset. Like many others, i am a big fan of live upgrade when it comes to upgradingpatching solaris. Tasks are grouped according to major categories that are listed below. In most solaris systems, the contents of this file are localufs, indicating that ufs file systems are the default. Use the oslevel command to display the aix version, release, technology level tl, service pack sp and build date. The output includes the total amount of memory, and the configuration of system peripherals formatted as a device tree. Scott lynn put together a very informative blog on solaris 10 extended support detailing the benefits that customers can get by. Solaris os patching has been moved far away from the traditional methods from solaris 10 onwards. Name prtconf print system configuration sparc synopsis etcprtconf f p p v x86 synopsis etcprtconf p v availability sunwcsr description the prtconf command prints the system configuration informa tion.
The eeprom command can be used from the os to view or set openboot rmware variables. Discovery maps the relationships between global and local solaris zones upon detection in the following example, a solaris global zone contains two local zones. You can determine the mapping of an instance name to a physical device name by looking at the dmesg output and by viewing the varadmmessages file. Sun solaris unix commands and scripts harman research. Skip the script and try the apply command 1 solaris 2. Installing and removing patches and software packages. Table 51 commands for displaying system information. The output includes the total amount of memory, and the configuration of system peripherals formatted as a dev ice tree. Invalid argument they are part of a single set of four ethernet ports physically included in the system, but for some reason. Oracle solaris 11 1111 reported to work oracle solaris 10 0508 to oracle solaris 10 1 certified.
They exist in dev in the same layout as found on another x4100 that works fine. In older versions of solaris 10, the etchosts file was the definitive data store for hostnameip address translation data. To add and remove patches on solaris systems, use the patchadd and patchrm commands, which are provided with the os. For more information about this option, see the prtconf 1m man page. The prtconf command prints the system configuration informa tion. This can cause multiple applications to be merged into one ci. Basic administration you can also use these components or products.
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